LUCKNOW:
Mayank
Joshi, the son of
BJP MP
Rita
Bahuguna Joshi l, called on SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday at the party headquarters. The meeting once again triggered speculations of Mayank, who was seeking BJP ticket from
Lucknow Cantt
, siding with the SP.
Uttar Pradesh election 2022 phase 4 live updatesThe meeting that took place a day before the polling for the fourth phase was scheduled, was described as a courtesy call by Akhilesh Yadav in his tweet in which he released a photograph where Mayank can be seen handing over a boquet of flower to Yadav. In the political circles, the meeting is being seen as a bid to win over Brahmin leaders who were said to be unhappy with the BJP.
Mayank’s mother Rita Bahuguna Joshi is a sitting BJP MP from Allahabad. She had won the 2017 assembly polls from Lucknow Cantt, and, later, when she became an MP, the seat fell vacant and BJP’s
Suresh Tiwari
became the MLA. In the run-up to the 2022 polls, Rita triggered a controversy when she announced that she was willing to resign as a member of parliament if BJP was ready to field Mayank from Lucknow Cantt. She had claimed that Mayank deserved the ticket as he had been working hard in the constituency. The BJP however refused to relent and named law minister Brajesh Pathak as the party candidate from Lucknow Cantonment.
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