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  • Final list of Chhattisgarh Congress released; A total of 22 MLAs’ tickets were cut, what was the reason?

    Chhattisgarh congress list: On Sunday, Congress has released its third and final list for Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Congress has announced the names of 7 candidates in this list. Of the two lists that came earlier, Congress had announced the names of 30 candidates in the first list and 53 candidates in the second list. In this way, Congress has now announced candidates for all 90 assembly seats in the state. In the third list of Congress which came on Sunday, the party has canceled the tickets of four more MLAs. In this way, Congress has canceled the tickets of a total of 22 sitting MLAs in Chhattisgarh. Let us know why Congress canceled the tickets of 22 MLAs…

    Commenting on Congress cutting the tickets of MLAs, Chhattisgarh’s political expert Harsh Dubey said that Congress has cut the tickets of only those MLAs who were facing anti-incumbency wave. There was an anti-incumbency wave against these MLAs, in view of which the Congress party decided to cancel their tickets.

    how much ticket for which class

    Out of 90 Congress candidates in Chhattisgarh, 33 Scheduled Tribe, 29 Backward Class (OBC), 10 Scheduled Caste and 15 General Category candidates have been given tickets. Congress has also fielded three minority candidates out of 90. This time, the party has not given tickets to a total of 22 out of 71 sitting Congress MLAs. Let us tell you that till now Bharatiya Janata Party has announced candidates for 86 seats in Chhattisgarh.

    Who got the chance in the third list?

    Releasing the third list, Congress said that sitting MLA Ambika Singh Dev has been fielded from Baikunthpur and Kuldeep Juneja from Raipur North. Apart from these, four new candidates have been fielded in place of the four MLAs whose tickets have been canceled, including Chaturi Nand (Saraipali-SC), Ambika Markam (Sivaha), Sandeep Sahu (Kasdol) and Rashmi Chandrakar (Mahasamund). . The party has fielded Omkar Sahu from Dhamtari seat. She could not win the 2018 elections from here. Of these five seats, except former MLA Ambika Markam, there are new faces on the remaining four.

    Chhattisgarh’s political expert Harsh Dubey said that in the final list, Congress has cut the tickets of 4 sitting MLAs, taking the final number to 22. Of the seven candidates declared, two are from Sahu, one from Kurmi, two from General and one each from tribal and SC communities. He said that out of all the 180 candidates declared by both the major national parties, the only Sikh candidate is from the Congress, who has been fielded from Raipur city (North). Keeping the social equation in mind, BJP has fielded only one Jain candidate from Raipur City West. BJP has made Rajesh Munat its candidate from here. Along with this, Congress has fielded a Muslim candidate Mohammad Akbar from Kawardha.

  • Mahadev Betting App Case: These 14 names including Saurabh Chandrakar in Rs 6000 crore scam, ED made 9000 page charge sheet

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed the first charge sheet in connection with the ongoing money laundering investigation in the recently reported Mahadev Betting App case in Chhattisgarh. In its charge sheet of about 9000 pages, ED has named 14 people including Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, the main promoters of Mahadev Book App. According to sources, the estimated income of the alleged crime in this case is around Rs 6,000 crore.

    According to the officials, in the charge sheet, Saurabh Chandrakar, Ravi Uppal, Vikas Chappariya, Chandrabhushan Verma, Satish Chandrakar, Anil Dammani, Sunil Dammani, Vishal Ahuja, Dheeraj Ahuja, creation associate Punaram Verma, Shiv Kumar Verma, Punaram Verma Shiv Kumar Verma, Yashoda Verma And names of 14 accused including Pawan Nathani are included.

    The ED statement said, “ED has filed charge sheet in the Mahadev App case in the Special Money Laundering Prevention Act (PMLA) Court, Raipur on October 20, 2023. The next hearing on the prosecution complaint is fixed for November 25, 2023.” The statement further said that no celebrity has been accused in the prosecution complaint.

    Recently, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had reportedly questioned the Center by asking whether the government accepted election money for not banning betting apps.

    In Raipur on Friday, the CM said, “The central government has the right to ban betting apps, not the state government. My allegation is that if the BJP-led central government is not banning the app, then have you decided to ban the betting app?” Funds have been accepted for this.”

    Mahadev Online Book Betting App is a big syndicate that provides online platform to illegal betting websites to enable them to enroll new users, create user IDs and launder money through anonymous bank accounts.

    The ED had released details of its investigation in the online money laundering case related to Mahadev online book betting app in mid-September this year. The agency had said that wedding planners, dancers, decorators etc. were hired from Mumbai and hawala channels were used to make cash payments.

