Rita Bahuguna Joshi

Rita Bahuguna Joshi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
23 May 2019 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byShyama Charan Gupta
Succeeded byUjjwal Raman Singh
ConstituencyAllahabad
Minister of Women Welfare, Family Welfare, Maternity and Child Welfare and Tourism Government of Uttar Pradesh
In office
16 May 2017 – 23 May 2019
Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh
In office
7 March 2012 – 23 May 2019
Preceded bySuresh Chandra Tiwari
Succeeded bySuresh Chandra Tiwari
ConstituencyLucknow Cantt.
President of Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
12 September 2007 – 29 August 2012
Preceded bySalman Khurshid
Succeeded byNirmal Khatri
Personal details
Born (1949-07-22) 22 July 1949 (age 75)
Allahabad, United Provinces, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2016– )
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (1992-2016)
SpousePuran Chandra Joshi (m. 1976)
RelationsHemvati Nandan Bahuguna (Father)
Kamala Bahuguna (Mother)
Vijay Bahuguna (Brother)
ChildrenMayank Joshi
ResidenceLucknow
Websiteritabjoshi.in

Rita Bahuguna Joshi (born 22 July 1949) is an Indian politician and was cabinet minister in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. She was the president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee from 2007 to 2012. She is the daughter of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, a former chief minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. She joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 20 October 2016. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1][2]

  1. ^ Rajiv Mani (23 May 2019). "BJP record win in both seats of Allahabad". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ Rajiv Mani (25 May 2019). "Allahabad, Phulpur's wait for woman MP finally ends". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 March 2020.