gujarat key candidate

The chief of the AAP's state unit, Italia is a former police official and was the face of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (with Hardik Patel). He joined the AAP in 2020 and was made state boss six months later. He has the unenviable task of flipping a seat won emphatically by the BJP in 2012 and 2017. Katargam voted in the first phase (on Dec 1), and he had then alleged polling had been 'deliberately slowed' and questioned the Election Commission.