
His political life began with Janta Party in 1977 when he became the Member of Parliament from Almora. Joshi joined RSS at a very young age in Delhi and was a part of Cow Protection Movement during 1953 and 54. Nainital, United Provinces, British India (Now Uttarakhand) He again managed to become an MP in the lower house of Parliament. For the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Joshi vacated his seat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and contested from Kanpur constituency.Joshi was again elected as an MP from the Varanasi constituency in 2009 general elections.In 2009, Joshi was named as Chairman of the Manifesto Preparation Board of the BJP.He was an HRD Minister from 1998 to 2004 under the Prime Ministership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.In 1996, he became a member of Parliament from the Allahabad constituency and kept serving until 2004.Between 19, he was the president of Bhartiya Janata Party.He then moved to Bhartiya Janata Party in 1980 and was made the General Secretary of the party and later became Party Treasurer.Dr Joshi became MP from Almora constituency in 1977 representing Janta Party.Joshi was an active member of the Kumbh Kisan Andolan of Uttar Pradesh in 1955.He had come into contact with RSS at quite a young age and took part in Cow Protection Movement in 1953-54.
