Cong spokesperson Gourav Vallabh joins BJP,calling it directionless

Two Congress leaders=Anil Sharma and  Gourav Vallabh on Thursday join the BJP. Sharma was Bihar Congress Chief and recently resigned from the party  while Vallabh was party's national spokesperson.In his media address after joining BJP, Gourav Vallabh said,"There were 2-3 major issues which I had highlighted in my resignation letter... I cannot abuse the wealth creators from morning to evening. Generating wealth is not a crime," he added.I can neither raise anti-Sanatan slogans, Vallabh said.

After joining the BJP, Gourav Vallabh says, 'Congress is currently opposing policies that were implemented by its govt in the past. It was the Congress party that introduced policies of privatization, globalization, and liberalization.' pic.twitter.com/bBnSpLrbob

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Vallabh, who used to be a Congress spokesperson and was often seen on news channels, said that he had found himself uncomfortable with several stands taken by the party.Vallabh, in a letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, called Congress party 'directionless', and cited reasons for his exit such as the caste census, and said that he cannot raise ‘anti-Sanatan’ slogans.'

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

The switch comes just a day after boxer Vijender Singh quit the Congress and defected to the BJP.Vallabh made his poll debut in 2019 from Jharkhand's Jamshedpur East, where he bagged over 18,000 and ended up in third spot behind then-sitting chief minister Raghubar Das and Saryu Roy.He then contested the Rajasthan assembly election from the Udaipur constituency in 2023. However, he lost to the BJP candidate with a margin of around 32,000 votes.