Rita Bahuguna Not First to Leave Congress From her Family, Here Are Others

Minutes after former Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) chief and MLA Rita Bahuguna Joshi joined BJP on Thursday, UPCC chief Raj Babbar lashed out at her and said, “Betrayal has been a history of Rita Bahuguna and her family. Even her brother left the Congress and went to BJP.”

Joshi on the other hand vehemently criticised Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and said that Congress party has lost its reputation.

Here are other dissenters from Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s family who left the congress party:Also Read: Congress Leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi Joins BJP, Attacks Rahul GandhiHemwati Nandan Bahuguna

# Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s father Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna was the first to walk out of congress Party under Indira Gandhi in 1977 and again in 1980 after a short-lived return.Vijay Bahuguna

# Rita Bahuguna’s elder brother and former Uttarakhand Chief minister Vijay Bahuguna turned dissident after being replaced with Harish Rawat as Uttarakhand chief minister in 2014.Also Read: Here is Why Rita Bahuguna Joshi Left Congress to Join BJPSaket Bahuguna

# Vijay Bahuguna’s son Saket Bahuguna was expelled from Congress party in March 2015 for ‘anti-party’ activities.Rita Bahuguna Joshi

# Quit Congress party on October 20, 2016, to join BJP.