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  • Nine assembly seats of Chhattisgarh where BJP never won, what equations are being created?

    Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election 2023: In Chhattisgarh elections, BJP is focusing more on those nine seats where it has never been able to win after the formation of the state. These assembly seats of Chhattisgarh include Sitapur, Pali-Tanakhar, Marwahi, Mohla-Manpur, Konta, Kharsia, Korba, Kota and Jaijapur. Even after ruling the state for 15 years, BJP could never win these seats. Of these nine assembly seats, Marwahi, Sitapur, Pali-Tanakhar, Mohla-Manpur and Konta are reserved for Scheduled Tribes, while the other four are general.

    Chhattisgarh was formed in 2000

    Let us tell you that in the year 2000, Chhattisgarh state was formed by separating it from Madhya Pradesh. The first assembly elections were held in Chhattisgarh in 2003. At that time BJP had formed the government by defeating Ajit Jogi’s government. Later BJP also won the 2008 and 2013 assembly elections. In the 2018 elections, Congress ended the 15-year rule of Raman Singh by stopping BJP’s victory chariot. Congress had won 68 seats out of 90 member assembly in this election.

    This time special focus on these nine seats

    Now that the election bugle has sounded once again. In this mainly Congress and BJP parties are face to face. Voting for the assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17. This time BJP is hopeful that it will definitely win these nine seats. The party has made new faces its candidates on six of these seats. BJP MP and convenor of the party’s election campaign committee, Santosh Pandey, said that the party has paid special attention to the selection of candidates on those nine seats on which it has never won.

    Big challenge on Naxal affected Konta area

    Santosh Pandey said that all the candidates are campaigning with full enthusiasm in their respective areas. He is getting huge support from the people. Among these nine seats, Naxal-affected Konta area of ​​Bastar region is also there from where State Industries Minister Kawasi Lakhma is the MLA. Lakhma is once again contesting from Congress. Lakhma is an influential tribal leader of the region. He has won this seat five consecutive times since 1998. BJP has fielded newcomer Soyam Mukka from this seat. Mukka is a former activist of ‘Salwa Judum’ who had fought against the Maoists.

    Bhupesh’s ministers are beating the drum on Sitapur

    Konta seat has mostly seen a triangular contest between Congress, BJP and Communist Party of India (CPI). In the 2018 assembly elections, Lakhma got 31,933 votes, while BJP’s Dhaniram Barse and CPI’s Manish Kunjam got 25,224 and 24,549 votes respectively. Sitapur seat of Surguja division, northern region of the state, is also a seat from where BJP has never won. Amarjeet Bhagat, another influential tribal leader of Congress and minister in the Bhupesh Baghel government, has been winning from Sitapur seat since the formation of the state.

    New face Ram Kumar Toppo in fray from Sitapur seat

    BJP has fielded newcomer Ram Kumar Toppo (33) from Sitapur seat. Toppo has recently left CRPF job and joined BJP. He said- The people of Sitapur have asked me to contest the elections. I do not see Bhagat as a challenge. I never imagined becoming a leader. I received about 15 thousand letters from the people of Sitapur, in which they sought my help on various issues and asked me to contest the elections.

    Congress is not a challenge- Toppo

    Ram Kumar Toppo further said that one of these letters was written in blood by a woman who was a victim of sexual exploitation. I could not ignore them and resigned from the service recently when I was posted in Delhi. Appreciating the support he has received from the people of his constituency, he said that I do not see the Congress candidate as a challenge because it is not me but the people of Sitapur who are contesting against him (Bhagat).

    Kharsia seat is also a stronghold of Congress

    Similarly, another minister in the Congress government, Umesh Patel, is contesting from Kharsia seat for the third consecutive time. This seat has been a Congress stronghold since it came into existence in 1977. Umesh Patel’s father Nand Kumar Patel was the president of the state Congress. Patel was killed in the Jheeram Valley Naxalite attack in Bastar in 2013. He was elected from this seat five times. BJP has fielded new face Mahesh Sahu from Kharsia seat.

