SURAT: Workers of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the BJP clashed in Simada area of the city near a Ganpati Pandal over putting up the party’s banner. Meanwhile, photos of Manoj Sorathiya, state general secretary of AAP, suffering head injury have gone viral on social media.
Cross police complaints have been lodged by workers of both the parties in Sarthana police station. Police have booked the accused in both the FIRs for rioting, unlawful assembly, causing hurt and other offences.
AAP spokesperson Rajesh Sanepara said, “Our workers were present at the Ganesh pandal organized by them when the BJP workers came there and wanted to put up their party’s banner. The BJP men arrived with preparation to attack us in case of a dispute.”
BJP workers called it a pre-planned attack. “Four workers and two labourers went to the spot to put up banners when the AAP workers attacked us. They were prepared with weapons,” said Dinesh Desai, a BJP worker and complainant in one of the FIRs.
Desai alleged that he and his co-workers too suffered injuries in the attack. “We are also under treatment,” Desai added.
“BJP workers went there to put up banners. Only four BJP workers were there when over 100 AAP workers attacked them. In self defence, they (BJP workers) fought back,” said Kumar Kanani, BJP MLA from Varachha.
AAP Rajya Sabha MPs, Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak, visited the city. They met Sorathiya, who is under treatment at SMIMER hospital and later took out a rally from Simada to Sarthana police station.
“The rally was organized to demand FIR with charges of attempt to murder. But police are not registering the FIR as per our demand,” said Sanepara.
Cross police complaints have been lodged by workers of both the parties in Sarthana police station. Police have booked the accused in both the FIRs for rioting, unlawful assembly, causing hurt and other offences.
AAP spokesperson Rajesh Sanepara said, “Our workers were present at the Ganesh pandal organized by them when the BJP workers came there and wanted to put up their party’s banner. The BJP men arrived with preparation to attack us in case of a dispute.”
BJP workers called it a pre-planned attack. “Four workers and two labourers went to the spot to put up banners when the AAP workers attacked us. They were prepared with weapons,” said Dinesh Desai, a BJP worker and complainant in one of the FIRs.
Desai alleged that he and his co-workers too suffered injuries in the attack. “We are also under treatment,” Desai added.
“BJP workers went there to put up banners. Only four BJP workers were there when over 100 AAP workers attacked them. In self defence, they (BJP workers) fought back,” said Kumar Kanani, BJP MLA from Varachha.
AAP Rajya Sabha MPs, Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak, visited the city. They met Sorathiya, who is under treatment at SMIMER hospital and later took out a rally from Simada to Sarthana police station.
“The rally was organized to demand FIR with charges of attempt to murder. But police are not registering the FIR as per our demand,” said Sanepara.