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UPCC spokesperson, Kishor Varshney, said, "We have issued a show cause notice to Pandey and are identifying others who were present to welcome Joshi." The huge turnout of supporters included around 15-20 Congress workers including the vice-president of the District Congress Committee Sant Prasad Pandey.The UP minister's convoy entered Allahabad from Phaphamau and a large number of BJP workers welcomed her at Phaphamau Bridge. The convoy passed through Teliarganj market and later reached Balson Crossing, where Joshi paid tributes to statues of Rishi Bharadhwaj, Mahatma Gandhi and Deen Dayal Upadhyay. She successfully contested from Lucknow Cantonment on a BJP ticket in the 2017 UP assembly elections. Joshi was a professor in Allahabad University..