    Marwahi and Kota seats are also Congress strongholds

    Marwahi and Kota seats of Chhattisgarh have also been the stronghold of Congress, before this in 2018, Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) had won both the seats. Ajit Jogi, the first Chief Minister of the Congress government after the formation of the state in 2000, won the by-election from Marwahi in 2001. He later won this seat twice on Congress ticket in the 2003 and 2008 assembly elections. In the year 2013, his son Amit Jogi contested from this seat and won.

    History of Marwahi seat

    In 2018, Ajit Jogi contested and won this seat on the ticket of his newly formed political party JCC (J). Later in 2020, Congress won this seat in the by-election held after the death of Ajit Jogi. Similarly, Ajit Jogi’s wife Renu Jogi had won the by-election from Kota seat in 2006 after the death of Congress MLA Rajendra Prasad Shukla. After this, Renu Jogi won this seat twice in 2008 and 2013 elections as a Congress candidate and in 2018 as a JCC (J) candidate.

    BJP never won Korba, Pali-Tanakhar, Jaijaipur and Mohla-Manpur.

    BJP has fielded new faces Prabal Pratap Singh Judev and Pranav Kumar Marpacchi from Kota and Marwahi seats. Former Yuva Morcha vice-president Judev is the son of veteran BJP leader late Dilip Singh Judev, while Marpacchi has served in the Indian Army. Congress has fielded its current MLA KK Dhruv from Marwahi and Chhattisgarh Tourism Board Chairman Atal Srivastava from Kota. Four other seats, Korba, Pali-Tanakhar, Jaijaipur and Mohla-Manpur, were never won by the BJP, and these seats came into existence after delimitation in 2008.

    Interesting contest on Pali-Tanakhar seat

    An interesting contest is being seen on the Pali-Tanakhar seat of the state. Here BJP has fielded Ram Dayal Uike, who left Congress and returned to BJP before the 2018 assembly elections. Uike was elected MLA from Marwahi seat in 1998 on BJP ticket. Later he joined Congress. When Ajit Jogi became the first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Uike vacated his seat for Jogi. Uike, as a Congress candidate, won the Tanakhar (which became Pali Tanakhar after delimitation) seat in 2003 and then the Pali Tanakhar seat in 2008 and 2013.

    Baghel’s minister’s challenge on Pali Tanakhar also

    Uike returned to BJP in 2018 and contested from Pali-Tanakhar. But lost to Congress candidate. BJP has again fielded Uike from Pali Tanakhar, where the Congress has fielded woman Duleshwari Sidar after not giving ticket to its sitting MLA. Jaisingh Aggarwal, another minister of the Baghel government, has been invincible since 2008 on the Korba seat that came into existence after delimitation. BJP has fielded its former MLA Lakhanlal Dewangan against Congress’ Agarwal from Korba.

    BSP captures Jaijaipur

    Jaijaipur (Janjgir-Champa district) seat of Chhattisgarh is currently held by two-time Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Keshav Chandra. Congress has fielded its district Youth Congress chief Baleshwar Sahu and BJP has fielded its district unit chief Krishnakant Chandra. In the Naxal-affected Mohla-Manpur seat of the state, Congress has fielded its current MLA Indrashah Mandavi, while former MLA Sanjeev Shah is the BJP candidate.

    Congress also never won these three seats

    Like BJP, the ruling party Congress also never won three seats in the state, Raipur City South, Vaishali Nagar and Beltara. These three seats came into existence after the formation of the state (after delimitation in 2008). Raipur City South is an urban constituency held by influential BJP leader and former minister Brijmohan Agarwal. Aggarwal has been a seven-time MLA. Congress has fielded its former MLA and Mahant Ram Sundar Das of the famous Doodhadhari Math of Raipur against Agarwal.

    What equations are being created on Vaishali Nagar and Beltara seats?

