In the last election, Italia contested from the Qatargam seat in Surat, but lost.
By -elections are to be held in Visavadar assembly seat in Gujarat. However, the Election Commission has not announced the election dates. However, the Aam Aadmi Party has declared Patidar Gopal Italia as its candidate this seat. Party’s state organization general secretary Manojbhai Sorathia
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AAP won this seat in 2022 Significantly, in the 2022 assembly elections, the Aam Aadmi Party won from Visavadar seat. AAP Bhupat Bhayani defeated BJP Harshad Ribia. However, a year later (in December 2023), Bhupat Bhayani resigned from his post and left the AAP party. Since then this seat is vacant. Bhupat Bhayani has now joined BJP.
Bhupat Bhaiyani submitting his resignation to Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary. (Photo of 13 December.)
Gopal Italia lost in the last election At the same time, talking about lawyer Gopal Italia by profession, he was defeated in the 2022 assembly elections. Italia contested from Qatargam seat in Surat city, but lost to BJP’s Veenu Mordia. Mordia got 120342 votes in this election. While Gopal Italia got 55713 votes.
Elections were not held due to pending case in court? After the AAP won the AAP in the Gujarat assembly elections in 2022, the candidates who lost this seat have challenged Bhayani’s victory in the High Court. Since then, the matter is in court and the by -election is not being held due to pending election petition.
Bhupat Bhayani used to be BJP workers before joining AAP.
Two of the three candidates have withdrawn the petition A total of three applications were filed by Haresh Dobaria, Mohit Malaviya and Harshad Ribadia. Mohit Malaviya had already withdrawn the application. Later, Harshad Ribadia also withdrew the application. However, since Haresh Dobaria has not yet withdrawn its application, the by -election has not been cleared. In the PIL filed in the High Court for the by -election in Visavadar in 2024, the lawyer appeared on behalf of the Election Commission said that according to the Supreme Court’s decision, if any election petition is pending, the by -election cannot be held until it is settled.
AAP candidate Gopal Italia.
Italia came into discussion by bouncing a shoe on the Home Minister Gopal Italia was a police constable in his first job. He then passed the revenue examination and became a clerk in the Ahmedabad Collector Office. From there, Italia was transferred to the post of Commerce Sub-Registrar as a revenue clerk.
When the assembly elections were coming in 2017, Italia bounced a shoe at the then Home Minister Pradeep Singh Jadeja at the Gandhinagar Secretariat. Action was taken against Italia for this act. Italia then joined the Aam Aadmi Party.