Sanjay Joshi quits BJP: A file photo of BJP leader Sanjay Joshi taken on June 06, 2012. He resigned as the party leader in charge of UP in New Delhi on Friday 8th June 2012. Joshi, who is a former RSS pracharak and was a general secretary of BJP, has requested Gadkari that he be "relieved from the party". This was accepted by the BJP president. Josji said he had quit the party due to differences with the Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, of whom he has been a critic. Photo Credit: Indian Photo Agency