Congress spokes Gourav Vallabh quits party, joins BJP

He is unhappy over 'directionless Congress

He is also unhappy over 'sanatana dharma' remarks

With the Lok Sabha voting dates coming closer, the grand old party Congress, can’t control the exodus of its members to the BJP. 

Party spokes and head of campaigning for Mallikarjun Kharge, Gourav Vallabh bid goodbye, alleging that the party is ‘directionless’. 

At the same time, he expressed his displeasure at the way ‘sanatana dharma’ was being ferociously maligned by the party. 

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“I do not feel comfortable with the directionless way in which the Congress party is moving forward today. I can neither raise anti-Sanatana slogans nor abuse the wealth creators of the country. I am resigning from all posts and primary membership of the Congress party,” he declared on X. 

कांग्रेस पार्टी आज जिस प्रकार से दिशाहीन होकर आगे बढ़ रही है,उसमें मैं ख़ुद को सहज महसूस नहीं कर पा रहा.मैं ना तो सनातन विरोधी नारे लगा सकता हूं और ना ही सुबह-शाम देश के वेल्थ क्रिएटर्स को गाली दे सकता.इसलिए मैं कांग्रेस पार्टी के सभी पदों व प्राथमिक सदस्यता से इस्तीफ़ा दे रहाहूं pic.twitter.com/Xp9nFO80I6

— Prof. Gourav Vallabh (@GouravVallabh) April 4, 2024

It may be recalled that Gourav Vallabh had made his poll debut in 2019. It was in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur East. There he bagged over 18,000 votes but ended up in third spot behind then-sitting chief minister Raghubar Das and Saryu Roy.

Double whammy

This comes just days after Vijender Singh, an Olympic medallist severed his links with the Congress. 

India will vote from April 19 to June 1 in a seven-phase election.