The Congress in Gujarat on Thursday suffered yet another jolt when one of its prominent leaders from Saurashtra, Indranil Rajguru, joined the Aam Aadmi Party.
Rajguru, a Brahmin, figured in the list of vice presidents appointed by the party for Gujarat. He, however, was not happy because many of his supporters had not figured in the list of vice presidents and general secretaries appointed by the party.
Sources said that state Congress president Jagdish Thakor had promised that Rajguru’s men would be included later on, but that did not happen.
A former Congress MLA, Rajguru has influence in Rajkot and Saurashtra region. In 2017, he had contested, unsuccessfully, against former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani of the BJP. He was one of the richest candidates to contest the assembly elections in 2017.
Along with Rajguru, two corporators—Vasrambhai Sagathia and Komalben Barai—also joined AAP. In Rajkot Municipal Corporation, the Congress had only four corporators, of whom two have now joined the AAP.
In mid-2018, Rajguru had resigned from the party and later re-joined it.
Talking to the media after joining the AAP, Rajguru said that he joined the party because Arvind Kejriwal works for society. He said that he finds the AAP as the best option among the three main parties to work for society. He met with Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi on Wednesday.
Rajguru said that he had no personal problems with the Congress, but he joined the AAP because he found something lacking in the Congress that was needed to topple the BJP.
