BJP fields Yunus Khan against Sachin Pilot

Jaipur: The BJP on Monday, in its final list for the Rajasthan Assembly polls, changed its candidate from Tonk and fielded PWD Minister Yunus Khan against Congress state unit chief Sachin Pilot.

Khan replaced Ajit Singh on the final day of filing of nomination for the December 7 elections. He is also the only Muslim candidate fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party while Congress has 15 Muslim candidates.

BJP Vice President Avinash Rai Khanna on Friday had called Pilot a “fugitive” for leaving his Ajmer parliamentary seat and choosing Tonk to contest his first assembly poll”.

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