New Delhi, Apr 7 : Congress has declared UPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi as its candidate for the prestigious Lucknow Lok Sabha seat.Joshi is the daughter of late Uttar Pradesh chief minister H.N. Bahuguna.
Samajwadi Party has fielded social activist and actor Nafisa Ali from the seat after Sanjay Dutt was unable to contest after the Supreme Court rejected his petition seeking a stay on his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai blast case.
Congress had earlier said that it would not field a candidate against Dutt from Lucknow. Later, however, when it became clear that Dutt would not be able to contest, the party decided to field a candidate from the seat.
