Former Congress spokesperson Rohan Gupta on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), additional underscoring a pattern of distinguished opposition figures defecting to the ruling social gathering forward of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Gupta did not mince phrases as he criticized his former social gathering, alleging a lack of path and credibility attributable to its departure from conventional stances on points like nationalism and Sanatan Dharma.
Gupta hits out at Jairam Ramesh
His newest determination comes days after he declined the Congress’s supply to contest from the Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha seat, a stronghold of the BJP. Gupta pointed fingers at his “constant humiliation and character assassination by a leader associated with the communication department” of the Congress, evidently focusing on Jairam Ramesh, the social gathering’s common secretary.
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Gupta on Congress’ Sanatan Dharma stance
In an unique interview with India TV, Gupta divulged his disillusionment along with his former social gathering and shared some key info, shedding mild on the inner dynamics of Congress. He additionally made severe allegations in opposition to Jairam Ramesh, saying his manner of functioning was one of many main causes behind quitting the social gathering. “The leader who has ‘Ram’ in his name asked them to keep quiet when Sanatan Dharma was being insulted. The party’s narrative became pure leftist since Jairam took over the charge of the communication department,” Gupta claimed.
‘Congress is run by Left foyer’
Speaking additional Gupta alleged that the Congress has gravitated to the Left and mentioned that Ramesh is solely chargeable for the social gathering’s anti-Ram Mandir stance. “Several Congress leaders wanted to visit Ram Temple on Pran Pratishtha…We were asked not to attend any debate on Ram Mandir…We were instructed to take an anti-Ram Mandir stance… The party is being run by the Left lobby, and the party’s communication head is responsible for it” he added.
On social gathering’s lack of coherent narrative
Gupta additionally went on to criticised the Congress social gathering’s lack of a coherent narrative, pointing to the contradiction between Rahul Gandhi’s accusations in opposition to Gautam Adani and the social gathering’s signing of Memorandums of Understanding along with his corporations in states like Rajasthan and Telangana. “On one side you are abusing an industrialist and on the other hand, you are signing MoUs with his companies…what it shows? The party was not at all clear in its narratives,” the previous spokesperson alleged.
Gupta hails BJP’s ‘Viksit Bharat’ agenda
It ought to be talked about right here that Gupta has expressed his help to the BJP management’s agenda of a “Viksit Bharat” by 2047 and lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s imaginative and prescient. Gupta had resigned from the Congress final month after withdrawing his candidature from Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency. Several Congress leaders have joined the BJP within the current previous together with Milind Deora, Ashok Chavan, Gourav Vallabh and Naveen Jindal.
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