BJP’s Mokariya, Prajapati elected unopposed to RS from Gujarat
By IANS| Published: 23rd February 2021 4:58 am IST
Gandhinagar, Feb 22 : Rambhai Mokariya and Dineshbhai Prajapati (Anavadia), the BJP nominees for the two vacant Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat, were declared elected unopposed on Monday. The Rajya Sabha elections were held uncontested after five years as there was no nomination filed by the Congress.
The Returning Officer (RO) for the byelections, Chetan Pandya declared both the candidates from the saffron party as elected and handed them the certificates for the same in the Gujarat assembly premises on Monday.
Rambhai Mokariya, hailing from the Brahmin community, is an old warrior of the BJP based in Rajkot and is the CMD of Maruti Couriers. He was also a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) from 1974 and later joined the Jan Sangh in 1978. Since then, he’s been with the BJP.
Rajya Sabha bypolls: BJP wins both seats unopposed, 1 of them held by Ahmed Patel
Rajya Sabha bypolls: BJP wins both seats unopposed, 1 of them held by Ahmed Patel
BJP nominees were on Monday declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat as the Opposition Congress did not field candidates for the two vacant seats, one of which was held by its veteran leader Ahmed Patel.
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BJP nominees Dineshchandra Anavadiya and Rambhai Mokariya were on Monday declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat as the Opposition Congress did not field candidates for the two vacant seats, one of which was held by its veteran leader Ahmed Patel.
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AHMEDABAD: BJP nominees Dineshchandra Anavadiya and Rambhai Mokariya were on Monday declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat as the opposition Congress did not field candidates for the two vacant seats, one of which was held by its veteran leader Ahmed Patel.
The two seats had fallen vacant following the demise of the sitting MPs belonging to the Congress and the BJP.
One of the seats was held by veteran Congressman Ahmed Patel since 1993 till his death on November 25 last year due to complications related to Covid-19.
The other seat fell vacant as BJP s Abhay Bharadwaj, a first time MP elected to the RS in 2019, too, died on December 1 due to the coronavirus infection.
Gujarat Bypolls: BJP Wins Both Rajya Sabha Seats
One of the seats was held by veteran Congressman Ahmed Patel since 1993 till his death on November 25 last year due to complications related to COVID-19.
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Ahmedabad: BJP nominees Dineshchandra Anavadiya and Rambhai Mokariya were on Monday declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat as the opposition Congress did not field candidates for the two vacant seats, one of which was held by its veteran leader Ahmed Patel.
The two seats had fallen vacant following the demise of the sitting MPs belonging to the Congress and the BJP.