Highlights 1 Rita Bahuguna may join BJP ahead of Assembly election. Former Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Rita Bahuguna could join the BJP in the next few days. The 67-year-old MLA from Lucknow Cantonment has been chaffing at the bit ever since former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit and her new team took charge of the UPCC. "She is no longer a major player in the Congress party. Her father Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna was one of UP's formidable politicians and has been both a chief minister and a Union Cabinet minister for several years.

Source: India Today October 17, 2016 06:25 UTC