    Vaishali Nagar seat is vacant after the death of BJP MLA Vidyartan Bhasin. BJP and Congress have fielded Rickesh Sen and Mukesh Chandrakar from this seat. In Beltara, BJP has not given ticket to sitting MLA Rajneesh Singh and has fielded newcomer Sushant Shukla. Whereas from the Congress side, Bilaspur rural unit president Vijay Kesarwani is the party’s candidate. State Congress communication wing president Sushil Anand Shukla claimed that his party will successfully break into some of the so-called strongholds of the BJP this time.

    Congress set a target of winning 75 seats

    Shukla said- Chhattisgarh has always been a stronghold of Congress. There was a BJP government here for some time, but in the last elections the people had completely rejected the BJP. This time the opposition party is struggling even on those seats where it had won last time. Congress had won 68 seats in the 2018 elections and formed the government. BJP had won 15 seats. Whereas JCC (J) got five seats and BSP got two seats. Congress currently has 71 MLAs in the state assembly. According to party leaders, Congress has set a target of winning 75 seats this time.

  • BJP released the list of star campaigners for the 2nd phase of Chhattisgarh elections, who got the place?

    BJP Campaigners list for Chhattisgarh Chunav: BJP has released the list of star campaigners for the second phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections. BJP has given place to 40 veterans in this list. The name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is at the top of the list while BJP President JP Nadda has been given the second place. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has been placed at third place, Union Home Minister Amit Shah at fourth place and Nitin Gadkari at fifth place. OP Mathur is at sixth place, Mansukh Mandaviya is at seventh place.

    Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections (Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election 2023) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s name is included at number eight in the list of BJP’s 40 star campaigners for the second phase. Arjun Munda has been ranked ninth while Anurag Singh Thakur has been ranked 10th. Smriti Irani, Dharmendra Pradhan, Devendra Fadnavis, Babulal Marandi, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Raman Singh and Keshav Prasad Maurya, among others, are also in the list.

  • AAP releases fourth list in Chhattisgarh, announces candidates for 12 seats; From whom and where did you take it down?

    Chhattisgarh Polls: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has released its fourth list of 12 candidates for next month’s Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. With this, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party has so far fielded 45 candidates for the elections in the Congress-ruled state. Elections in the state will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17.

    Of the 12 seats for which AAP has fielded candidates in the fourth list, six are reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates and one for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates. AAP tried its luck for the first time in the 2018 assembly elections in Chhattisgarh and fielded candidates on 85 out of the total 90 seats, but failed to open its account in the state.

    The candidates declared in the fourth list are – Dev Ganesh Tekam (Samari-ST), Alexander (Lundra-ST), Munna Toppo (Sitapur-ST), Prakash Toppo (Jashpur-ST), Gopal Bapudia (Raigarh), Sobram Singh Saima (Pali -Tanakhar-ST), Parmeshwar Prasad Sandey (Janjgir-Champa), Neelam Dhruv (Khallari), Santosh Yadu (Baloda Bazar), Vijay Gurubaxani (Raipur North), Parmanand Jangde (Arang-SC) and Bhagirathi Manjhi (Bindar Navagarh-) Scheduled. Tribe).

    Congress registered a landslide victory in the 2018 elections by securing 68 seats and comfortably formed the government. BJP was reduced to 15 seats, while JCC(J) and BSP got 5 and 2 seats respectively. The current strength of Congress in the state assembly is 71. This time, AAP is trying to make inroads in the state as the JCC(J) has been almost marginalized after the death of Ajit Jogi in 2020. At the same time, BSP will contest the elections in alliance with Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP).

    The ruling Congress has announced its candidates for all 90 seats, while the opposition BJP has announced its candidates for 86 seats.

  • Farmers’ loans will be waived off if Congress forms government, CM Baghel’s big promise before elections

    Before the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has made a big announcement. Baghel announced that if Congress comes to power in the state, the loans of farmers will be waived off. CM Baghel posted on the social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) and said that as soon as Congress comes to power, like before, this time too we will waive off the loans of farmers.

