Lucknow Apr 25 PTI Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday paid tribute to former chief minister Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna on his birth anniversary He also garlanded the freedom fighters statue installed at Yojna Bhawan in the presence of the late leaders daughter and BJP MP from Prayagraj Rita Bahuguna JoshiBorn on April 25 1919 in Pauri Garhwal now in Uttarakhand Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1973 in the Congress-ruled government He remained in the post till 1975Bahugunas son Vijay Bahuguna has been the chief minister of Uttarakhand while daughter Rita has been active in Uttar Pradesh politics for a long time She has also been a minister in the state government led by AdityanathPTI AR SAB NB SRY

New Delhi Jan 18 PTI BJP MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Tuesday said if her son is seeking the partys ticket to fight Uttar Pradesh assembly election then it was his right to do so but maintained that she is not lobbying for his candidature Joshi the Lok Sabha MP from Allahabad was in Delhi where she met Bharatiya Janata Partys Uttar Pradesh in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan She described it as a courtesy call and one to discuss party issues Speculation is rife that Joshis son Mayank Joshi is trying hard to get the BJPs ticket to fight the assembly election from Lucknow Cantt the seat his mother had won in the 2017 state polls but vacated in 2019 after she was elected to the Lok Sabha from Allahabad The BJPs Suresh Chandra Tiwari had won the Lucknow Cantt seat in the bye-election of 2019 defeating Samajwadi Partys Aparna Yadav the younger daughter-in-law of party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav After the meeting Joshi said her son expecting BJP ticket is a separate story and she had visited Pradhan to discuss zonal issues related to the party ahead of the UP polls If hes asking for a party ticket then its his right to seek it But that is not the issue I had discussed today I have already said that I do not intend to fight the 2024 Lok Sabha elections In fact I do not want to fight any polls Joshi told reporters I am not lobbying for my son The party has his profile and will decide accordingly she added Lucknow Cantt is one of the nine assembly constituencies in Lucknow district and has a sizeable chunk of Hindu Brahmin voters Polling in Lucknow Cantt is scheduled on February 23 in the fourth phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh The election results will be out on March 10 PTI KIS SMN SMN