Ludhiana, Oct. 14 -- The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has issued a show-cause notice to its Ward 19 councillor (Chandigarh Road), Nidhi Gupta, accusing her of anti-party activities after she raised concerns over poor sanitation and garbage lifting in her ward during Monday's municipal corporation (MC) General House meeting.

The action comes amid a wider controversy over the deployment of sanitation workers. BJP leader Gurdeep Singh Gosha has demanded that the Ludhiana mayor make public the complete list of 1,208 workers recruited or deployed by the MC, alleging that around 90% could be dummy employees.

Gupta has been asked to respond within a week and explain why disciplinary action should not be initiated against her. The notice accuses her o...