Ajay Kapoor is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, played by Sachin Joab.

Five months later it was announced that Joab and Gooneratne would be promoted to the regular cast in early 2012, while their on-screen daughter, Rani (Coco Cherian), would be introduced.

When he wanted to get involved in public service, he got a seat on the local council, which gave him an instant role with the community.

Both Priya and Ajay unintentionally put their careers before their marriage and Joab thought that they had forgotten about living in the moment.

[2] On 7 December 2011, Daniel Kilkelly from Digital Spy reported that Joab and Gooneratne would be promoted to regular cast members in early 2012.

[5] A writer for Joab's official website stated that Ajay decided "a seat on the Erinsborough council was the right place to begin a career in the community which he always felt connected to.

[9] When asked how he was like his character, Joab told a Channel 5 website writer that while Ajay was the better drummer, they both love their families and know how important they are.

"[10] During an interview for Channel 5's Neighbours website, both Gooneratne and Joab agreed that Priya was the boss in the relationship as she makes all the difficult decisions.

[11] Ajay later notices that Priya is becoming stressed and assumes it is because her friend, Susan Kennedy (Jackie Woodburne), is demanding her support over various problems.

[14] When Paul learns that Ajay is backing a decision to merge the local police station with one in a nearby suburb, he becomes critical of the plan, believing it to be a bad idea for the community.

He then pretends to call the police, which delays their response time and allows him to blame the merger of the two stations for the street being trashed.

[14] Dennis told an Inside Soap columnist "Paul wrote a story for the newspaper, blaming Ajay for the party getting out of hand - before anything happened on Ramsay Street.

"[14] Susan Kennedy and Summer Hoyland (Jordy Lucas) discover what Paul has done and they ask him to print a retraction, but he refuses.

[17] A Channel 5 website writer commented that Ajay and Paul had had "a rocky relationship" since the lawyer moved into the neighbourhood, but it was the first time the men had come to blows.

[20] Executive producer Richard Jasek stated that the cast and crew would miss Joab and added "The Kapoors have been at the forefront of some memorable storylines, which is testament to Sachin's talent.

"[20] During an August interview with Digital Spy's Daniel Kilkelly, Joab revealed that the Kapoor family were written out and they were "dumbfounded by the decision", especially as they did not see it coming.

All four of us were written out in the first year of our full-time contracts, which felt like a massive step backwards in terms of cultural diversity on the show.

[9] The actor questioned how there could be a lack of storylines for a character who had lost his wife and was raising a teenage daughter and suggested some ideas to the producers.

"[9] Joab did not rule out a return to the show and said he would come back if he was asked by the current or future production team.

[21] Joab thought the exit was "so low-key" that when it was broadcast in Australia, some viewers believed that the characters would be coming back.

[9] The actor called Ajay and Rani's departures "disappointing", but thought Priya's exit was "a great way" to write out a character.

[9] Joab also had issues with his character returning to India, since it did not make sense when Ajay had been born and raised in Australia.

[9] The actor added that the writers eventually accepted his idea of Ajay and Rani visit their grandmother in India and then leaving for the UK.

[9] Ajay assesses the local community gardens and informs Toadfish Rebecchi (Ryan Moloney) that the council have decided to sell them.

Paul Robinson becomes determined to stop a local shopping centre development and asks cleaner, Lorraine Dowski (Zoe Bertram), to go through Ajay's documents and photograph them.

Shortly before he decides to announce his resignation from the council, Susan reveals to Ajay that Paul made sure the party got out of control to discredit him and the merger plans.

Following the announcement that the Kapoor family would become regular cast members, staff had to remove several racist posts left on the Neighbours website.

Bower said the inappropriate comments, which were from viewers expressing their anger at a non-Anglo-Saxon family being introduced to the show, came from a "small minority".

[13][24] Another Sunday Mercury reporter thought Ajay had suffered "a crushing blow" during election day, before incurring the wrath of his wife for buying Number 24.

[25] Dianne Butler, writing for news.com.au, stated that "maybe Ajay does have a future in politics" when he forced how-to-vote cards on people while they were eating lunch.