The Congress party has decided to field Jignesh Natwarlal Mevani from the Vadgam seat for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls. Mevani was born on December 11, 1982 in the Ahmedabad district of Gujarat and completed his schooling at Swastik Vidyalaya and Vishwa Vidyalay Madhymik Shala in Ahmedabad. Later he pursued graduation in English literature in 2003 from HK Arts College and holds a diploma in journalism and mass communication. A lawyer by profession, he has had a love-hate relationship with the Congress party in the past. Earlier, he was reluctant to be seen as a Congressman. However, Mevani contested as an independent candidate backed by Congress in the 2017 Gujarat elections. He defeated Chakravarti Vijaykumar Harkhabhai of the BJP by over 19,000 votes. Recently, on July 7, 2022, the AICC designated him as the working president of the GPCC. Mevani is contesting the election against BJP's Manilal Jethalal Vaghela and AAP's Dalpatbhai Dahyabhai Bhatiya.