    The agency said Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal, residents of Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, are the two main promoters of the Mahadev betting platform and run their operations from Dubai. He had created an empire for himself in that country.

    The agency had recently raided 39 locations in Raipur, Bhopal, Mumbai and Kolkata and seized illegal assets worth Rs 417 crore. ED has started serious investigation abroad also. Raipur’s PMLA court has also issued non-bailable warrants against the suspects.

    The ED, which is probing money laundering allegations in connection with Mahadev online book app, had last month conducted raids in Chhattisgarh and arrested four accused, including a main lieutenant, in connection with the case with links to a betting syndicate. The investigating agency alleged that he was a senior They were trying to bribe government officials in the form of ‘protection money’.

    The ED had said that it has successfully identified other key players involved in the money laundering operation of the app. The main part of the charge sheet runs into 197 pages, while about 8,800 more pages have been added in the annexures. However, Saurabh Chandrakar and Ravi Uppal had denied any wrongdoing.

  • Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023: Congress did not disclose criminal records of 83 candidates, claims BJP; Complaint to EC

    After the list of Congress candidates for Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023 was revealed, Bharatiya Janata Party has now made big allegations. BJP claims that many Congress candidates have not given information about their criminal records. Chhattisgarh’s opposition party BJP has lodged its complaint regarding this with the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in Raipur. BJP claims that within 48 hours of being elected, many candidates have not made public the information about the criminal cases pending against them.

    However, Congress has claimed that BJP is making false claims about the ruling party workers. A Congress spokesperson said that the party has not given tickets to people with criminal image. All candidates will follow all the rules of the Election Commission. Let us tell you that Congress has so far announced the names of its candidates on 83 seats regarding Chhattisgarh elections. There are a total of 90 assembly seats in Chhattisgarh. Voting will be held in the state in two phases on November 7 and 17.

    Convenor of BJP’s legal cell in Chhattisgarh, Jaiprakash Chandravanshi said in a statement that in the complaint given to the Chief Electoral Officer on Saturday, it has been said that there is an order of the Supreme Court that after the names of the candidates are decided, these candidates should be registered within 48 hours. But information about ongoing criminal cases has to be given to the Election Commission. BJP claims that Congress has neither given the details of the criminal records of its 83 candidates to the Election Commission nor on the party’s website, social media nor in national or local newspapers.

    Chandravanshi further said that the information about the candidates whose criminal background has not been given has also been given to the Election Commission. State Congress spokesperson Dhananjay Singh Thakur said that the party has not given tickets to leaders with criminal image. He alleged that it is the conduct of BJP that it fields criminals in elections. BJP is making false allegations against Congress candidates. The image of Congress candidates is clear.

    Many candidates of BJP and Congress have filed their nominations for the first phase of elections in the state and it is important that all the candidates give all their information before the Election Commission while filing nominations.

  • Congress released the second list of 53 candidates for Chhattisgarh elections, who will get the ticket from where?

    Congress has released its second list for Chhattisgarh Assembly elections (Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha Election 2023). It includes names of 53 candidates. Congress has made former mayor Jatin Jaiswal its candidate from Jagdalpur. Jatin Jaiswal is considered close to Deputy Chief Minister TS Singhdev. Sanhad BJP has also nominated its former mayor Kiran Dev from Jagdalpur. This is an unreserved seat. It is clear that there will be an election battle between two former mayors from Jagdalpur seat.

    In its second list, Congress has fielded Arun Vora, son of its senior leader Motilal Vora, from Durg city. With the names of 53 candidates appearing in this list, the number of candidates announced by Congress has increased to 83. There are 90 assembly seats in the state. The party has fielded sitting MLA Vikas Upadhyay from Raipur City West Assembly seat, Pankaj Sharma from Raipur Rural while Mahant Ram Sundar Das has fielded from Raipur South Assembly seat.

    Congress has given a chance to Shailesh Pandey from Bilaspur. Sitting MLA Arun Vora has been made a candidate again from Durg city. His father Motilal Vora was the Chief Minister of United Madhya Pradesh. Earlier on Sunday, Congress had announced the names of 30 candidates in its first list. Elections for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held in the state in two phases (November 7 and 17). Counting of votes will take place on December 3 along with four other states.

    Congress has fielded Gulab Singh Kamro from Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST), Ramesh Singh from Manendragarh, Khelsai Singh from Premnagar, Lundra (ST) Pritam Ram, Jashpur (ST) Vinay Kumar Bhagat, Kunkuri (ST) UD Minj, Pathalgaon (ST) Rampukar. Singh and Paras Nath Rajwade from Bhatgaon, Rajkumari Maravi from Pratappur (ST), Ajay Tirkey from Ramanujganj (ST) and Samari (ST) Vijay Paikra have been fielded. Vidyawati Sidar from Lailunga (ST), Prakash Shakrajit Nayak from Raigarh, Utari Jangde from Sarangarh (SC) and Laljit Singh Rathiya from Dharamjaygarh (ST) have been given the opportunity.

