Shehzad Poonawalla quits BJP, cites ‘pressing financial and personal circumstances’

Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla resigned from all positions and his major membership within the get together in a letter to Nitin Nabin dated August 17, 2026. The letter was shared on Mr. Poonawalla’s X account.

Mr. Poonawalla cited ‘urgent monetary and private circumstances’ as the explanations behind the resignation. He had earlier submitted a letter on July 30, 2026, which was rejected by the BJP management and requested Mr. Poonawalla to rethink the choice.

“However after lengthy and onerous contemplation, I’ve arrived at a ultimate resolution that I want to press for relieving myself from my function as Nationwide Spokesperson and first membership of the BJP,” learn the letter shared on X.

Mr. Poonawalla has mentioned that he can be shifting to the non-public sector within the wake of his monetary and private circumstances. He additionally added that he would proceed to ‘assist the imaginative and prescient and work of Prime Minister Modi and the BJP’.

Earlier, on July 31, 2026, Mr. Poonawalla up to date his X bio with no point out of the BJP in it, setting off hypothesis that he might have give up the get together.