Gujarat: After being expelled by the AAP party, Vashram Sagathiya joins Congress

A day after being expelled by the Aam Aadmi Party as the vice-president of Gujarat, Vashram Sagathiya on June 21 joined the Congress with his supporters in the presence of Gujarat Congress chief Shaktisinh Gohil.

He was expelled by the AAP on June 20 for “anti party” activities. He had contested the last Assembly polls from AAP as an SC-reserved Rajkot rural seat candidate.

On Wednesday, he returned to the Congress with his supporters and said that leaving the Congress and joining the AAP before the last Assembly polls was a “big mistake” and on realising that, he had decided to return to his original party.

Mr. Sagathiya is a leading Dalit leader in Rajkot and also Municipal Councillor in the Rajkot Municipal Corporation.

In the last Assembly polls, the AAP won five Assembly seats but damaged the principal Opposition Congress the most by dividing the anti-BJP votes on at least 50 seats.