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{{short description|Indian politician and Member of Parliament}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =The Minister of Tourism, Uttar Pradesh, Prof. Rita Bahuguna Joshi presenting the mementos to the delegates of the International Buddhist Conclave - 2018, at Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh on August 26, 2018.JPG
|caption= Bahuguna Joshi presenting the mementos to the delegates of the International Buddhist Conclave - 2018, at Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh on August 26, 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1949|07|22}}
| birth_place =[[Allahabad]], [[United Provinces (1937-1950)|United Provinces]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Lucknow]]
| constituency1 = [[Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Allahabad]]
|office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| predecessor1 = [[Shyama Charan Gupta]]
| term_start1 = 23 May 2019
| term_end1 =
| constituency3 =[[Lucknow Cantonment (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow Cantt.]]
| office2 = Minister of Women Welfare, Family Welfare, Maternity and Child Welfare and Tourism [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start2 = 16 May 2017
| term_end2 = 23 May 2019
| office3= [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh]]
| predecessor3 = [[Suresh Chandra Tiwari]]
| successor3 = [[Suresh Chandra Tiwari]]
| term_start3 = 7 March 2012
| term_start =
| term_end =
| term_end3 = 23 May 2019

| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] {{small|(2016 - )}}
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] {{small|(1992-2016)}}
| spouse = Puran Chandra Joshi (m. 1976)
| children = Mayank Joshi
| relations = [[Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna]] (Father)<br />[[Kamala Bahuguna]] (Mother)<br />[[Vijay Bahuguna]] (Brother)
| website = {{url|ritabjoshi.in}}
}}
'''Rita Bahuguna Joshi''' (born 22 July 1949) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician and was [[cabinet (government)|cabinet]] [[minister (government)|minister]] in the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. She was the [[president (corporate title)|president]] of the [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee]] from 2007 to 2012. She is the daughter of [[Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna]], a former [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. She joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 20 October 2016.She is elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of India]] from [[Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Allahabad]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] in the [[2019 Indian general election]] as a [[wikt:member|member]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bjp-record-win-in-both-seats-of-allahabad/articleshow/69468228.cms | title=BJP record win in both seats of Allahabad | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Rajiv Mani | date=23 May 2019 | access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/allahabad-phulpurs-wait-for-woman-mp-finally-ends/articleshow/69488412.cms | title=Allahabad, Phulpur's wait for woman MP finally ends | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Rajiv Mani | date=25 May 2019 | access-date=25 March 2020}}</ref>

==Early life==
Rita Bahuguna Joshi is daughter of Late H.N.Bahuguna, former Chief Minister of UP. Her mother, Late Kamla Bahuguna, was an ex-MP. She holds an [[Master of Arts|MA]] and a [[PhD]] in History and is a professor in Medieval and Modern History at the [[University of Allahabad]]. She is also a recipient of a [[United Nations]] Award of Excellence as being among the "Most Distinguished Women Mayor in South Asia".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uttarpradeshcongress.com/upcc_president.php |title=Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee |website=Uttarpradeshcongress.com |access-date=2016-10-20}}</ref> She authored two history books before joining the Indian National Congress. She was also a professor in Medieval and Modern History at the University of Allahabad.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rita Bahuguna Joshi: Age, Biography, Education, Husband, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia|url=https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/rita-bahuguna-joshi-40088.html|access-date=2020-11-18|website=www.oneindia.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Political career==
Rita Bahuguna held the post of mayor of [[Allahabad]] from 1995–2000. She is a former vice-president of the [[National Council of Women (India)|National Council of Women]], has been president of the [[All India Mahila Congress]] since 2003 and of the [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee]] since September 2007. She has twice contested unsuccessfully in elections to the [[Lok Sabha]]. the [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of India]]. She was elected a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] for the [[Lucknow Cantonment (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow Cantonment]] in the 2012 state elections.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}.She contested for the 2014 [[Lok Sabha]] elections from [[Lucknow]] and lost.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/election-live-2014-march-13/ |title=Election LIVE: BJP's third candidate list out, Ram Kripal to contest from Patliputra against Lalu's daughter |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=2014-03-14 |access-date=2016-10-20}}</ref>

