From deputy CM Dinesh Sharma to MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s son and the newly inducted Aparna Yadav, there are several aspirants for the constituency that has assumed the status of 'VIP seat'.
In what was being perceived as a loss of face for the Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav, Aparna Yadav, who was the wife of his brother Prateek Yadav, on Wednesday joined the BJP. According to sources in the UP BJP here, Aparna was likely to get the saffron party nomination to contest the Assembly polls. Reacting to Aparna's joining the BJP, Akhilesh said that he
Akhilesh Yadav, reacting to his relative Aparna Yadav switching to the BJP just weeks before the Uttar Pradesh election, said today that he hoped she "carries our ideology to the BJP".
Rita Joshi is BJP Lok Sabha MP from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. She wrote to BJP chief JP Nadda seeking a ticket for son Mayank Joshi from Lucknow Cantt for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Tuesday said that there is nothing objectionable in party leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi seeking a ticket for her son for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.