Speed News@4 pm, October 20: Rita Bahuguna Joshi joins BJP, says decided to quit Congress

In a major jolt to the Congress, Uttar Pradesh party leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi announced her decision to join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday. She said that she had decided to quit Congress when party vice president Rahul Gandhi had questioned the surgical strikes by the Indian Army. She also said that she was saddened by Rahul's 'Khun ki dalali' remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.