In the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party has fielded Sonal Patel, a seasoned political figure and former Gujarat Mahila Congress President, to contest from the high-profile Gandhinagar constituency against the incumbent MP, .
After the election office of the constituency was inaugurated, senior Gujarat minister Rushikesh Patel had said in March that in the last five years, Amit Shah had either inaugurated or laid foundation stone of developmental works worth around Rs 23,000 crore.
Dr Mavalankar was also a member secretary of the high-level Covid-19 taskforce of the Gujarat government and was among the first to advocate for adequate ventilation and better data recording and transparency. Dr Mavalankar also authored several studies examining aspects, including the secondary attack rate of Covid in households.