Ahead Of Lok Sabha Polls, Ritesh Pandey Boost For BJP In Uttar Pradesh Amid Mounting Challenge For Mayawatis BSP

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Ritesh Pandey on Sunday resigned from the party's primary membership saying that the party does not need him as they have not called him for any meetings for a long time, neither the party leadership Mayawati has spoken to him. Shortly after that, Ritesh Pandey joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi.

BSP MP Ritesh Pandey resigns from party, joins BJP(PTI)

This comes days after Pandey met Prime Minister Narendra Modi over lunch, along with seven other opposition MPs in the Parliament canteen. Sharing the pictures of their meeting, Pandey had said: “It was truly an honour to be invited by the Prime Minister @narendramodiji for lunch today and learn how he used his insights from the 2001 Bhuj Earthquake to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. What an insightful discussion - thank you for having us over!”

Ritesh Pandey shared his resignation letter addressed to BSP chief Mayawati on X, formerly known as Twitter. “For a long time, neither am I being called to attend party meetings nor has the party leadership spoken to me. I made numerous efforts to get in touch with and meet you (Mayawati) and the top leadership of the party but it did not yield any result,” Ritesh Pandey wrote in the resignation letter.