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. 2021 Gujarat Municipal corporation elections AAP made its debut in the February 2021 Gujarat local body elections, it contested elections to six municipal corporations, namely Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar. It found major success in Surat and Rajkot. The overall vote share across the six municipal corporations was 13.28%. Italia credited the success in the election to party's positive and honest campaigning. In October 2021, AAP contested the Gandhinagar municipal elections. It received 21.77% of the votes and won one seat. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly by winning 92 out of 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. MP Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as Chief Minister on 16 March 2022. Italia hailed the victory as "dream of clean politics coming true". Protests against recruitment exam paper leak The written examination for recruitment of head clerks was held on 12 December 2021 in which with 88,000 aspirants had appeared for 186 vacancies. The exam was conducted by Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board (GSSSB). Asit Vora, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader served as the chairman of GSSSB. AAP had alleged that before the examination, the question paper was leaked and sold at cost of Rs 8-12 lakh. Later on Gujarat government annulled the exam and announced re-examination scheduled for March 2022. Gujarat police made 18 arrests in the racket. 500 supporters of AAP staged a protest outside the Shree Kamalam office of the BJP located in Gandhinagar demanding the removal of BJP leader Asit Vora from the post of chairman of the Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board. BJP workers clashed with AAP protestors and the police resorted to lathicharge. Ninety-three AAP members were arrested including 28 women. AAP president Italia, AAP women's wing and youth wing presidents were among those arrested. Italia and others spent 10 days in prison before getting bail in the case filed by BJP leader for the protest. 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election In