<p>Dehradun: Former Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat's daughter-in-law and model Anukriti Gusain joined the BJP on Sunday.</p>.<p>Gusain (30) had contested the 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly elections on a Congress ticket.</p>.<p>The BJP's Uttarakhand unit chief Mahendra Bhatt handed over the party's primary membership to Gusain at the its headquarters.</p>.<p>Gusain left the Congress before the Lok Sabha elections and released a video message appealing to the public to vote for the BJP and make Narendra Modi the prime minister once again.</p>.<p>Polling for Uttarakhand's five seats were held on April 19.</p>.Villagers in Uttarakhand's Chamoli to boycott Lok Sabha polls due to lack of roads.<p>Rawat was expelled from the BJP due to his alleged closeness to the Congress before the 2022 assembly polls.</p>.<p>Later, both Rawat and his daughter-in-law joined the Congress and Gusain was fielded from Lansdowne in Pauri district. She lost to the BJP's Dalip Singh Rawat.</p>.<p>Gusain had won the Miss India Asia Pacific title in 2014.</p>.<p>After joining the BJP, Gusain expressed gratitude to Bhatt and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.</p>.<p>She said she is impressed by the policies of the prime minister and the BJP and will work to strengthen the party. </p>
<p>Dehradun: Former Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat's daughter-in-law and model Anukriti Gusain joined the BJP on Sunday.</p>.<p>Gusain (30) had contested the 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly elections on a Congress ticket.</p>.<p>The BJP's Uttarakhand unit chief Mahendra Bhatt handed over the party's primary membership to Gusain at the its headquarters.</p>.<p>Gusain left the Congress before the Lok Sabha elections and released a video message appealing to the public to vote for the BJP and make Narendra Modi the prime minister once again.</p>.<p>Polling for Uttarakhand's five seats were held on April 19.</p>.Villagers in Uttarakhand's Chamoli to boycott Lok Sabha polls due to lack of roads.<p>Rawat was expelled from the BJP due to his alleged closeness to the Congress before the 2022 assembly polls.</p>.<p>Later, both Rawat and his daughter-in-law joined the Congress and Gusain was fielded from Lansdowne in Pauri district. She lost to the BJP's Dalip Singh Rawat.</p>.<p>Gusain had won the Miss India Asia Pacific title in 2014.</p>.<p>After joining the BJP, Gusain expressed gratitude to Bhatt and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.</p>.<p>She said she is impressed by the policies of the prime minister and the BJP and will work to strengthen the party. </p>