Gourav Vallabh today joined the list of Congress spokespersons who have switched to the BJP over the past few years.

LOKSABH ELECTION 2024 - They were once the Congress's defenders during TV debates on burning issues. They would target the ruling BJP and pose tough questions. They now articulate the government's position and slam the Congress and its leadership.
Gourav Vallabh today joined the list of Congress spokespersons who have switched to the BJP over the past few years. A familiar face on social media, reels of Mr Vallabh's sharp jabs at BJP leaders would often go viral. He resigned from the Congress this morning and was welcomed into the BJP hours later.Addressing the media shortly after, he said he was not happy with the party's lack of direction. "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," he said in his resignation letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge.
During his time with the Congress, Mr Vallabh unsuccessfully contested Assembly polls in Jharkhand and Rajasthan. Before Mr Vallabh, prominent Congress voices who have jumped across the political aisle include Jaiveer Shergill, Shehzad Poonawalla and Rita Bahuguna Joshi. Mr Shergill joined the BJP in 2022, after spending a decade with the Congress and spelling out its position as a media panelist. Mr Poonawalla, another prominent face of the Grand Old Party, made headlines in 2017 when he called the Congress's organisational polls a "sham". He later joined the BJP and was appointed its spokesperson. In 2021, he was also made the in-charge of the BJP's social media wing for the national capital.