Born on July 21, 1989, Gopal Italia is the Convener or Gujarat state chief of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). He was a former police official but joined the Patidar reservation agitation. The party has fielded him in the upcoming election from the Katargam constituency. He became known after January 2017 when he started criticising government officials for corruption. He also hurled a shoe at Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja. The AAP won 27 seats in the Surat Municipal Corporation and one in the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation in the February 2021 Gujarat local body elections under Italia's leadership. He is taking on BJP's Vinodbhai Amarshibhai Moradiya and Congress party's Kalpesh Harjivanbhai Variya.