<span style="color: #222222;">Patidar leader Hardik Patel's hopes of fighting next month's Lok Sabha polls hit a major roadblock as the Gujarat High Court on Friday dismissed the plea to stay his conviction in a 2015 rioting case.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">April 4 is the last date of filing of nominations in Gujarat. He has a few days to challenge the judgement in the Supreme Court. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Hardik, who joined the Congress on March 12, had expressed his willingness to contest the election from Jamnagar Lok Sabha seat.</span><br />''