AAP Vs BJP in Surat: In Gujarat, Aam Aadmi Party got its first success from Surat. After this the party moved forward on Mission Gujarat. The party is facing difficulties in its first bastion itself. So on the other hand, BJP has become stronger in its fort in Surat due to the change of party of AAP councillors.
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- AAP councilors coming in Surat increased BJP’s strength
- With the arrival of 12 councilors of AAP, the presence of the party in every ward
- Since 2000, only Congress was in possession of many wards.
- Even after 93 seats in the 2021 elections, there were no councilors in many wards
Lotus blossomed in every ward
The total number of wards in Surat Municipal Corporation is 30. Four councilors are elected from each ward. Even after the majority in the 2021 elections, there were some wards where BJP was not present. After 23 years, BJP’s presence is now in all the wards. With the joining of 12 AAP councilors in BJP, the party has now reached the situation of the year 2000. In Surat, the BJP was swept out of Patidar-dominated wards in the 2015 and 2021 civic polls. In the 90s, there were some wards in Surat where the BJP was not represented. Among these the wards with Muslim population were more. So in 1995, the party broke the de-limitation and wiped out the Congress from all the wards. The party then won 98 out of 99 seats, though the Congress continued to dominate in some wards thereafter. Now after 23 years, such a situation has arisen when BJP is present in all the wards.
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BJP has become stronger in Surat due to the change of sails of Aam Aadmi Party councilors from the Lok Sabha elections. Not only this, the strength of the party has increased to 105 in the Corporation as well as in the House. Some wards out of 30 are such where all the four councilors are from BJP. In the February 2021 elections, the Aam Aadmi Party got Sanjivani in Surat. After this, the party moved forward on Mission Gujarat, but before and after the assembly elections, the party is on the back foot due to the change of party in total 12 councillors. If the exodus of councilors from AAP does not stop in the coming days, the Aam Aadmi Party will lose the post of Leader of Opposition along with the main opposition party in Surat. Now it remains to be seen how the party deals with this saffron crisis?
BJP Gujarat chief CR Patil has deployed a strong team in Surat.
Difficult face ‘AAP’ team
The Aam Aadmi Party, which has fielded all heavyweight candidates from Surat in the assembly elections, is currently in a posture of drama control. The party is trying to keep the 15 councilors united in any case, although the party had expelled Rajesh Moradiya. In such a situation, only 14 councilors are left with the party. 12 councilors are required to hold the position of Leader of the Opposition in the House. In such a situation, a very serious crisis has arisen for you in Surat. Your councilors who have joined BJP. Among them, the name of Jeet Kanu Gedia from ward number 3 is also there. Kanu Gedia was the Aam Aadmi Party’s winning corporator with the highest margin. He won from Varachha-Sarathna, Simda-Laskana by a margin of 34,732 votes.Gujarat Politics: AAP on backfoot due to BJP’s double attack in Surat, challenge to save party’s first bastion in front of Isudan Gadhvi
Patil’s reputation is directly at stake
CR Patil, who has emerged as the new leader of BJP’s electoral politics using page committee, lives in Surat. He is reaching the Lok Sabha after being elected from Navsari for three consecutive terms. In such a situation, the party’s weakness in Surat is directly linked to Patil’s performance, but at present, the political equation in Hira Nagri is completely in favor of BJP, BJP is holding all the seats in the assembly. So AAP and Congress seem to have a long way to go to come into the contest. Patil was not present at the time of taking membership of the councilors who came from AAP to BJP, but later he met all the councillors.Gujarat Politics: Second blow to AAP in Surat in seven days, two more councilors left the party
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