    While promising loan waiver, Baghel said in the meeting that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not yet made a single announcement for farmers, laborers, youth and women. During this, CM Baghel also reminded the promise of caste census made by Rahul Gandhi. Reminding Priyanka Gandhi’s promises, Baghel said that poor people will be given houses. We have said that whether the central government gives our share or not, Chhattisgarh government will build houses for the poor.

    Baghel said that we have already announced that we will buy 20 quintals per acre of paddy from the farmers. A lot of guarantees still have to be given. I have come in Shakti, worshipers of Shakti are sitting here. Sakti aims to empower the farmer. He said that I am announcing through the platform that like farmers’ loans were waived off in the past, form the government again and farmers’ loans will be waived off.

    This announcement of the Chief Minister is being considered important before the assembly elections in the state. Even before the 2018 elections in the state, Congress had promised to waive off loans as soon as the government is formed. It is believed that only after this announcement of Congress, the party got the support of the farmers and returned to power in the state after 15 years.

    Voting will be held in the state in two phases on November 7 and 17. The two big political parties of the state, Congress and BJP, have not yet released the manifesto. Congress formed the government in the 2018 assembly elections by winning 68 out of 90 seats. BJP was reduced to 15 seats. JCC (J) had got five seats and BSP two seats in the state. At present Congress has 71 MLAs.

  • BJP’s demand from the Election Commission; Chhattisgarh’s DGP should be removed, along with another demand

    The Chhattisgarh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded the Election Commission to remove the Director General of Police of the state, terming some incidents in the state as target killing. Apart from this, BJP has demanded transfer of Inspector General of Police of Rajnandgaon and Superintendent of Police of Mohla-Manpur. The BJP unit of Chhattisgarh has made many serious allegations against the government.

    After a memorandum to this effect was submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer of the state, MPs Santosh Pandey and Sunil Soni, former minister Ajay Chandrakar made several allegations. He told reporters that after the political and targeted killing of Mohalla-Manpur area BJP leader Birjhu Taram and other BJP workers, he demanded strict action against the killers. Along with this, after the incident, there has been a demand for deployment of Central Security Forces in sensitive and highly sensitive polling stations of Naxal affected areas in the assembly elections.

    BJP leaders said that with the announcement of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, incidents of political target killing are being carried out with the aim of scaring the voters. BJP leaders said that on October 20, BJP leader Birjhu Taram was brutally shot dead in Naxal-affected area Mohla-Manpur. He said that even before the announcement of elections, many such criminal incidents have been stopped with the aim of creating an atmosphere of terror in the state.

    Former minister Shri Chandrakar has accused Congress’s Bhupesh government of fearing target killing of BJP workers under police protection in the upcoming assembly elections. He said that in the coming elections, there may be more targeting and betel nut killings of BJP workers under the protection of police. He said that the people of Congress are bent on spoiling the atmosphere by spreading violence during elections by providing protection to power through strongmen. He alleged that target killing and spreading terror through politics of violence has been the permanent character of Congress.

  • Chhattisgarh Election: BJP’s fourth list released, ticket to Rajesh Aggarwal against Deputy CM TS Singhdev

    BJP has released the fourth and last list for the upcoming Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Voting for the 90-seat assembly will take place next month. The party had announced the names of candidates for all the seats except four. The names for the remaining seats were announced on Wednesday. BJP has fielded high profile Rajesh Aggarwal from Ambikapur Assembly. Tickets have been given to Sushant Shukla from Beltara, Dhaniram Dhiwar from Kasdol and Deepesh Sahu from Bemetara.

    BJP has placed its bet on Rajesh Aggarwal against state Deputy Chief Minister TS Singhdev. Earlier, the party had released three lists at a fixed interval. In which names of 86 candidates were announced. Now the fourth list has also been released. Assembly elections are to be held in Chhattisgarh in two phases. Voting will be held in the first phase on November 7. In the second phase, elections will be held on November 17.

