- Vaghela and a group of other former Youth Congress and NSUI (National Students Union of India) leaders, including Vinaysinh Tomar and Nikul Mistry, were welcomed into the saffron party by its state unit vice-president Gordhan Zadafia
NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, SEP 6
Close on the heels of many Congress MLAs and Hardik Patel, former Gujarat Youth Congress president Vishwanathsinh Vaghela joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, days after quitting his post.
શ્રી વિનયસિંહ તોમર, શ્રી નિકુલભાઈ મિસ્ત્રી, શ્રી પાર્થભાઈ દેસાઈ અને તેમના સમર્થકો ભારતીય જનતા પાર્ટીમાં જોડાયા. pic.twitter.com/CrmYBx6yS6
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) September 6, 2022
Vaghela, who resigned as the Gujarat Youth Congress chief a few days ago, joined the ruling party at a function held at the state BJP headquarters in Gandhinagar and his entry comes just ahead of the year-end Assembly polls.
Vaghela and a group of other former Youth Congress and NSUI (National Students Union of India) leaders, including Vinaysinh Tomar and Nikul Mistry, were welcomed into the saffron party by its state unit vice-president Gordhan Zadafia, said a BJP release.
प्रदेश कोंग्रेस के युवा प्रमुख श्री विश्वनाथसिंह वाघेला, NSUI के और यूथ कोंग्रेस के पदाधिकारी आज भाजपा में शामिल हुए। भाजपा युवा मोर्चा प्रमुख श्री प्रशांत कोराट, पूर्व प्रमुख श्री डो ऋत्विज पटेल, अहमदाबाद ज़िलाध्यक्ष श्री हर्षद गिरी जी, यग्नेशभाई उपस्थित। @BJP4Gujarat pic.twitter.com/YnzxJDV3GV
— Gordhanbhai Zadafia (मोदी का परिवार) (@gpzadafia) September 6, 2022
Vaghela, who resigned ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s Gujarat visit on September 5, said many youth leaders in the Congress were unhappy because of “groupism” and “nepotism” in the opposition party.
“People like me had joined the Congress because of its contribution in our country’s freedom struggle. But, over a period of time, the party has changed a lot.
મહિલા મોરચાનાં નવનિયુક્ત જીલ્લા-મહાનગરનાં પ્રભારીશ્રીઓને અભિનંદન અને શુભેચ્છાઓ પાઠવું છું. pic.twitter.com/euDaNR5PKm
— C R Paatil (Modi Ka Parivar) (@CRPaatil) September 6, 2022
“Now, Congress leaders do not even mention the name of national icons like Sardar Patel. Instead of any improvement, the Congress’s image has been deteriorating” he told reporters after joining the BJP.
Vaghela, appointed the Gujarat Youth Congress president in January this year, said he joined the BJP after getting inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s nationalist ideology as well as the saffron party’s pro-development policies.
શક્તિપીઠ અંબાજી ખાતે ભાદરવી પૂનમનાં મહામેળામાં અખૂટ શ્રદ્ધા સાથે પધારી રહેલા માઇભક્તોને જગતજનની મા અંબા સુખ, શાંતિ અને સારું સ્વાસ્થ્ય અર્પે તેવી કામના
જય અંબે pic.twitter.com/ZAqqjBQggE
— C R Paatil (Modi Ka Parivar) (@CRPaatil) September 6, 2022
He hit out at his former party and highlighted its shortcomings.
“The Gujarat Congress is suffering from groupism and nepotism. When I tried to change the party’s culture after becoming its youth wing president (in Gujarat), I was not allowed to do so. The Congress party never gives any direction to its youths who want to do something for the country and the state,” alleged Vaghela.
