Via PTI
AHMEDABAD: In a blow to the Gujarat Congress, its former MLA Indranil Rajguru on Thursday joined the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) in Rajkot, mentioning that the celebration has emerged as the most suitable option to serve the folks and uproot the ruling BJP within the state.
Rajguru showered praises on AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, claiming that the Delhi leader minister fights for the folks, no longer for his celebration.
“This angle inspired me so much. I used to be within the Congress from the start as a result of I sought after to serve the folks. The BJP has obtained energy through fooling other people, whilst the Congress has misplaced its talent to develop into another. My simplest downside with the Congress is that it lacks the desire to defeat the BJP,” he mentioned.
Rajguru received as Congress MLA from Rajkot-East seat in 2012. In 2017, he made up our minds to give up his secure seat to combat the Meeting polls in opposition to the then Leader Minister Vijay Rupani from Rajkot-West seat. However he in the end misplaced to Rupani.
In 2018, Rajguru resigned from the Congress, claiming that he was once unsatisfied with the functioning of the celebration organisation. He had additionally alleged that celebration staff fascinated about anti-party actions all over the polls have been promoted as a substitute of being punished.
Rajguru rejoined the Congress in 2019 and likewise campaigned for the celebration applicants all over the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. “I’m becoming a member of the AAP as it has emerged as the most suitable option to serve the folks in a greater method. Additionally, I believe that simplest the AAP has the energy to uproot the BJP in Gujarat,” Rajguru mentioned, including that he was once no longer taken with contesting the approaching Meeting polls, anticipated to be held in December.
Native Congress chief Vashram Sagathiya, who had served because the Chief of Opposition within the Rajkot Municipal Company, additionally joined the AAP.