    When did the first list come out

    BJP had released the first list of candidates in Chhattisgarh on August 17. In this the party had announced 21 names.

    when did the second list come out

    BJP had released the second list of 64 candidates on October 9. On this day, the Election Commission also announced the election dates of five states.

    Third list released

    The party had announced the name of the candidate for one seat on October 18. In this, BJP had made Bhavana Bohra its candidate from Pandariya seat. Today the fourth list of four candidates has been released. Let us tell you that elections are to be held in two phases in the state. Voting for the first phase will be held on November 7. Voting for the second phase will be held on November 17.

  • Politics heated up over Bhagwat’s statement on Manipur violence; Baghel said contrary to PM Modi’s claim

    Politics has heated up over the statement of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Manipur violence. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel alleged that there is a contradiction between the statements of Mohan Bhagwat and Prime Minister Modi. Baghel (Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel) said that the BJP government claims that the borders are safe under its rule while the RSS chief is pointing towards the role of outside elements in the Manipur violence.

    CM Baghel told reporters- On one side we have world leaders who say that Indian borders are safe. On the other hand, our Mohan Bhagwat (RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat) says that external forces are involved in this. There is a contradiction between the words of Modi ji and Bhagwat.

    Let us tell you that while addressing the RSS Dussehra rally in Nagpur on Tuesday, Mohan Bhagwat had blamed external forces for the situation in the North-Eastern state. He had said that the caste violence in Manipur was sponsored. Bhagwat asked that when people of Meitei and Kuki communities have been living together in this border state for many years, then who benefits from such separatism and internal conflict? Whatever happened there, were people from outside involved in it?

    Bhagwat alleged that the so-called Marxists are misusing their influence in the media and education world to ruin the education and culture of the country. The question is, which foreign powers may be interested in taking advantage of the unrest and instability in Manipur? Does the geopolitics of South-East Asia also have any role in these developments? Along with this, Bhagwat warned against efforts to get votes by inciting emotions before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

  • Maoists will boycott elections in Chhattisgarh, accused Congress-BJP of exploitation of tribals

    Assembly elections are to be held in Chhattisgarh next month. Maoists in the state have called for a boycott of the elections. In which the spokesperson of ‘South Sub-Zonal Bureau’ has asked people to ‘drive out’ the BJP candidates and oppose the Congress candidates. In Maoist-affected Bastar, the first phase of voting is on November 7 and the second phase of voting is to be held on November 17.

    Maoist spokesperson Samta has accused both the Congress and the BJP of ‘caving to corporate houses’, ‘promoting communal and religious hatred’ and exploiting tribals in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Odisha. Maoists have blamed PM Narendra Modi and his government for inflation and unemployment. Recalling the massacre of villages in Silger, the Maoists said, ‘After coming to power in Chhattisgarh, Congress started following the BJP’s path and misled people with attractive names of schemes like ‘Garhbo Nava Chhattisgarh’.

    Tribal BJP worker shot

    Birju Taram, a prominent tribal leader and BJP worker, was shot dead in Chhattisgarh’s Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district. Maoist involvement is suspected, but locals believe that a local miscreant who clashed with Taram may be responsible. Taram was killed after returning home from a public rally led by former chief minister Raman Singh. Local people and family members believe that he was targeted because he worshiped Goddess Durga. BJP leaders have expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Chhattisgarh and demanded action against the accused.

    Two Maoists killed in encounter before elections

    Two Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in the forests of Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, just two weeks before elections in the district. Security forces, including the District Reserve Guard and Border Security Force (BSF), were conducting a search operation when the Maoists started firing. Ultimately the Maoists retreated leaving behind the bodies of their comrades. Police have recovered weapons and explosives from the spot. The search operation is still going on. Voting will be held in three assembly constituencies of Kanker district in the first phase of elections.

  • Chhattisgarh: 223 leaders will contest in the first phase, how many leaders left the field?

    223 candidates are in the fray for the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Officials said on Monday that after the withdrawal of nominations in 20 assembly constituencies of the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections, now 223 candidates will go among the voters. He said that today on the last day of withdrawal of nominations for the first phase, a total of 30 candidates withdrew their names.

