Former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot today filed his nomination for the upcoming Rajasthan assembly election from Tonk assembly constituency.
Speaking to media before filing the nomination papers, Pilot said, ‘I have been asked to forgive everyone and move ahead, I am moving ahead on this line. We have no differences of opinions, no differences, and no factions.’ He also added that there was no groupism in the party and ‘there is only one group of Sonia Gandhi, Kharge and Rahul Gandhi’. Pilot offered prayers at the Bhuteshwar Mahadev temple before kicking off the rally with his supporters from Bada Kuan to Patel Chowk in Tonk city. Thousands of workers including MLA Dr. Raghu Sharma, Prashant Bairwa, Rakesh Pareek, Khiladi Lal Bairwa, Tonk in-charge Anil Chopra were present in Pilot's nomination rally. The BJP is yet to announce a candidate against Pilot.
In the 2018 Rajasthan Assembly elections, Pilot had contested from Tonk and won by a margin of over 54,000 votes against the BJP's Yoonus Khan. Polling for the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly will be held on November 25 and the counting of votes will take place on December 03.