Bahujan Samaj Party’s Lok Sabha MP from Ambedkar Nagar, Ritesh Pandey has joined BJP. During a program organized at the BJP office, BJP’s UP in-charge Baijayant Panda, State President Bhupendra Chaudhary and Deputy CM Brijesh Pathak welcomed him. Pandey had resigned from the primary membership of BSP today itself.
Ritesh Pandey was among the 9 MPs who had lunch in the canteen of Parliament House during the budget session of Parliament. It is being said that BJP can give ticket to Ritesh Pandey from Ambedkar Nagar. Ritesh’s father Rakesh Pandey, who comes from a political family, is an MLA from Samajwadi Party.