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Posted by admin on 2024-04-04 |

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·         Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh tendered his resignation from the party on Thursday.

 

·         Hours after quitting the Congress party, Vallabh joined the BJP.

 

·         Vallabh cited the Congress party's caste census promise, decision to skip Ram Mandir ceremony, and other reasons in his resignation letter.

Professor Gourav Vallabh, a Congress spokesperson who represented it on TV debates on finance and economy-related issues, resigned from the party's primary membership on Thursday.

However, hours after his quitting, Vallabh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of BJP General Secretary Vinod Tawde.

Joining BJP

After joining the BJP, Vallabh said, “I posted a letter in the morning on various social media platforms...In that letter, I wrote all the pains of my heart...This has been my view from the beginning that the temple of Lord Shri Ram (in Ayodhya) should be built."

“An invitation was received and Congress rejected the invitation, I cannot accept it...The leaders of the alliance raised questions on Sanatana, why was Congress not responding to it?...I joined BJP today and I hope to use my ability and knowledge to take India forward…," he said.

Citing the Reasons for Resignation

He tendered his resignation from the party earlier today, saying he cannot “raise anti-Sanatana slogans or abuse the wealth creators". Resigning from the primary membership of the Congress, Gourav Vallabh said he does not feel comfortable with the “direction" the party is moving forward.

Vallabh, in his resignation letter, alleged that the party's ground level has completely broken down, which does not at all understand the aspirations of New India.

“These days, the party is moving forward in the wrong direction. On one hand, we talk about the caste-based census, while on the other hand, there is a perception of being against the Sampurn Hindu Samaj (entire Hindu society). This approach is giving the public a misleading message that the party is supportive only of a particular religious group. This goes against the fundamental principles of the Congress party," he added.

Political Career in Congress

Gourav Vallabh, who handled Mallikarjun Kharge’s Congress president campaign, was an effective voice on economic issues.

He contested the Rajasthan assembly election from Udaipur constituency in 2023. However, the BJP candidate secured a comfortable win with a margin of over 32,000 votes.

Gourav Vallabh made his poll debut in 2019 in Jharkhand's Jamshedpur East, where he bagged over 18,000 votes and ended up in third spot behind then-sitting chief minister Raghubar Das and Saryu Roy.