Three days forward of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’s Gujarat leg, a giant setback got here for Congress as two key celebration leaders resigned from the grand previous celebration. Congress MLA and former president of the celebration’s Gujarat unit Arjun Modhwadia resigned from the meeting and the celebration whereas the celebration’s working president of the Gujarat unit Ambarish Der additionally resigned leaving the celebration in troubled waters forward of the Lok Sabha polls.
Two Large Leaders Give up Congress
Modhwadia submitted his resignation to the state Meeting Speaker. He was among the many Congress CM contenders throughout the 2017 polls. Addressing the media, Modhwadia stated, “When a celebration loses its reference to the individuals, it can’t survive for lengthy. The individuals of the nation wished the Ram Temple to be constructed. The Congress had additionally determined that after a constitutional verdict from the Supreme Court docket, we might help it. Even then the invitation to the Pran Pratishtha was declined. I raised my voice then too, that this could damage the general public sentiment and we must always not make such political choices and that call confirmed an absence of reference to the individuals. I attempted to convey my message in a number of different issues, however I used to be not profitable. Lastly, I made a decision to resign as we speak.”
The celebration’s Gujarat unit working president Ambarish Der additionally resigned from the celebration and stated he’ll be part of the ruling BJP on Tuesday. His resignation got here after the celebration suspended Der from all posts and as a major member of the Congress for a interval of six years for his ‘anti-party actions’.
Earlier within the day, Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) president CR Paatil visited Der’s residence in Ahmedabad. Der additionally stated that he was upset with the celebration’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 previously 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. Forward of the 2022 Gujarat meeting polls, Der was made the Congress working president and remained on the put up regardless of struggling defeat by the hands of his arch rival Hira Solanki.
Meeting, Lok Sabha Polls Hypothesis
Whereas there’s hypothesis that Hira Solanki is perhaps requested to resign because the Rajula MLA and fielded from the Bhavnagar Lok Sabha seat, and Der is perhaps the BJP candidate for the Rajula seat bypoll. The BJP would possibly 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. Throughout this, Rahul Gandhi will supply prayers at temples and go to the historic Swaraj Ashram at Bardoli to pay tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. “There will likely be 27 nook conferences and 6 public gatherings as a part of the yatra’s Gujarat leg. A number of the distance will likely be lined utilizing automobiles and buses, whereas foot marches will likely be held in city areas,” stated the Congress.
The yatra, which started within the strife-torn Manipur, will culminate in Mumbai on March 20-21 after masking 6,713 kilometres throughout 110 districts over a interval of 67 days, as per celebration leaders.