She joined BJP on 20-Oct-2016 in presence of BJP president Amit Shah after spending 24 years in Congress<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Big-setback-for-Congress-Rita-Bahuguna-Joshi-joins-BJP/articleshow/54956504.cms |title=Setback for Congress, Rita Bahuguna Joshi joins BJP |website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |access-date=2016-10-20}}</ref>

==Arrest==
On 16 July 2009, she was detained for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister [[Mayawati]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/16/stories/2009071661570100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719072015/http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/16/stories/2009071661570100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-07-19 |title=Rita Bahuguna detained - Today's Paper |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=2009-07-16 |access-date=2016-10-20}}</ref> She was later sent to the [[Moradabad]] jail on 14 days' judicial custody.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/Rita-Bahuguna-in-jail-for-14-days/articleshow/4783273.cms |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-07-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719083402/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/PoliticsNation/Rita-Bahuguna-in-jail-for-14-days/articleshow/4783273.cms |archive-date=19 July 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Joshi's speech was about the law and order situation in [[Uttar Pradesh]] and the increasing number of rapes in the state. She cited a few cases in which some women were paid 25,000 rupees compensation after being raped. She remarked that simply compensating the women with money was not enough. Women who are raped should "throw the money at [[Mayawati]]'s face and tell her 'you should also be raped and I will give you 10 million rupees" she said in the speech.

She was one of the party leaders arrested by the [[Meerut]] range police on 11 May 2011 from the Bhatta Parsaul village of western Uttar Pradesh along with the fellow leaders [[Rahul Gandhi]] and [[Digvijaya Singh (politician)|Digvijay Singh]]. They were taking part in an agitation staged by the local farmers condemning the state government policies. A top police officer of the range confirmed their detention to the media adding that they were about to produce the trio to a local court on the following working day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-12/noida/29532733_1_prohibitory-orders-rahul-gandhi-cruellest-rule |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105124548/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-12/noida/29532733_1_prohibitory-orders-rahul-gandhi-cruellest-rule |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-05 |title=Maya govt releases Rahul Gandhi, Cong announces protest |date=2011-05-12 |website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2016-10-20}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Rita Bahuguna Joshi is married to P C Joshi, a mechanical engineer from Patrice Lumumba University and has a son, Mayank Joshi. She has two brothers [[Vijay Bahuguna]] was the [[Chief Minister of Uttarakhand]] and [[Shekhar Bahuguna]] who had contested in 2012 assembly election but could not succeed from Phaphamau constituency in [[Allahabad]], UP.

Mrs. Rita Bahuguna has worked in the favour of Indian Women as the President of All India Mahila Congress from 2003 to 2008. She was involved in Women's Movement at the Grass-root level and organized several seminars, demonstrations etc. for Women. She actively lead the Movement for Reservation for Women in Local Bodies in U.P. in 1991–92. In her struggles to fight the injustices against women, she was jailed in 2009 for protesting against increased incidents of rape on women in UP. Her efforts to relieve the plight of women in UP got her awarded the U.N. Award of Excellence as "Most Distinguished Women Mayor in South Asia" at Phitsanulok, Thailand in June in 2001.

Rita Bahuguna Joshi suffered a personal tragedy, during the Diwali festival, of 2020, when her six-year old granddaughter, Kiya Joshi, daughter of her son Mayank, died in Prayagraj, after sustaining burns while playing with diyas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/granddaughter-of-bjp-mp-rita-bahuguna-joshi-dies-of-burns-in-prayagraj/articleshow/79256936.cms|title = Rita Bahuguna Joshi Granddaughter: Granddaughter of BJP MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi dies of burns in Prayagraj | Allahabad News - Times of India}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==

* [https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/rita-bahuguna-joshi Rita Bahuguna Joshi]
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