Uttar Pradesh: Rita Bahuguna Joshi presents to resign in change of seat for son Mayank in elections

Dr. Rita Bahuguna Joshi, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Lok Sabha MP from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh, proposed resigning as a Member of Parliament on Tuesday if the occasion agrees to appoint her son Mayank within the upcoming state meeting elections.
Her son Mayank Joshi, she says, has been working since 2009 and has requested for a ticket from Lucknow Cantt. She additional said that if the occasion decides to solely situation one ticket per household, she is going to resign from her present Lok Sabha seat to marketing campaign for Mayank.
She added that she has conveyed her request to the occasion’s nationwide president, JP Nadda. “I will always continue working for the BJP anyway. The party can choose to accept or reject my proposal. I had already declared that I won’t contest elections, many years ago,” Joshi additional added in response to ANI.
He (son Mayank Joshi) has been working since 2009 & has utilized for it (a ticket from Lucknow Cantt), rightfully. But if the occasion has determined to present ticket to only one particular person per household, I’ll resign from my current LS seat if Mayank will get a ticket: BJP LS MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi pic.twitter.com/QCu3zN7p8P— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) January 18, 2022
The Lucknow Cantt seat, one among Uttar Pradesh’s 403 meeting seats, is situated within the state’s capital metropolis of Lucknow. Joshi has been a two-time MLA from the identical seat, as soon as on congress nomination in 2012 after which on BJPs nomination in 2017.
Joshi has reportedly approached high BJP officers, together with Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP State President JP Nadda, for a ticket for her son.
Dr. Joshi beforehand served as a cabinet minister within the Uttar Pradesh authorities. In 2019, the BJP nominated her for the Allahabad parliamentary seat. She resigned as state minister after profitable the overall election. Dr. Joshi, an Allahabad Central University professor, was additionally a mayor. She afterwards joined the BJP.
For the approaching elections, all political events are negotiating for the distribution of tickets. Elections in Uttar Pradesh might be held in seven phases, commencing on February 7 and ending on March 7, with the ballots being counted on March 10.