Rajkot: Rajya Sabha member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and outspoken businessman who owns Maruti Courier company, Ram Mokariya, told a Gujarati newspaper in an exclusive interview in Rajkot that he had to pay a bribe to obtain a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) when he was not a Member of Parliament. Mokariya said he had submitted a building plan for a 27,000 square var area in survey number 105 near the BJP office in Rajkot. The land was conv...Read More

Rajkot: Polling for the general election of Lok Sabha is ongoing on 25 seats in Gujarat, with people queuing up at polling booths to cast their votes. Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha MP Rambhai Mokariya's health has deteriorated while he was on his way to Amreli after casting his vote in Rajkot. It is learned that Mokariya was on his way to Amreli to meet the Union Minister and BJP candidate from the Rajkot Lok Sabha seat, Parshottam Rupala, when he fell sick. The Rajya Sabha MP was shifted to the K.D. P...Read More

Gandhinagar: In an explosive social media statement, Rambhai Mokariya, a BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat, has accused a prominent BJP leader of embezzling a significant sum of money and refusing to return it. Mokariya made the claim in a widely shared social media post on Monday, where he refrained from mentioning the leader's name. Instead, he described the individual as a wealthy retired senior leader from outside Gujarat. In his social media post, Mokariya said, “One very old politici...Read More

Gandhinagar: Two candidates for equal number of vacant seats of Rajya Sabha in Gujarat have been declared victorious unopposed and handed over certificate of their election to upper house today. Both candidates - Rambhai Mokariya and Dinesh Prajapati (Anavadiya) are from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Mokariya has been elected on the seat vacant following demise of BJP leader Abhay Bharadwaj for Bharadwaj's nearly five and half years term left in upper house. Dinesh Prajapati has been elect...Read More

Gandhinagar: Two candidates for equal number of vacant Rajya Sabha seats - Rambhai Mokariya and Dineshbhai Anavadiya (Prajapati) today filed nomination forms for their candidature in Rajya Sabha by-polls. Two seats are vacant due to demise of Ahmed Patel and Abhay Bharadwaj. Rambhai Mokariya has filed nomination for the seat vacant due to demise of Abhay Bharadwaj. Therefore his term as Rajya Sabha MP will be nearly six years long. Dinesh Prajapati has filed nomination for the seat vacant due to...Read More

Gandhinagar: Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced its candidates for two-seat Rajya Sabha by-polls in Gujarat. They are Dinesh Prajapati (Dinesh Jemalbhai Anavadiya) and Rambhai Mokariya. As Congress party has not enough MLAs to get its candidate elected, it may stay away from fielding candidates. In that case, BJP will win both seats unopposed. Two seats of Rajya Sabha are vacant due to demise of Ahmed Patel and Abhay Bharadwaj. The candidate chosen for vacant seat of Ahmed Patel w...Read More