  • Demand to extend the date of 2nd phase voting in Chhattisgarh, appeal of Raman Singh and AAP

    BJP leader Raman Singh has demanded to extend the date of voting for the second phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Raman Singh on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to advance the date of voting for the second phase of elections to be held on November 17 in view of the Chhath Puja festival. He said that due to the festival a large number of voters will not be able to participate in the voting. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has also written a letter to the Election Commission, appealing to change the voting date from November 17 to November 25 in view of the Chhath festival.

    Let us tell you that voting for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17, while the counting of votes will take place on December 3. The festival of Chhath is to be celebrated from 17 to 20 November this year. Raman Singh posted on ‘X’. Due to the festival of Chhath Puja approaching the second phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections (November 17), a large number of voters will not be able to be a part of this election process.

    He wrote- I request the Election Commission of India to please extend the second phase of voting, so that maximum number of voters can join this election and use their franchise. A large number of people of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh living in Raipur, Bilaspur, Bhilai, Jagdalpur, Korba and other cities of the state celebrate Chhath festival in a grand manner every year.

    At the same time, Aam Aadmi Party wrote a letter to the Election Commission saying that in view of Chhath festival, the date of second phase of voting should be changed from November 17 to November 25. Remember, Aam Aadmi Party has already raised this demand. BJP has fielded MLA Raman Singh from his traditional seat Rajnandgaon. Voting will be held in Rajnandgaon and 19 other constituencies in the first phase in the state. Voting will be held on another 70 seats in the second phase.

  • Chhattisgarh Election Survey: The latest survey of Chhattisgarh elections has also arrived, BJP’s seats have increased from last time; What is the condition of Congress?

    Chhattisgarh India Tv CNX Opinion Poll: Dates for Chhattisgarh Assembly elections have been announced. Before the elections, both the parties are claiming victory. After the announcement of election dates, new surveys have come out to know the mood of Chhattisgarh. BJP may get some relief from this survey report, while there are many issues which can challenge Congress. Actually, before voting, India TV CNX conducted an opinion survey.

    The results of this opinion poll are shocking. According to this survey, Congress can register 50 seats out of 90 seats in the state in the upcoming assembly elections. While BJP may register victory on 38 seats, others are seen going from zero to 2 seats. According to this survey, even though BJP does not seem to reach the majority mark, there is a possibility of increase in its seats. In the 2018 assembly elections, BJP had won only 15 seats i.e. about 16 percent seats, hence this time BJP is expected to win about 9 to 20 percent more seats as compared to the last election.

    It is noteworthy that in the 2018 assembly elections fought under the leadership of Bhupesh Baghel, Congress had won 68 seats and deprived Raman Singh, who was in power for 3 terms, from forming the government again. At present Congress has a total of 71 seats in the state assembly. The state government led by Bhupesh Baghel is claiming to form a repeat government by winning the next assembly.

    Congress has 71 out of 90 assembly seats in Chhattisgarh. Whereas BJP has only 13 MLAs. In this way, Janata Congress Chhattisgarh has 3 seats, BSP has 2 seats. In the 2003 assembly elections, BJP won more than 50 out of 91 seats in the state and formed the government under the leadership of Raman Singh. After this, BJP won consecutively in the 2008 and 2013 assembly elections. In the 2018 assembly elections, Congress returned to power under the leadership of Bhupesh Baghel after 15 years.

  • Who is this saffron clad Mahant whom Congress has fielded in the elections, contesting with the veteran leader of BJP?

    The Congress Party has announced candidates for most of the seats for the assembly elections to be held in two phases in Chhattisgarh. Many big leaders including Bhupesh Baghel and TS Singhdev have once again been fielded in the election field. The party has so far announced the names of 83 candidates for the 90-seat assembly. One of them also includes Mahant, who has been given ticket from Raipur South Assembly seat.

    When the Congress Party released the second list of 53 candidates for Chhattisgarh elections, the name of Mahant Ramsundar Das was also included in it, who is the Mahant of Dudhadhari Temple of Chhattisgarh. In December 2021, Das came into limelight when he openly protested against the derogatory comments made against Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi in the Parliament of Religions held in Raipur. Expressing his objection from the stage itself, he distanced himself from the Dharma Sansad.

