Pitching his Assembly election contest with Congress leader Sachin Pilot as a "local-versus-outsider" battle, BJP's Tonk candidate Ajit Singh Mehta cited Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's "post is not leaving him" remark to claim that Mr. Pilot does not have the "Chief Ministerial face advantage" that he had in 2018.
Mr. Mehta, who had represented Tonk from 2013 to 2018 in the Assembly, has been handed the tough assignment by the BJP to take on the former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister, who won from here over his BJP rival Yoonus Khan in 2018 by a record margin of more than 54,000 votes.
