After joining the BJP, Vallabh said that he was 'hurt' over Congress's silence when some big leaders in the party and its partners in the INDIA bloc spewed venom on Sanatan Dharma. "I wrote to (Congress national president) Mallikarjun Kharge, voicing all my misgivings and emotions. I was hurt by my party's silence when some prominent leaders in the INDIA bloc made unsavoury remarks against Sanatan. I also publicly opposed our party's stand on Ram Mandir (the 'Pran Pratishtha' of Lord Ram Lalla in Ayodhya)," he said.