Six corporators of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), in Surat municipality switched sides to join the ruling BJP on Friday late in the night. The councillors tendered their resignations "willingly" and joined the BJP in presence of the Home Minister of Gujarat Harsh Sanghvi and other leaders at the party headquarters in Gandhinagar Friday midnight.
Video grab of AAP candidates talking to people
Surat: Within days of winning the civic body election, AAP councillor Dharmendra Vavaliya from Kapodra Hirabaug (ward 3) was seen out on the road addressing people’s issues. On Saturday, he went around instructing shops and offices in Hira Baug area to stop paying extra money to garbage collection vans.
Videos of Vavaliya raising the vexed issue in the area also went viral on the social media. “I received complaints that the employees of garbage collection vans make illegal demands for amounts between Rs 300 and Rs 1,000 every month from commercial establishments as per the size of the business. People already pay tax to get this service,” Vavaliya told TOI.