In what is likely to be a huge blow for the Congress ahead of the UP polls, senior leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi is likely to join the BJP, say reports.


She is the Congress MLA from the Lucknow Cantt constituency and was the president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee from 2007 to 2012. She is also the daughter of Ex-UP CM HN Bahuguna. her brother, Vijay Bahuguna has joined BJP recently. However, he rubbished the reports saying, "These are just rumours, there is no truth in them."


In May too, there was speculation that she would be joining the Samajwadi Party after she met UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow. She had denied any such move.


However, These are just rumours,no truth in them: Vijay Bahuguna,BJP leader on reports of his sister Rita Bahuguna Joshi joining BJP from Congress