Gourav Vallabh quits Congress, says not comfortable with party's 'directionless way' of moving forward

NEW DELHI: Congress leader and spokesperson Gourav Vallabh on Thursday tendered his resignation from the Congress party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

"I do not feel comfortable with the directionless way in which the Congress party is moving forward. I can neither raise anti-Sanatana slogans nor abuse the wealth creators of the country. I am resigning from all posts and primary membership of the Congress party," the leader said in his resignation letter.

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


Gourav Vallabh contested the Rajasthan assembly election from Udaipur constituency in 2023. However, the BJP candidate secured a comfortable win with a margin of over 32,000 votes. BJP's Tarachand Jain clocked 97,466 votes as compared to Vallabh's 64,695.

Vallabh had 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.
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