Three days forward of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’s Gujarat leg, an enormous setback got here for Congress as two key occasion leaders resigned from the grand previous occasion. Congress MLA and former president of the occasion’s Gujarat unit Arjun Modhwadia resigned from the meeting and the occasion whereas the occasion’s working president of the Gujarat unit Ambarish Der additionally resigned leaving the occasion in troubled waters forward of the Lok Sabha polls.
Two Big Leaders Quit Congress
Modhwadia submitted his resignation to the state Assembly Speaker. He was among the many Congress CM contenders throughout the 2017 polls. Addressing the media, Modhwadia stated, “When a party loses its connection with the people, it cannot survive for long. The people of the country wanted the Ram Temple to be constructed. The Congress had also decided that after a constitutional verdict from the Supreme Court, we would support it. Even then the invitation to the Pran Pratishtha was declined. I raised my voice then too, that this would hurt the public sentiment and we should not make such political decisions and that decision showed a lack of connection with the people. I tried to convey my message in several other matters, but I was not successful. Finally, I decided to resign today.”
The occasion’s Gujarat unit working president Ambarish Der additionally resigned from the occasion and stated he’ll be a part of the ruling BJP on Tuesday. His resignation got here after the occasion suspended Der from all posts and as a main member of the Congress for a interval of six years for his ‘anti-party actions’.
Earlier within the day, Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president CR Paatil visited Der’s residence in Ahmedabad. Der additionally stated that he was upset with the occasion’s stand on Ram temple in Ayodhya. The 46-year-old former MLA claimed will probably be his “home-coming” as he was with the BJP up to now and labored extensively for it when he was younger.
Der had represented the Rajula seat within the Amreli district from 2017 to 2022 because the Congress MLA. He had defeated BJP’s heavyweight Hira Solanki, the youthful brother of state minister Parshottam Solanki. Ahead of the 2022 Gujarat meeting polls, Der was made the Congress working president and remained on the publish regardless of struggling defeat by the hands of his arch rival Hira Solanki.
Assembly, Lok Sabha Polls Speculation
While there’s hypothesis that Hira Solanki is likely to be requested to resign because the Rajula MLA and fielded from the Bhavnagar Lok Sabha seat, and Der is likely to be the BJP candidate for the Rajula seat bypoll. The BJP may discipline one of many two leaders within the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Rahul Gandhi’s Nyay Yatra
Rahul Gandhi’s Nyay Yatra will enter Gujarat on March 7 and can cowl 400 kilometres throughout seven districts over 4 days. During this, Rahul Gandhi will provide prayers at temples and go to the historic Swaraj Ashram at Bardoli to pay tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. “There will be 27 corner meetings and six public gatherings as part of the yatra’s Gujarat leg. Some of the distance will be covered using cars and buses, while foot marches will be held in urban areas,” stated the Congress.Â
The yatra, which started within the strife-torn Manipur, will culminate in Mumbai on March 20-21 after overlaying 6,713 kilometres throughout 110 districts over a interval of 67 days, as per occasion leaders.
