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6 AAP councilors wore saffron at the BJP office ‘Kamalam’ in Ahmedabad at around 11 am on Saturday. During this, Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghvi was also present.
The Aam Aadmi Party suffered a major setback in Gujarat. In a jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Gujarat’s Surat city, six of its corporators in the local body have joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). These councilors had joined the BJP late on Friday night in the presence of Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghvi.
In the Surat Municipal Corporation elections in February 2021, AAP performed brilliantly and became the main opposition party by winning 27 seats in the 120-member Municipal Corporation. The BJP had got 93 seats, while the Congress’s account could not even be opened.
In the municipal elections held in February 2021, AAP became the main opposition party by winning 27 seats in Surat.
The number of members of ‘AAP’ in the municipal corporation has reduced to 17.
Earlier, five AAP councilors had joined the BJP in February 2022, but one of them returned to the party. Now with six more councilors joining the ruling party, the number of AAP members in the municipal corporation has come down to 17. At the reception, Shanghvi informed that the AAP councilors had resigned from their party and joined the BJP.
He told reporters, today the real face of ‘AAP’ has come in front of the country. Seeing the manner in which AAP leaders have left no stone unturned to insult the people of Gujarat and the state, party councilors have joined the BJP, taking a pledge to develop their wards.
Earlier, 5 councilors had joined BJP in February 2022 but one had returned.
BJP is luring AAP councilors
Ruta Kheini, one of the six councilors who joined the BJP, said that she decided to join the BJP after being influenced by the BJP’s ideology and working style of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Meanwhile, the state unit of AAP alleged that the BJP was luring and threatening its corporators. In a video statement, AAP councilor Deepti Sakaria alleged that she was invited to the residence of a BJP minister in the state capital Gandhinagar, where she was offered money in exchange for joining the BJP.
AAP alleges that the BJP is luring its corporators as well as threatening them.
The whole matter became clear after AAP councilors joined BJP.
He said, I had informed about this to our general secretary Manoj Sorathia. Meanwhile, the whole matter became clear after AAP councilors joined BJP. It is sad to see the manner in which the BJP is misleading them to join the party.” Another AAP corporator Rachna Hirapara said that ever since the AAP corporators won the elections, the BJP has been giving them Trying to get her involved in the party.
We are being offered since the time we won the election, he alleged. BJP is offering and many corporators are falling in its trap. He has taken Rs 50 lakh in lieu of joining the ruling party.