Congress leader Gourav Vallabh quits party ahead of Lok Sabha polls, calls it a 'directionless' party

Digital Desk: In a massive setback for the Congress party, its spokesperson, Gourav Vallabh on Thursday resigned from the primary membership of the party ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Taking to X, he wrote, "I am not able to feel comfortable 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 in the morning and evening. That is why I am resigning from all posts and primary membership of Congress Party."

Gourav Vallabh contested from the Udaipur constituency in the Rajasthan assembly election in 2023. However, the BJP candidate won handily, winning by a margin of more than 32,000 votes. 

In 2019, Vallabh made his electoral debut from Jamshedpur East in Jharkhand. With over 18,000 votes, he finished third behind Saryu Roy and the then-chief minister, Raghubar Das.

 Additionally, he claimed that the Congress party is moving away from the "fundamental principle of the party" and heading in the wrong direction. 

 

Vallabh stated, "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.”

Additionally, he claimed that Congress's stand on economic issues "has always been to humiliate and abuse the nation's wealth creators."

"Today we have turned against the economic liberalization, privatization, and globalization (LPG) policies for which the world has given us full credit for implementing in the country. Is it wrong to earn money by doing business in our country?" he said.

He added, "Sir 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, which is no less than a suffocation for a person knowledgeable about economic matters like me.”