BSP MP Switches To BJP Weeks After He Met PM Modi For Lunch

New Delhi: 

In another big ticket switchover ahead of the general election, Lok Sabha MP Ritesh Pandey quit the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party today and has joined the BJP. The 42-year-old represents the Ambedkar Nagar parliamentary seat in Uttar Pradesh. His father Rakesh Pandey is a Samajwadi Party MLA in Uttar Pradesh Assembly.

Addressing the media after joining BJP, Mr Pandey said he was inspired by Prime Minister Modi’s vision of a developed India and had joined the BJP to work towards this goal. 

This morning, Mr Pandey shared on X the resignation letter he had sent to BSP chief and former Chief Minister Mayawati. The letter thanks her for giving him the opportunity to represent the party in Lok Sabha. “I received your guidance from the moment I entered public life through BSP. The party’s grassroots workers handheld me as I learnt to walk through the corridors of power,” the letter states.