BJP-AAP battle in Patidar garh: 'If you come to power, will you develop with your father's money?' Commenters on Facebook

Varachha MLA Kumar Kanani and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers have come face to face in the run-up to the Surat Municipal Corporation elections. The controversy erupted after an AAP worker made a comment while Kanani was doing his development work live on Facebook. Kanani, who usually seems calm, has taken an aggressive mood this time. At the inauguration of the office in Ward No. 3, he responded to this comment in such a way that the video of which is now going viral on social media. "Father's money..." The statement became the focus of the debate "When I was talking about development live, an AAP leader said that this is the tax money of the people. Oh brother, it is the people's money, isn't it? But I want to ask him, 'If you come to power, will you develop with your father's money?' He made it clear that no matter who the government is, it runs on the taxes of the people, but the BJP is making good use of that money. Calls AAP 'pocket filler' on corruption issue Kanani was not satisfied with just giving an answer but also levelled allegations of corruption against the Aam Aadmi Party. "We use people's money in the right place, we don't eat money. When you (you) fill your pockets by doing corruption! "We have to go door-to-door and expose these people and give an account of the transparent administration that took place under the BJP rule," he appealed to the workers. Challenges AAP's claims on education issue The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) always talks about the education model of Delhi and Punjab, against which Kanani presented a report card of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) schools. "With what face do these people talk about education?" he asked. Free education is provided to boys and girls from class 1 to 12 in Surat Municipal Corporation schools. He claimed that under the BJP rule, schools in Surat have become competing with private schools, so AAP's lies will not work here. Kanani tried his best to save the Patidar stronghold The BJP has not forgotten the way the Aam Aadmi Party made a difference in the last elections in the Patidar areas of Surat. After winning 27 seats, the AAP is more aggressive this time, while Kumar Kanani, on the other hand, has taken the lead to keep the BJP's stronghold intact in Varachha. In the comments on social media and the battle at the grassroots level, Kanani is now attacking directly to increase the confidence of Patidar voters in the BJP. April 26 battle: Prestige question for BJP The BJP has started playing all its bets for the April 26 elections to the Surat Municipal Corporation. After the announcement of the candidates, now star campaigners and MLAs are in the fray. Kumar Kanani's aggressive statement has given a new twist to Surat politics. It remains to be seen how AAP workers and leaders will respond to Kanani's sarcasm of "father's money". Only the election results will tell whose development claims the people of Surat will put their stamp on whose claim of development.