    Officials said that maximum six candidates have withdrawn their names from Rajnandgaon assembly constituency. After sorting of nomination papers in the first phase assembly constituencies, nominations of a total of 253 candidates were found valid. A total of 294 candidates had filed nominations till October 20, the last day of nomination in the first phase.

    Officials said that 13 from Antagarh assembly constituency, 14 from Bhanupratappur, nine from Kanker, 10 from Keshkal, eight from Kondagaon, nine from Narayanpur, eight from Bastar, 11 from Jagdalpur, seven from Chitrakot, seven from Dantewada, eight from Bijapur, Eight candidates will contest from Konta, 11 from Khairagarh, 10 from Dongargarh, 29 from Rajnandgaon, 12 from Dongargaon, 10 from Khujji, nine from Mohla-Manpur, 16 from Kawardha and 14 from Pandariya.

    Voting for the 90-member assembly in Chhattisgarh is to be held on November 7 and 17. Voting will be held for 20 assembly seats in the first phase and for 70 assembly seats in the second phase.

  • Chhattisgarh Rice Scam: Rs 175 crore rice scam in Chhattisgarh, sensational claim of ED before elections

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday alleged another ‘scam’ in poll-bound state Chhattisgarh. In this connection, he has claimed that a former managing director of Chhattisgarh ‘Markfed’ and an official of a local rice mill owners association collected bribe of Rs 175 crore for ‘the benefit of people holding high positions’.

    In the last few months, the ED has claimed to have exposed ‘scams’ related to coal levy, liquor duty and an illegal online gambling app. There is a Congress government in the state under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

    ED has claimed that in all these cases, bribe amount worth crores of rupees was collected with the connivance of local leaders and bureaucrats. It has so far arrested several Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, a police officer and a few others in the above mentioned cases.

    In a statement, the ED alleged that in the latest ‘scam’ related to incentive money on the process of extracting rice from paddy, it was arrested on October 20-21 by former Markfed Managing Director Manoj Soni, State Paddy Mill Owners Association Treasurer Roshan Chandrakar and some of his associates. Similar nexus was revealed after searches against officials, District Marketing Officers (DMOs), some mill owners.

    She said her criminal action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act is based on a complaint filed by the Income Tax Department in a court in the state capital Raipur. The tax department had alleged that officials of the Chhattisgarh Paddy Mill Owners Association colluded with officials of the State Marketing Federation Limited (Markfed) and ‘conspired’ to misuse the special incentive given to the mills on the process of extracting rice from paddy. The owners are given Rs 40 per quintal of rice by the state government. Chhattisgarh is called ‘Rice Bowl’ for its high production of rice.

    ED said that this amount of Rs 40 was significantly increased to Rs 120 per quintal and it was paid in two installments of Rs 60 each. The ED said that the officials of Chhattisgarh Rice Mill Owners Association, under the leadership of its treasurer Chandrakar, colluded with Markfed Managing Director Soni and started collecting a bribe of Rs 20 per quintal from the mill owners for extracting rice from the paddy.

    He said that the District Mill Owners Association sent the details of the mill owners who gave cash to the concerned DMO. He said that on receiving the bills of these mill owners, the DMOs would match them with the details received from the respective District Mill Owners Association and this information would be sent to the Markfed head office. He has alleged that ‘Markfed approved only the bills of those mill owners who gave cash to the association.

    The ED investigation found that Rs 500 crore was released on the basis of increasing the special allowance from Rs 40 per quintal to Rs 120 per quintal and a ‘bribe’ of Rs 175 crore was collected from it, which Chandrakar said was paid to ‘people in high positions’. ‘ Submitted with the active help of Sony for the benefit of.

    The probe agency said it seized ‘prosecutable material, digital devices and unaccounted cash worth Rs 1.06 crore’ during the raids.

    Elections for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held on November 7 and 17. Counting of votes will take place on December 3. The contest in the state is mainly between the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party.