Prayagraj, Mar 28 (UNI) The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded Uttar Pradeh Tourism Minister Rita Bahughuna Joshi from Allahabad Lok Sabha seat.
In 2016, Dr Joshi joined BJP and won Lucknow Cant Assembly seat, defeating Aparna Yadav, daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Dr Joshi, a native of Allahabad, will try to enrich her legacy as her father Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna had bagged Allahabad parliamentary seat in 1971 on Congress ticket.