New Delhi: In a significant development ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Gourav Vallabh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday hours after resigning from the Congress.
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- Gourav Vallabh took to social media platform X to share his two-page resignation letter, which he addressed to party President Mallikarjun Kharge. In the letter, Vallabh expressed his discomfort with the current direction of the Congress party.
- Vallabh stated that he no longer felt comfortable with the directionless approach of the Congress party. He emphasized his inability to endorse anti-Sanatana slogans or criticize wealth creators, which led to his decision to step down from all party posts and primary membership.
- Vallabh contested the Rajasthan assembly election from the Udaipur constituency in 2023. However, he faced defeat as the BJP candidate secured a significant victory with a margin of over 32,000 votes. In 2019, Vallabh made his electoral debut from Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur East but finished third behind the then-sitting chief minister and another candidate.
- Vallabh criticized the Congress party’s direction, particularly its stance on economic and religious matters. He accused the party of opposing the entire Hindu society while advocating for caste-based census, which he believes contradicts the basic principles of the Congress.
- The leader expressed discontent with the party’s economic policies, alleging a shift towards humiliating and abusing wealth creators. He highlighted the importance of economic liberalization, privatization, and globalization (LPG) policies, which he believes the party has abandoned, causing suffocation for individuals knowledgeable about economic matters like himself.
Vallabh’s resignation underscores internal challenges within the Congress party and signals broader discontent among its members regarding the party’s ideological stance and electoral strategy.
