Gourav Vallabh joins BJP, hours after quitting Congress: ‘Can’t raise anti-Sanatan slogans’

“I am uncomfortable with the directionless way, in which the Congress Party is moving forward today. I can neither raise anti-Sanatan slogans nor abuse the wealth creators of the country all day long, which is why I I am resigning from all posts and primary membership of Congress Party,” he said in a post 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

“I am upset due to the Congress’s silence when party leaders speak against the ‘sanatan’. I am also upset with the party’s stand on the Ram Mandir issue,” Vallabh told news agency PTI.

He further alleged that the Congress party is moving in the wrong direction, against the “basic principles of the party.”

“These days the party is moving in the wrong direction. On one hand, we talk about the caste-based census and on the other hand, the party seems to oppose the entire Hindu society. This style of working gives a misleading message to the public that the party is a supporter of a particular religion only. This is against the basic principles of Congress,” he said.

In the two-page letter, the former Congress spokesperson also alleged that Congress’s stand on economic matters had “always been to humiliate and abuse the wealth creators of the country.”

“Today, we have turned against those economic liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation (LPG) policies, for which the world has given us credit for implementing in the country. Is it wrong to earn money by doing business in our country?” he wrote.

“When I joined the party, my only aim was to use my ability and capability in economic matters in the interest of the country. We may not be in power, but we could have presented the party’s economic policy-making in the national interest in a better way in our manifesto and elsewhere. But, this effort was not made at the party level,” he said.

Gourav Vallabh had contested the Rajasthan assembly election from Udaipur constituency in 2023. However, he lost to the BJP candidate with a margin of around 32,000 votes.