    Contest against seven time MLA

    The Congress party has tried to hit many birds with one stone by making Das its face in the elections to be held in November. Das will face BJP candidate Brijmohan Agarwal on Raipur South seat, who has won this seat seven times in a row. Now, who will the public elect as their representative between Ramsundar Das and Brijmohan Aggarwal, it will be clear only after the counting of votes on 3rd December, but Raipur South seat has started being counted as a hot seat.

    Answer was given to Kalicharan

    In fact, in that Parliament of Religions, Kalicharan Maharaj had abused Mahatma Gandhi. Many people clapped at Kalicharan’s foul language, some remained silent but Ramsundar Das openly opposed it. He not only went on stage and expressed his objection but also announced to leave the programme.

    Have been MLAs before too

    It is not that Ramsundar Das has entered the electoral fray for the first time. He has already contested elections on Congress ticket. In 2003, he contested from Pamgarh in Chhattisgarh and also won. In 2008 he won the election from Jaijaipur. But in 2013 he had to face defeat on the same seat. When Bhupesh Baghel’s government was formed in 2018, he was made the chairman of the Cow Seva Commission. Das is often seen with Baghel and is considered close to the CM.

  • Jogi’s party JCC (J) fields candidates in Chhattisgarh elections; Released list of 16 names

    Ajit Jogi Party JCC-J announces Candidates: Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Ajit Jogi’s party Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) has made a roar in the election campaign of the state. JCC (J) on Friday announced its candidates for 16 seats for the Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Voting will be held in the first phase on November 7 next month on the seats for which JCC (J) has released the names of candidates. Khairagarh assembly seat is also included in the list of JCC (J). JCC (J) had won this seat in the 2018 assembly elections, but later it had to face defeat from Congress in the by-election.

    JCC (J) has fielded Lucky Kunwar Netam from Khairagarh seat. In 2018, this seat was won by Devvrat Singh of JCC (J). Singh, a three-time Congress MLA, was close to Ajit Jogi. When Jogi formed the new party, Devvrat Singh left the Congress and contested the 2018 elections on a JCC (J) ticket from Khairagarh. He died of a heart attack in November 2021.

    Congress had won this seat in the by-election held in April last year. Congress has again fielded sitting MLA Yashoda Verma from this seat. At the same time, BJP has fielded a young face, Vikrant Singh, Vice President of Rajnandgaon District Panchayat and relative of former Chief Minister Raman Singh.

    According to the list, other JCC(J) candidates are Ravi Chandravanshi (Pandariya seat), Sunil Kesharwani (Kawardha), Loknath Bharti (Dongargarh-SC), Shamsul Alam (Rajnandgaon), Mukesh Sahu (Dongargaon), Vinod Puram (Khujji), Nagesh Puram (Mohla-Manpur-ST), Shankar Netam (Kondagaon-ST), Baliram Kachalam (Narayanpur-ST), Sonsai Kashyap (Bastar-ST), Navneet Chand (Jagdalpur), Bharat Kashyap (Chitrakote-ST), Bela Telam. (Dantewada-ST), Ramdhar Jurri (Bijapur-ST) and Devendra Telam (Konta-ST).

    No female candidate has been included in this list. The party has not fielded candidates on four seats in Bastar region where voting is to be held in the first phase. JCC(J) had fought the last elections in alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party. This alliance had won seven seats. This marginalized party is struggling to remain politically relevant this time.

    Amit Jogi had said in an interview that his party is approaching Sarva Adivasi Samaj (SAS) and Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) for an alliance. However, the party has not yet formed an alliance with any organization. Mayawati led BSP has formed an alliance with GGP.
    JCC(J) is in crisis after the death of Ajit Jogi in 2020. It is known that Ajit Jogi, who led the Congress government in the state from 2000 to 2003, had formed JCC (J) (Janata Congress Chhattisgarh-J) in 2016 after separating from the Congress.

    JCC(J) had fought the 2018 assembly elections in alliance with BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party, BSP). Although JCC(J) could not influence the election outcome, it managed to make inroads in the politics of the state traditionally dominated by BJP and Congress. In the last assembly elections, Congress returned to power after a long gap. The party won 68 out of a total of 90 seats, while the BJP came second on 15 seats. JCC(J) got five seats and its ally BSP got two seats.

    In the last election, JCC(J)’s vote share was 7.6 percent and it had won five seats. This was the first better performance of a regional party in Chhattisgarh. JCC(J) had lost two assembly constituencies, Marwahi and Khairagarh, in the by-elections held after the deaths of Ajit Jogi and Devvrat Singh. The party has expelled two other MLAs Dharamjit Singh and Pramod Sharma. Now Ajit Jogi’s wife Renu Jogi, representing the Kota seat, is the only MLA of the party.

