‘Told Not to Contest Lok Sabha Polls’: Murli Manohar Joshi

Veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Tuesday, 26 March, said that he has been told not to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Speaking to CNN-News18, he was quoted as saying, "Like LK Advani, I have been told not to contest."

Joshi is currently a member of Parliament from the Kanpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh. From 2009 to 2014, he was an MP from the Varanasi constituency, which was from where PM Narendra Modi subsequently contested.

Notably, Joshi's name, along with Advani's, is also missing from the list of 40 star campaigners for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, reported ANI.