Guwahati: On Tuesday, Former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Gegong Apang resigned from the party, saying it was no longer following the principles of the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. "I am disappointed to see that the present day BJP is no longer following the principles of the late Vajpayeeji", Apang said in his resignation letter sent to BJP President Amit Shah.
"The party is now a platform to seek power, it serves a leadership which hates decentralization or democratic decision making and no longer believes (in the values) the party was founded for", he added. Apang said the Bharatiya Janata Party did not get the people's mandate in 2014 in Arunachal Pradesh.
"From issues like grass-root delivery of government schemes to matters like Naga peace talks, Chakma-Hajong issue, amendments of Citizenship Bill, telecommunications and real-time digital connectivity to peaceful and cordial relation with neighbours like Bangladesh, Myanmar and China, both the party and the Modi government are not addressing the real issues," he said.
Apang has appealed Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remember the teachings of Vajpayee about 'Raj Dharma' and also said that history will judge them.