MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi offers to resign if son gets ticket

New Delhi, January 18

BJP’s Prayagraj Lok Sabha representative Rita Bahuguna Joshi has offered to resign as MP in lieu of a party ticket for son Mayank Joshi in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh.

“He (Mayank Joshi) has been working since 2009 and has applied for a ticket from Lucknow Cantt rightfully. But if the party has decided to allot ticket to only one member per family, I will resign from my Lok Sabha seat,” Joshi was quoted as saying.

Not lobbying

If my son (Mayank Joshi) is asking for a party ticket, it is his right to do so. I am not lobbying for my son. The party has his profile and will decide accordingly. Rita Bahuguna Joshi, BJP’s Prayagraj MP

At the same time, Joshi also maintained that she was not lobbying for his candidature. Here to meet BJP’s Uttar Pradesh in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan, which she called a “courtesy call” to discuss party issues, Joshi said while her son has the right to seek a ticket she was “not lobbying for it”.

She also said her meeting with pradhan was regarding zonal issues related to the party ahead of the elections.

“If he is asking for a party ticket, it is his right to do so. But that is not the issue I discussed today. I have already said I do not intend to fight the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In fact, I do not want to fight any poll.

“I am not lobbying for my son. The party has his profile and will decide accordingly,” said the former Congress leader, who joined the BJP in 2016. She said she had sent the proposal to JP Nadda.