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In its fifth list of candidates announced on the last day of nomination on Monday, Bharatiya Janata Party fielded Yunus Khan, state minister for transportation and public works department, from the Tonk seat against state Congress chief Sachin Pilot.
Khan, who is considered number two in the state government, replaced the sitting BJP MLA Ajit Singh Mehta who was issued a ticket from Tonk in party’s first list announced last week. “Sachin Pilot thought that Tonk would be an easy seat to win but BJP has a stronghold over the Muslim votes in the area and we’ll also motivate the
