Himanshu Vyas joins BJP after resigning as AICC Secretary and Overseas Congress In Charge

Gandhinagar: Himanshu Vyas, the main opposition Congress party’s national secretary who was in charge of Overseas Congress today joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at the State party headquarters Shri Kamalam here after he resigned from the primary membership of Congress.

Vyas after joining the BJP told media persons: The High Command of Congress is surrounded by some operators who don’t allow true workers to reach them. He said he has the skill to work among the people and therefore he decided to resign and join the party that has leadership that hears the party workers.

Vyas said the Prime Minister and Amitbhai Shah have also blessed him for joining BJP. Vyas said he has not joined BJP for electoral politics. He said he has not demanded tickets to contest elections, but he would like to do organizational work in the party wherever he is found useful. Vyas said he was suffocating in Congress. He said he wanted to work in party organization in Congress but those newbies coming from outside were taking over while those with the party for many years were not allowed to get involved.

Vyas in reply to a question said that he was given a ticket to contest from the Surendranagar assembly seat twice but that seat had not been won by the Congress party for the last six terms. Vyas said he had accepted to contest from such a seat twice and accepted the challenge for the party. Vyas said he had given his time and involvement at a young age to party. DeshGujarat