Updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 17:13 [IST]
Ahmedabad, Feb 16: The BJP on Tuesday announced the names of candidates who will be contesting the by- elections for two Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat, where polls will be held on March 1.
The state BJP s OBC Morcha president Dinesh Anavadiya and Ram Mokariya, the founder-chairman of a courier company, will contest the bypolls. Anavadiya, a senior party leader from Banaskantha district, has served as the director of the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation between 2014-17.
While Mokariya said he has remained a dedicated party worker for over four decades. I have been a party worker for the last 45 years and am happy that the party has nominated me as a candidate for the Rajya Sabha election, he said.
The BJP on Tuesday announced the names of candidates who will be contesting the by- elections for two Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat, where polls will be held on March 1. The state BJP s OBC Morcha president Dinesh Anavadiya and Ram Mokariya, the founder-chairman of a courier company, will contest the bypolls. Anavadiya, a senior party leader from Banaskantha district, has served as the director of the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation between 2014-17. While Mokariya said he has remained a dedicated party worker for over four decades. I have been a party worker for the last 45 years and am happy that the party has nominated me as a candidate for the Rajya Sabha election, he said.