In a letter to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Khushbu Sundar conveyed her decision to quit the party, saying that she was being “pushed and suppressed” by “few elements” seated at a higher level within the party.

“A few elements seated at a higher level within the party, people who have no connectivity with the ground reality or public recognition are dictating terms and people like me who wanted to work for the party sincerely, are being pushed and suppressed,” Khushbu Sundar said.

Meanwhile, Congress has dropped Khushbu Sundar as its spokesperson.

Sundar, who has been with the Congress for close to six years, is in Delhi today and may meet BJP’s central team. The developments come ahead of Tamil Nadu Assemble elections that are slated to be held next year.

Khushbu Sundar had first sparked off rumours of a rift with the Congress in July when she backed the Center’s new National Education Policy. She had even tweeted an apology to pary leader Rahul Gandhi for her differing views.

In a cryptic tweet on October 11, Khushbu Sundar said, “Many see a change in me. Well as you age, you evolve n grow, learn n unlearn, perceptions change you understand the difference between right n wrong. Change is inevitable (sic)

Many see a change in me. Well as you age, you evolve n grow, learn n unlearn, perceptions change, likes n dislikes too, thoughts n ideas take a new shape, dreams are new, you understand the difference between like n love, between right n wrong. Change is inevitable. Happy eve ❤️ pic.twitter.com/on1B4bHx30

— KhushbuSundar (@khushsundar) October 10, 2020

The popular star has hopped parties in the past. She had joined the DMK in 2010 when DMK was in power, particularly after she took up the role of late rationalist leader Periyar’s wife Maniamani in a biographical film funded by the Tamil Nadu government. However four years later, she left DMK and joined the Congress in 2014 saying that she finally found her home.

With state elections eight months away, BJP could use Ms Sundar’s star power to their advantage in Tamil Nadu. The party doesn’t have any charismatic leader in the state yet. This also comes at a time the ruling AIADMK is uncomfortable about continuing its alliance with the BJP following its collapse in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and speculation that the national party could tacitly back superstar Rajinikanth who is likely to launch his party ahead of the polls.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made the declaration setting up a trust for the construction of Rama temple in February this year. The Prime Minister’s Office is yet to confirm if the Prime Minister would  be present for the foundation stone laying ceremony. The trust has planned to assemble 50 dignitaries to celebrate the foundation laying ceremony.

When adversity strikes people are usually thought to act more sensibly.  But then it can be expected from people who have at least a bit of sense as a basic trait and are known to act with a sense of  discernment. But then it would be expecting too much from a party that was established to build a ‘Ramrajya’ and had grown suckling on the blood of communalism for which it had prepared the ground and sown the seeds of division.

Isn’t it strange that the government is ready to pour down crores of rupees on Ram Temple when a vast majority of the people are left in dire straits as a result of COVID-19 and the lockdown in its wake? 
But then earlier the Gujarat Government spent Rs.3,000 crores to set up a statue for Sardar Patel. That can be termed as foolhardiness in a state where the majority of the population are living below the poverty line.  It is the same foolhardiness at work in establishing a Rama temple at the time when the nation, nay humanity, is faced with the worst in its recent history.

The Supreme Court order giving permission for the establishment of a Rama Temple negated history and did not abide well for a secular nation such as India. Some of the recent decisions emanating from the Supreme Court had thrown to the winds the values of a democratic and secular nation.  One can’t even imagine such decisions being pronounced by apex courts in the developed western world that holds up ideals of secularism and democratic principles as supreme.

The BJP government is trying to revive Treta Yuga on the banks of Sarayu river. The project includes even a five star hotel.

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