Mayank was denied ticket by BJP to contest Assembly polls

Mayank was denied ticket by BJP to contest Assembly polls

Mayank was denied ticket by BJP to contest Assembly polls

Mayank Joshi, son of BJP MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi, joined the Samajwadi Party on Saturday ahead of the last phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The announcement was made by SP president Akhilesh Yadav while addressing a rally in Azamgarh.

Mayank had met Yadav last week, fuelling speculation about his joining the party.

Rita Bahuguna Joshi is the Lok Sabha MP from Prayagraj and was pitching for her son to be declared the BJP candidate from Lucknow Cantonment assembly seat. She had even said that she would give up her Lok Sabha membership if her son was denied ticket to contest Assembly polls.

However, the BJP gave the ticket to Uttar Pradesh Minister Brijesh Pathak.

Rita Bahuguna Joshi was elected as MLA from Lucknow Cantonment on a Congress ticket in 2012. In the 2017, assembly elections, she contested on a BJP ticket, and defeated SP candidate Aparna Yadav, the younger daughter-in-law of SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Aparna Yadav recently joined the BJP.

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