UP Polls: Rita Bahugana Joshi ready to resign on this condition

New Delhi, Jan 18: Rita Bahuguna Joshi, BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh has offered to resign if the party agrees to her proposal to field her son Mayank in the upcoming assembly elections in the state.

News Agency ANI while quoting Joshi said that, " he has been working since 2009 and has applied for a ticket from Lucknow Cantt, rightfully. But if the party has decided to give ticket to only one person per family, I will resign from my present Lok Sabha seat if Mayank gets a ticket."

Joshi who was part of the Congress resigned and joined the BJP in 2016. She has sent this proposal to BJP chief, J P Nadda. "I will always continue working for the BJP anyway. The party can choose to accept or reject my proposal. I had already declared that I won't contest elections, many years ago," she also said.