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Along with Umar Khalid, Jignesh Mevani was booked under an FIR for giving 'provocative' speeches in Pune. The criminal offence against Mevani and Khalid was for promoting enmity between different groups through their speeches. The Elgaar Parishad rally, where this reportedly happened, was held in Pune to mark the 200th year of the Battle of Koregaon, a place in present-day Pune district, which was fought between the then British Indian Army and the Peshwas. Besides Mevani and Khalid, the mother of Rohith Vemula, Radhika Vemula, Dalit leader Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar, Dalit activist Soni Sori, and Bhim Army’s Vinay Ratan Singh were among others who attended the conference.

In 2017 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, he contested and won the election from Vadgam constituency, running as an independent candidate with support of the Indian National Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party.

After attack on Dalit men in Una village in Saurashtra region of Gujarat by claimed members of cow protection group, protests broke out across Gujarat. Jignesh Mevani led the protest march called Dalit Asmita Yatra from Ahmedabad to Una, which culminated on 15 August 2016 and was attended by some 20,000 Dalits, including dalit women, who took a pledge to give up their traditional jobs of removing cow carcasses. He demanded the land for upliftment of Dalits.

Jignesh Mevani (born 11 December 1982) is an Indian politician. He is a member representing Vadgam constituency in Gujarat Legislative Assembly. He has worked as a social activist and lawyer. He had led protests by Dalits, considered 'lower castes' in the Indian caste hierarchy, in Gujarat in 2016.

Mevani was born on 11 December 1982 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat to a Dalit family. His family is native of Meu, a village in Mehsana district. He completed his schooling from Swastik Vidyalaya and Vishwa Vidyalay Madhyamik Shala in Ahmedabad. He completed Bachelor of Arts in English literature in 2003 from H.K Arts College, Ahmedabad. In 2004, he received Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication. From 2004 to 2007, he served as a reporter for Abhiyan, a Gujarati magazine. In 2013, he received Bachelor of Laws from D. T. Law College, Ahmedabad.