Gujarat polls: Patidars return to BJP as agitation anger cools

With no Patidar agitation in 2022, the BJP has won all 16 seats in Surat where the Aam Aadmi Party was looking to make a big impact, particularly those where it had fielded prominent former PAAS leaders like Alpesh Katheriya, Gopal Italia and Dharmik Mandaviya.  PAAS was the Patidar organisation that was at the heart of the 2015-17 protests