Watch: AAP Councillor Jumps Into Drain On Mission Clean-Up, Then Milk Bath

Haseeb-ul-Hasan, AAP councilor from East Delhi, jumped into an overflowing sewage drain in Shastri Park to clean it up.

The political row over municipal elections escalating, a councillor from Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party made a dramatic point today to the BJP-led civic body. Haseeb-ul-Hasan, AAP councilor from East Delhi, jumped into an overflowing sewage drain in Shastri Park to clean it up.

Cellphone videos showed him standing chest-deep in the drain in a gleaming while kurta, using a rake to remove the floating debris. His assistants are seen standing gingerly on hard ground, handing various implements.

After the clean-up, Mr Hasan's supporters gave him a bath in milk, much in the style of actor Anil Kapoor in Bollywood blockbuster "Nayak". Videos of the milk bath have been widely circulated as well.

A nominated councillor of AAP, Mr Hasan later said the drain was overflowing and repeated complaints to officials, the BJP councillor and the local MLA have not helped. So he decided to take matters in his own hands today. The local MLA is Anil Kumar Bajpai, a member of the BJP.