New Delhi: Months before Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, former Congress state president and MLA Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Thursday formally joined BJP and attacked Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.
“Rahul Gandhi's leadership is not acceptable to people. With Rahul at the helm, nobody listens to us. He has anyway outsourced the entire party to PK overnight,” Joshi told media hinting at Party strategist Prashant Kishore. Also Read: Congress Leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi Joins BJP, Attacks Rahul Gandhi
Here is all you need to know about the significance of Joshi’s move to join BJP:
- Her joining the BJP will be a shot in the party’s arm as it will help the saffron party consolidate Brahmin votes (10%), eyeing which the Congress had declared Sheila Dikshit as its chief ministerial candidate.
- Her induction will undercut Congress's Brahmin outreach that has seen the party project former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit as its chief ministerial nominee.
- Her family enjoys considerable respect and clout in areas surrounding Allahabad.
- Her Father’s socialist background will help her increase vote catchment area.
- Rita Bahuguna Joshi is considered to be a well-known and respected political face in Uttar Pradesh.
- Joshi is a good orator.
- She understands Congress and Uttar Pradesh politics.
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