Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh resigned from all posts and membership of the party on April 4, saying that neither can he raise anti-Sanatan slogans nor abuse ‘wealth creators’ day in and day out. Hours later, he joined the BJP in the presence of party’s national general secretary Vinod Tawde.
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Earlier, taking to social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Mr Vallabh had claimed that the Congress party is heading without any direction and he was uncomfortable raising anti-Sanatan [anti-Hindu] slogans and abusing ‘wealth creators’ everyday.
Mr Vallabh shared his resignation letter written to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on social media platform X.
“When I joined Congress, I believed that Congress is the oldest party in the country which respects youth and intellectual people and their ideas. But for some time, I felt that the party was not able to adjust with the youth having new ideas. The Congress is completely cut off from the ground and is unable to understand the aspirations of a new India, due to which the party is neither coming to power nor is able to play the role of a strong opposition,”Mr Vallabh said in his letter.
Mr Vallabh said that he was upset with the stance taken by the party of staying away from the Ram Mandir ‘Pran Pratishtha’ programme in Ayodhya.
“I can neither raise anti-Sanatan slogans nor abuse wealth creators day in and day out. Therefore, I resign from all posts and primary membership of the party,”he said in his letter.
Apart from Mr Vallabh, another senior Congress leader from Bihar, Anil Sharma joined the BJP. Mr Sharma had quit the Congress after blaming the State leadership for getting a poor deal from the Rashtriya Janata Dal in seat-sharing.