  • CM Baghel’s question to the Centre, why is the government not banning Mahadev App – VIDEO

    Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on Friday accused the central government of not taking action in the Mahadev online betting app case. CM Baghel said- Only two or three states in the entire country would have investigated this matter. Chhattisgarh government has investigated. 450 people have been arrested. Orders have been given to issue lookout notice. Since the state government cannot ban this app, the central government should ban the app.

    Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel said- Central government can ban this app, yet it is not doing so. Why is the central government not banning the app? Has he taken election funds from them? Why investigation and arrest are not being made in this case (mahadev online betting app case). We have investigated this matter, why are you not investigating? The biggest question is what is your relationship with them?

    Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that when we were in opposition, the government was doing wrong things. We fought for farmers, labourers, youth, women and after coming to the government, we made schemes for them and implemented them. All our schemes are successful and people are satisfied with them and that is why we are claiming 75% in these elections.

    On the raids of ED and IT in Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel said – Central government does not have any plan. They are not capable of fighting so they are trying to defame them. They are not able to prove anything, they are just conducting raids. They can stoop to any level to come to power. Those people do not care that farmers are suffering losses. Accusing BJP of lying, CM Baghel said that there was a double engine government but Naxalism increased.

  • Chhattisgarh Elections 2023: 294 candidates filed nominations for the first phase, how many nominations from where?

    294 candidates have filed nominations for the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Officials said on Friday that 254 nomination papers were filed on the last day of nomination for 20 assembly constituencies in the first phase of assembly elections. Thus, a total of 294 candidates have filed 455 nomination papers for the first phase. Let us tell you that the notification for the first phase was issued on October 13. The nomination papers will be scrutinized on October 21. Candidates will be able to withdraw their names on 23 October.

    Officials said that on Friday, 33 cases were reported in Rajnandgaon assembly constituency, 29 in Kawardha, 20 in Pandariya, 15 in Bhanupratappur, 14-14 in Jagdalpur and Dantewada, 12-12 in Dongargaon and Antagarh, 11-11 in Khairagarh and Kondagaon, Bijapur and 10-10 nomination papers were filed in Konta, 9 in Chitrakot, 8-8 in Narayanpur and Khujji, 7-7 in Kanker and Keshkal and 6-6 in Bastar and Mohla-Manpur. Voting for 90 seats of Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17.

    Officials said that in the first phase, nomination papers have been filled in 12 constituencies of Bastar division including eight assembly constituencies of Rajnandgaon, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai and Kabirdham districts. Voting will be held on November 7 for 20 seats in the first phase of elections being held in two phases in the state. The total number of voters in the 20 assembly constituencies of the first phase is 40,78,681, which includes 19,93,937 males, 20,84,675 females and 69 voters of the third gender.

    A total of five thousand 304 polling stations have been created for these assembly constituencies. In the first phase, voting will be held for Konta, Bijapur, Dantewada, Chitrakot, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Keshkal, Kanker, Bhanupratapur, Antagarh, Mohla-Manpur, Khujji, Dongargaon, Rajnandgaon, Dongargarh, Khairagarh, Kawardha and Pandariya assembly constituencies. . Voting for the other 70 assembly constituencies will be held in the second phase on November 17. Notification for the second phase of voting will be issued on Saturday, October 21 and nominations can be filed till October 30.

    Chhattisgarh’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has so far announced candidates on 86 seats out of 90, and ruling party Congress has announced candidates on 83 seats. Of the 20 seats where voting is being held in the first phase, 12 are reserved for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) while one is reserved for the Scheduled Caste (SC) category. In the 2018 assembly elections, Congress had won 17 seats in these constituencies, while BJP had won two and Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) had won one seat.

    Congress later won two more seats out of the remaining three in the by-elections. Among the 20 seats for which voting will be held on November 7, the main candidates from BJP are Raman Singh from Rajnandgaon, former minister Kedar Kashyap from Narayanpur (SC), Lata Usendi from Kondagaon (SC), Vikram Usendi from Antagarh (SC), Bijapur ( Mahesh Gagda from SC) and former IAS officer Neelkanth Tekam from Keshkal (SC).

    Prominent candidates from the Congress in the first phase include State Congress President and MP Deepak Baij from Chitrakote (ST), Minister Kawasi Lakhma from Konta (ST) and Mohan Markam from Kondagaon (ST). Congress formed the government in the 2018 assembly elections by winning 68 seats in the 90-member assembly. BJP was reduced to 15 seats. JCC(J) and BSP had won five and two seats respectively in the state. The current MLAs of Congress are 71.