BJP denies MM Joshi ticket, asks not to contest LS polls

BJP veteran Murli Manohar Joshi, on Tuesday, issued a note to the people of Kanpur that as per the instructions of the party's top brass, he won't be contesting the Lok Sabha polls this time.

Kanpur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Murali Manohar Joshi will not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from anywhere as he has been denied a party ticket.

Murli Manohar Joshi's note that he issued to people of Kanpur.

In a letter to the people of Kanpur, Joshi said: "Dear people of Kanpur, General Secretary of the BJP Ramlal conveyed to me today that I should not contest the ensuing parliamentary election from Kanpur and elsewhere."

Joshi is one of the founding members of the BJP, along with former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani.

The BJP has also denied a ticket to Advani and replaced him with party President Amit Shah from Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat.

Advani has represented Gandhinagar for six times since 1991. Vajpayee has also represented the Gandhinagar in 1996.

Joshi, 85, had left his Varanasi seat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He then won the 2014 elections from Kanpur.

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