Surat: Two more corporators of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) have joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Ward No. 3 corporator  Kanu Gediya, and Ward No. 2 corporator, Alpesh Patel joined the BJP today. AAP had won 27 seats in the year 2021 regular election of SMC. Out of them, 12 corporators have joined BJP so far. There are now 15 corporators left with AAP. SMC standing committee chairman Paresh Patel said that the rule of the anti-defection law wil...Read More

Surat: Six more councillors of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) from the Aam Aadmi Party have joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today evening. They have declared their resignations from AAP. Earlier four AAP councillors had joined BJP. They today formally left AAP and joined BJP. With today's induction, a total of 10 AAP councillors have joined BJP. The joining took place at the Surat BJP office. Four councillors who had earlier distanced from AAP to join BJP are Bhavnaben So...Read More

Surat: Ahead of the roadshow of Arvind Kejriwal, the AAP workers removed the road dividers in Katargam area at Dhanmora char rasta. As the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) team came to the spot to restore the dividers, the AAP workers entered into goondaism and compelled the SMC staffers to leave the place by fear and force. Later, just before the roadshow, the SMC team reached the spot with a police cover and installed a steel barricade. It's worth noting that due to the removal of dividers at...Read More

Surat: The Surat district BJP President, Sandeep Desai, and Olpad MLA & Agriculture Minister, Mukesh Patel, have succeeded in getting the President, secretary and general secretary of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Olpad to break their ties with the ‘Jhadoo’ and switch over to the saffron party. The BJP has also claimed that Congress candidate for the taluka panchayat from Delad village, Kinnari Thakore, too has switched over to their side along with 150 of her workers. DeshGujaratRead More

Surat: The police have booked a female corporator of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from Surat for unfurling the national flag upside down. AAP had arranged Tiranga Yatra on 11th March near Simada naka in Surat to celebrate the victory of AAP in Punjab assembly election. AAP corporator of ward number 16 Shobhnaben Kevadiya (lives in Ishwarnagar society, Puna, Surat) allegedly unfurled the national flag upside down in the Tiranga yatra. One Pranav Maganbhai Patel (lives in Krushnakunj society, Yog...Read More

Surat: Ten persons including Aam Admi Party (AAP) chief Gopal Italiya are held today by Udhna Police for rioting and other offences. Total 16 persons are booked in this case, over the incident in which AAP leaders and cadres rushed to local BJP office for protest. According to police complaint, Italiya and 15 to 20 others reached BJP office at around 12.10 pm when police was already present there for bandobast. Police had stopped them and asked if they had any permission to hold protest prog...Read More

Surat: Kundaj Kothiya, a councilor of Aam Admi Party (AAP) who had joined ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in February this year today rejoined AAP. Corporator Kundan Kothiya represents ward number four in Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC). Total six AAP councilors had joined BJP in February this year. Out of them two including Kundan Kothiya have returned to AAP later. DeshGujaratRead More

Surat: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s woman corporator Manisha Kukadiya, who had joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) about 38 days ago, has rejoined AAP today. Gujarat AAP chief Gopal Italia made this announcement. Kukadiya is corporator from ward no 4. Total 5 corporators from AAP Vipul Movaliya, Bhavnaben Solanki, Jyotikaben Lathiya, Manisha Kukadiya, and Ruta Dudhatara had joined BJP at Kamlam in Gandhinagar on 4th February in the presence of state home minister Harsh Sanghavi, general secretar...Read More