- A fortnight ago, AAP’s Gujarat unit vice president Vashram Sagathiya returned to the Congress fold along with 50 party workers
- We will fight together to raise the issues faced by the people of Gujarat and corruption in the government: Gohil
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AHMEDABAD, JULY 5
Newly-appointed Gujarat Congress unit chief Shaktisinh Gohil has earnestly commenced strengthening the party for facing the ensuing Lok Sabha elections and it is paying rich dividends.
आज आदमी पार्टी के प्रदेश उपाध्यक्ष मनोज भूपटानी, रमेश वोरा – उपाध्यक्ष, अहमदाबाद शहर, एस.के. पारगी – मंत्री, अहमदाबाद शहर, अजय चैबे – लोकसभा प्रभारी, नेहल दवे, प्रदेश प्रवक्ता पराग पांचाल सहित बड़ी संख्या में नेता व कार्यकर्ता कांग्रेस पार्टी में शामिल हुए हैं, मैं उनका स्वागत… pic.twitter.com/B3s4diOGVq
— Shaktisinh Gohil MP (@shaktisinhgohil) July 5, 2023
A fortnight ago, AAP’s Gujarat unit vice president Vashram Sagathiya returned to the Congress fold along with 50 party workers. Close on this, five Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) functionaries in Gujarat joined the Congress along with 50 party workers here on Wednesday in the presence of the grand old party’s newly-appointed state unit chief Shaktisinh Gohil.
દૂધમાં સાકર ભળે અને મીઠાશ વધે તેમ આપ પાર્ટીના આગેવાન-કાર્યકરો આવવાથી કોંગ્રેસ વધુ મજબૂત બનશે. કોંગ્રેસ પક્ષની વિચારધારા સૌને સાથે લઈને ચાલવામાં માનનારી છે. કોંગ્રેસની વિચારધારાએ દેશની આઝાદી માટે લડત લડી છે ત્યારે કોંગ્રેસ પરિવારમાં આમ આદમી પાર્ટીના પ્રદેશ ઉપપ્રમુખ મનોજ ભૂપતાણી,… pic.twitter.com/UtKMtyNgnF
— Shaktisinh Gohil MP (@shaktisinhgohil) July 5, 2023
These five AAP office-bearers are the party’s state vice president Manoj Guptani, Ahmedabad city vice president Ramesh Vora, Ahmedabad city general secretary S K Parghi, Lok Sabha in-charge Ajay Chaubey and the party’s Gujarat unit spokesperson Parag Panchal.
તા. 6/7/2023 (ગુરુવાર) ના રોજ ઘેડ પંથકની મુલાકાતનો કાર્યક્રમ.. pic.twitter.com/E5bVR2zqY6
— Arjun Modhwadia (@arjunmodhwadia) July 5, 2023
Around 50 AAP workers also joined the Congress at a function organised at the party headquarters ‘Rajiv Bhavan.’
ગુજરાત પ્રદેશ કોંગ્રેસ સમિતિના પ્રમુખ શ્રી શક્તિસિંહ ગોહિલ તા. ૭ જુલાઈ ૨૦૨૩ના રોજ ચોટીલા – સુરેન્દ્રનગર ખાતે પધારી રહ્યા છે જ્યાં સુરેન્દ્રનગર કાર્યકર સંમેલન બાદ ચોટીલા ખાતે જગત જનની “માં” ચામુંડા માતાજી ના પવિત્ર ડુંગર ઉપર શીશ ઝુકાવી સર્વે ગુજરાતીઓના સુખ, શાંતિ, સુખાકારી માટે… pic.twitter.com/sovAYKQSiz
— Gujarat Congress (@INCGujarat) July 4, 2023
”AAP leaders and their supporters have joined the Congress to lend their support in its work in the interest of Gujarat. We will fight together to raise the issues faced by the people of Gujarat and corruption in the government,” Gohil told reporters after inducting them.
Congress’s legislature party leader and former state unit president Amit Chavda was among senior leaders who were present at the function.
”Many of our friends worked for Congress in the past and joined AAP due to some misunderstanding. They have decided to return to Congress because of the situation created by the BJP in the country and in the state,” Chavda said.
”The BJP government is trying to scare people in many different ways. We will fight together to save democracy and the Constitution,” he added.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP had positioned itself as a major challenger to the Congress in the December 2022 Assembly election and went on to win five seats. Congress, on the other hand, was reduced to winning only 17 seats in the 182-seat House.
Congress leaders said that AAP made a significant dent into the grand old party’s vote bank and divided votes in favour of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which went on to win 156 seats, the highest ever won by a party in Gujarat.
