MUMBAI: Dilip Joshi aka Jethalal Champaklal Gada of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah will reportedly be going to Rajasthan to campaign for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the Rajasthan Assembly Elections 2018. As per media reports, he will be contesting from the Bari Sadri Assembly seat in the Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan.

Dilip is expected to pull a huge crowd for the BJP candidate, as he is quite popular for his stint as one of the lead actors in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah. The show is one of the longest running ones on Indian television and is based on playwright Taarak Mehta’s column ‘Duniya Ne Undha Chashma’ in Gujarati weekly magazine Chitralekha. The polling for the 200-seat Rajasthan Assembly will be held on 7th December. The poll result will be declared on 11th December.