Shehzad Poonawalla has submitted his resignation from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the second time, asking the party leadership to accept his decision and relieve him of his organizational duties. Poonawalla, who previously resigned as the BJP’s national spokesperson, is now stepping away from additional responsibilities within the party.
In a letter to BJP president Nitin Nabin that he shared on X, Poonawalla expressed gratitude that the party had initially refused to accept his resignation and had urged him to reconsider. Clarifying his decision, he repeated that he was shifting to the private sector owing to urgent financial and personal circumstances. At the same time, he affirmed that he would continue to back the vision and efforts of Prime Minister Modi and the BJP “wherever possible and in whatever format possible. He later joined the BJP and emerged as one of its most recognisable national spokespersons, regularly representing the party in television debates, press briefings and on social media. He also added that he would continue to ‘support the vision and work of Prime Minister Modi and the BJP’.
The 38-year-old lawyer-turned-politician started his political journey with the Congress but gained national prominence after parting ways with the party’s leadership over issues of its internal functioning and dynastic politics.
However, after “long and hard contemplation”, he stated that he had reached a final decision to insist on stepping down from his party role and active membership. “The events of the last few days, courtesy certain individuals about whom I have told you in great detail, have forced me to reinforce and stand by my earlier decision,” he said, without naming the individuals. Poonawalla emphasised that his decision was not motivated by any resentment and conveyed his “gratefulness, love, affection and highest regard” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Nitin Nabin and senior leaders such as Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP general secretary BL Santosh. Earlier reporting noted: “But after and hard contemplation, I have arrived at a final decision that I would like to press for relieving me from my role as National Spokesperson and active primary membership of the BJP,” he said. Earlier reporting noted: In his letter, Poonawalla also expressed “gratefulness, love, affection and highest regard” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party president Nitin Nabin and senior leaders Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and B L Santosh. Poonawalla has said that he would be moving to the private sector in the wake of his financial and personal circumstances.
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