Mahesh Savani, a Surat-based businessman and a social worker, joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday, ahead of the state assembly elections as the ruling party in Delhi is aiming to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state and take its national ambition further.

"The AAP is like a vacant plot in Gujarat, where a house of new and modern politics of the state can be built. To lay the foundation of this, we welcome Mahesh ji to the Aam Aadmi Party," senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia said at a press conference in Surat. "In Gujarat, the AAP is growing day and night at quadruple speed," Sisodia, who is the deputy chief minister in Delhi, said.

Sisodia also praised AAP councillors, who were elected through civic body elections in February. "Now it is not only the work of Delhi, but the work of Gujarat has also started speaking… the work of the councillors has started speaking," he said, adding, "Impressed by all that, Mahesh bhai decided to join the AAP family."

Mahesh Savani, a Surat-based businessman and a social worker, joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday, ahead of the state assembly elections as the ruling party in Delhi is aiming to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state and take its national ambition further.

"The AAP is like a vacant plot in Gujarat, where a house of new and modern politics of the state can be built. To lay the foundation of this, we welcome Mahesh ji to the Aam Aadmi Party," senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia said at a press conference in Surat. "In Gujarat, the AAP is growing day and night at quadruple speed," Sisodia, who is the deputy chief minister in Delhi, said.

Sisodia also praised AAP councillors, who were elected through civic body elections in February. "Now it is not only the work of Delhi, but the work of Gujarat has also started speaking… the work of the councillors has started speaking," he said, adding, "Impressed by all that, Mahesh bhai decided to join the AAP family."