PRAYAGRAJ: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament from Allahabad, Rita Bahuguna JoshiHas said that if his son is “ready to step down as MP”. mayank joshi Was fielded from Lucknow Cantonment in the state assembly elections.”
Speaking to TOI over phone from New Delhi, Joshi said, “If only one person from a family can contest, I am ready to resign from my current Lok Sabha seat if Mayank is given a ticket. Let the youth in, I will keep working for the party.
The former Congress leader, who joined the BJP in 2016, also said that she has sent this proposal to the party’s national president. JP Nadda, “I will always work for BJP anyway. The party may choose to accept or reject my offer. I have already announced that I will not contest elections. After all, now let the youth come in.” Joshi added.
Joshi further said, “Mayank is doing a lot of ground work in the assembly constituency and is very popular among all sections of the society, especially among the youth. This seat is so dear to me, after all I have won the seat. BJP to Congress in 2012.” After defeating three-time MLA Suresh Chandra Tiwari. Then in 2017, when I joined BJP, I won the seat defeating Aparna Yadav, daughter-in-law of (SP Patron) Mulayam Singh Yadav.
“My son has an emotional connect with the seat and has worked hard for the party, I think he deserves the ticket and if the party feels that only one member of the family can be given ticket, then I will go to the post. I am ready to leave,” she said.
Rita Bahuguna held the seat of mayor of Allahabad from 1995-2000, when she was with the Samajwadi Party. She later joined Congress and was appointed President of All India Mahila Congress in 2003 and UP Congress Committee in September 2007. She was elected from Lucknow Cantonment Assembly seat in the 2012 elections. She contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow as a Congress candidate, but lost.
She joined BJP on 20 October 2016 in presence of BJP President Amit Shah after spending 24 years in Congress and was re-elected as BJP candidate from Lucknow Cantonment. He was later fielded by the party for the Lok Sabha elections from Allahabad in 2019, due to which he had to vacate the seat. Mayank, 44, did his early schooling from St. Joseph’s College and BHS in Prayagraj and then went to Mumbai for his graduation and then to London where he did his MBA.
Speaking to TOI over phone from New Delhi, Joshi said, “If only one person from a family can contest, I am ready to resign from my current Lok Sabha seat if Mayank is given a ticket. Let the youth in, I will keep working for the party.
The former Congress leader, who joined the BJP in 2016, also said that she has sent this proposal to the party’s national president. JP Nadda, “I will always work for BJP anyway. The party may choose to accept or reject my offer. I have already announced that I will not contest elections. After all, now let the youth come in.” Joshi added.
Joshi further said, “Mayank is doing a lot of ground work in the assembly constituency and is very popular among all sections of the society, especially among the youth. This seat is so dear to me, after all I have won the seat. BJP to Congress in 2012.” After defeating three-time MLA Suresh Chandra Tiwari. Then in 2017, when I joined BJP, I won the seat defeating Aparna Yadav, daughter-in-law of (SP Patron) Mulayam Singh Yadav.
“My son has an emotional connect with the seat and has worked hard for the party, I think he deserves the ticket and if the party feels that only one member of the family can be given ticket, then I will go to the post. I am ready to leave,” she said.
Rita Bahuguna held the seat of mayor of Allahabad from 1995-2000, when she was with the Samajwadi Party. She later joined Congress and was appointed President of All India Mahila Congress in 2003 and UP Congress Committee in September 2007. She was elected from Lucknow Cantonment Assembly seat in the 2012 elections. She contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow as a Congress candidate, but lost.
She joined BJP on 20 October 2016 in presence of BJP President Amit Shah after spending 24 years in Congress and was re-elected as BJP candidate from Lucknow Cantonment. He was later fielded by the party for the Lok Sabha elections from Allahabad in 2019, due to which he had to vacate the seat. Mayank, 44, did his early schooling from St. Joseph’s College and BHS in Prayagraj and then went to Mumbai for his graduation and then to London where he did his MBA.
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