Career
From January 2013,Italia worked as a constable in Madhupura Police Station in Ahmedabad Police till 2016. [2] He then in 2014 as a Revenue Clerk posted at the office of Dhandhuka taluka Sub-Divisional Magistrate under Ahmedabad Collectorate. [5] He campaigns for the rights of unemployed youth as well as the rights of citizens. [6] [7]
In 2017,Italia served as a government employee. [8] His complaint to the then deputy chief minister Nitin Patel about open violation of the alcohol prohibition policy went viral on social media. He was alleged to have impersonated as a policeman and was charged under Section 120 of the Indian Penal Code in the incident. [9] [2] In March 2017,he was suspended after allegedly hurling a shoe at Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja. [10] [5] [11] [12] Later In 2017,he resigned from his government job. [13] Italia and others also spent 10 days in prison in a case where they did a protest against a BJP leader. [14]
Social activism
As member of the Botad Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti,he took part in the Patidar reservation agitation. He was with Gujarat and District Patidar Andolan Samiti. [13] He was close to Hardik Patel during the Patidar reservation agitation 2015. [15] [16] [17] He created awareness about the constitutional law. [18] [19]
In November 2018,in a live video on Facebook,Italia fired shots into the air with a plastic gun to demonstrate the new contraption made by farmers. In January 2019,Gopal was arrested under the Arms Act for shooting a plastic gun. [10] [20]
Controversies
BJP protested against Italia over a comment,he allegedly made hurting the Hindu sentiments and faced protests in August 2022. [26]
In August 2021,Italia visited a temple in Unjha taluka as part of the AAP's outreach programme. He was arrested by the Mehsana police in a case filed in December 2020 against him for holding a public meeting and demonstration in Mehsana without prior police permission. AAP members staged a protest outside the police station and alleged the arrest was due to political vendetta by the BJP state government. In the evening,Italia was released on bail. [27]
In the first half of October,a video of Italia went viral in which he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi,'neech' (a lowly person). [28] [29] The National Commission for Women has issued a notice to Gopal Italia and summoned him to appear before commission on October 13 in Delhi. On 13 October,the Delhi Police detained Italia from the office of the National Commission for Women,and taken to the police station where he was questioned for 2.5 hours. [30]
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