Rajesh Mishra, former Congress MP from Varanasi, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.  The Congress party has suffered a big blow with Rajesh Mishra joining BJP just before the Lok Sabha elections.Dr. Rajesh Mishra, who was the MP from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.  He joined the party at the BJP central office in Delhi.In the year 2004, Dr. Rajesh Mishra from Congress Party became MP by winning the election from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat.  Since then Congress has not won here.  Here, when Congress asked Dr. Rajesh Mishra to contest from Varanasi in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, he flatly refused. Mishra is a Gold Medalist in Post Graduation from the Political Science deptt in BHU . He was also an MLC from Graduate Constituency in the Eastern UP, holding the position of Vice President of BHU Students Union.