Rohan Gupta, an ex-Congress spokesperson who recently switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), criticized the opposition INDIA alliance, claiming that the coalition, which bears the country’s name, includes ‘anti-national elements’.
Speaking to the media at the BJP headquarters following his party induction, Gupta claimed that Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh instructed party leaders to remain silent during the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla at the Ayodhya temple.
“How many contradictions can be there? There is a communication in charge who has ‘Ram’ in his name, he told us to keep quiet when Sanatan (Dharma) was being insulted…An alliance using the country’s name was made but ‘desh virodhi takatein’ (anti-national elements) were included in it,” Gupta asserted.
He also criticized Congress, questioning its ‘compulsion’ to support the AAP, led by Arvind Kejriwal, who was previously accused by Congress of having connections with Khalistanis,
“What is the compulsion that Kejriwal whom the Congress accused of being connected with Khalistanis today is being supported by the same party?” he said.
Gupta joined the BJP on Thursday, accompanied by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri and National General Secretary Vinod Tawde. Last month, Gupta resigned from the Congress following the withdrawal of his candidacy for the Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha seat. He cited “constant humiliation” and “character assassination” by a Congress leader associated with the party’s communication department as reasons for his resignation.