"Was never even a class monitor, only interested in RS": Former Congress leader Vallabh takes on Jairam Ramesh

Bharatiya Janata Party's latest recruit Gourav Vallabh who recently left Congress says that the party's manifesto is being created by the same person for the last thirty years, terming this the rationale behind why the party has lost power at the Centre.

Separately, Vallabh took on Congress' Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh, and said that the latter is only interested in saving his Parliament seat, and is not concerned about the nation as a whole.

"This person (Ramesh) has not even run for the position of a class monitor in school. He's been in the Rajya Sabha for the last four-five terms. He is not interested in Congress party, just his RS seat. He just calls up a few journalists and gets copies published," Vallabh said.


"He has no ideological commitment. He doesn't know what it is that the people of India want," he added.


On the recently announced Congress manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Vallabh said the party has no clue about the aspirations of 'young' India.

"If the ideas of the person who made the manifesto had any power, would Congress have lost so many seats?Their schemes are old and repackaged, people won't accept this," Vallabh said.


The mood and aspirations of this country are not being understood by the Congress, he said.

Vallabh quit Congress on Thursday and hours later jumped ship to the BJP, claiming discomfort with criticising India's wealth creators and Congress' stance on the Ram Temple.

Vallabh said, "I can neither raise anti-Sanatan slogans nor abuse wealth creators day in and day out. Therefore, I resign from all posts and primary membership of the party."

At the joining ceremony in the BJP, he hit out at the Congress over its economic policies. He said it ridicules the policies of reforms, liberalisation and globalisation pursued by former prime minister Manmohan Singh because of its dislike for Modi whom its leaders abuse all day.

"Wealth creating cannot be a crime in the country," he said.

Vallabh had contested the Rajasthan assembly election from the Udaipur constituency in 2023. However, he lost to the BJP candidate with a margin of around 32,000 votes.