AnyTV Bureau, Lucknow
Published by: Pankaj Srivastava
Updated Tue, 22 Feb 2022 10:49 PM IST
Summary
MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi was seeking ticket from BJP for son Mayank. He had also proposed that the son be given a ticket. If there is a direction from the party, she will leave the post of MP, but the BJP did not give the ticket. On this Mayank Joshi’s going to SP was decided.
Mayank Joshi, son of BJP MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi, finally reached the doorstep of SP on Tuesday. On the eve of polling, he met SP President Akhilesh Yadav. The two talked for about an hour. It is being considered important from a political point of view. This meeting is being seen as a strategy to mobilize the Brahmin vote bank in favor of SP.
MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi was seeking ticket from BJP for son Mayank. He had also proposed that the son be given a ticket. If there is a direction from the party, she will leave the post of MP, but the BJP did not give the ticket. On this Mayank Joshi’s going to SP was decided. There was speculation about Mayank Joshi and SP President Akhilesh Yadav meeting before the announcement of Lucknow candidates. However, the SP did not stamp on this and put an end to the speculation by declaring Raju Gandhi as the candidate from Cantt.
But on Tuesday evening, just before the polling in Lucknow, SP President Akhilesh Yadav tweeted his picture with Mayank Joshi. He wrote that courtesy call on Mayank Joshi. But this meeting is being considered important from a political point of view.
Cantt assembly constituency has a large number of Brahmin voters. Most of them are from Uttarakhand. Political experts say that the SP has tried to reach the Brahmin vote bank by calling Mayank Joshi home before voting. Now it remains to be seen how beneficial Mayank Joshi’s meeting proves to be for the SP.
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Mayank Joshi, son of BJP MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi, finally reached the doorstep of SP on Tuesday. On the eve of polling, he met SP President Akhilesh Yadav. The two talked for about an hour. It is being considered important from a political point of view. This meeting is being seen as a strategy to mobilize the Brahmin vote bank in favor of SP.
MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi was seeking ticket from BJP for son Mayank. He had also proposed that the son be given a ticket. If there is a direction from the party, she will leave the post of MP, but the BJP did not give the ticket. On this Mayank Joshi’s going to SP was decided. There was speculation about Mayank Joshi and SP President Akhilesh Yadav meeting before the announcement of Lucknow candidates. However, the SP did not stamp on this and put an end to the speculation by declaring Raju Gandhi as the candidate from Cantt.
But on Tuesday evening, just before the polling in Lucknow, SP President Akhilesh Yadav tweeted his picture with Mayank Joshi. He wrote that courtesy call on Mayank Joshi. But this meeting is being considered important from a political point of view.
Cantt assembly constituency has a large number of Brahmin voters. Most of them are from Uttarakhand. Political experts say that the SP has tried to reach the Brahmin vote bank by calling Mayank Joshi home before voting. Now it remains to be seen how beneficial Mayank Joshi’s meeting proves to be for the SP.