UP Election: Raj Babbar has reportedly been in contact with Akhilesh Yadav. (File)
New Delhi:
The Congress could also be observing one other huge exit in Uttar Pradesh with Raj Babbar giving off worrying indicators. Raj Babbar’s latest tweets have been divergent from the social gathering line and he has not bothered to make clear.
When a Padma Bhushan award for Congress chief Ghulam Nabi Azad provoked barbs from different social gathering leaders like Jairam Ramesh, Raj Babbar effusively congratulated him.
“Congratulations Ghulam Nabi Azad Sahab! You are like an elder brother and your impeccable public life and dedication to Gandhian beliefs have at all times been an inspiration. The Padma Bhushan is a perfect recognition of 5 many years of your meticulous service to the nation,” tweeted the actor-turned-politician.
Congratulations @ghulamnazad Sahab !
You are like an elder brother and your impeccable public life & dedication to Gandhian beliefs have at all times been an inspiration. The #PadmaBhushan is a perfect recognition of 5 many years of your meticulous service to the nation.— Raj Babbar (@RajBabbar23) January 25, 2022
Yesterday, Mr Babbar appeared to answer criticism of his gesture for Ghulam Nabi Azad, a vocal member of the Congress’ “G-23” or group of 23 leaders which were essential of the Gandhi household’s management of the Congress.
“An award turns into extra significant when an opposition social gathering chief’s achievements are honoured. Anyone can do it for their very own social gathering leaders. I believe the row over the Padma Bhushan is unnecessary,” he tweeted on Thursday.
अवार्ड की अहमियत तो तब है जब विरोधी पक्ष किसी नेता की उपलब्धियों को सम्मान दे – अपनी सरकार में तो कोई भी ख़्वाहिश पूरी कर सकते हैं लोग। #PadmaBhushan को लेकर जारी बहस मुझे लगता है ग़ैरज़रूरी है।
— Raj Babbar (@RajBabbar23) January 27, 2022
Stories have been in circulation about Raj Babbar returning to his former social gathering, Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Get together, forward of the UP election.
Mr Babbar has reportedly been in contact with Akhilesh Yadav.
As soon as a well-liked film star, he debuted in politics within the late Nineteen Eighties with the Janata Dal. He later switched to the Samajwadi Get together. He gained the 1999 and 2004 Lok Sabha elections from Agra. However in 2006, he was suspended from the Samajwadi Get together. Two years later, he joined the Congress.
In 2009, Mr Babbar gained the by-election from Firozabad. However he misplaced each the 2014 and 2019 elections.
Although he has not largely stayed under the radar within the marketing campaign for the UP polls subsequent month, Mr Babbar was named as one of many star campaigners of the Congress on Monday.
So was RPN Singh, one other outstanding Uttar Pradesh chief who quit the Congress the very next day and joined the BJP.
The Congress has been struggling to carry on to its high leaders for some time now.
The depletion of “workforce Rahul” – a bunch of leaders in Rahul Gandhi’s interior circle – began in 2020, when Jyotiraditya Scindia stop the social gathering and switched to the BJP, enabling the collapse of the Congress authorities in Madhya Pradesh and the BJP’s takeover.
Final 12 months, Jitin Prasada took the Congress-to-BJP route and was included within the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP authorities in UP.
This week, RPN Singh, who was near Rahul Gandhi in addition to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, dealt an enormous blow to the Congress in UP by crossing over to the BJP.
All three had been ministers within the Manmohan Singh-led Congress authorities on the Centre in 2004-2009.