BJP candidate from Lucknow Cantonment constituency Rita Bahuguna Joshi has dismissed Samajwadi Party contender from the seat Aparna Yadav as a weak contestant. Rita Bahuguna Joshi said that even the 'emotional appeal' by her father-in-law and SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav would not help Aparna Yadav in the elections. After casting her vote in Lucknow today, Rita Bahuguna Joshi sadi, "Mulayam Singh Yadav's emotional to people to vote for his younger daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav points to the fact that she is losing." READ| Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election LIVE: CM Akhilesh Yadav casts vote, says confident of victory

Source: India Today February 19, 2017 06:22 UTC