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  • Militants became active before elections, encounter with security forces in Bijapur; 1 Naxalite pile

    A fierce encounter took place between security forces and Naxalites in Bijapur, a Naxal-affected district of Chhattisgarh. A Naxalite has been killed in the encounter. AK-47 rifle has been recovered from the spot. Security forces are conducting a search operation on the spot.

    Bastar IG P ​​Sundarraj said that security forces were on patrol in the forests of Bandepara. Meanwhile the Naxalites started firing. In retaliation, security forces surrounded the area. A Naxalite was killed in several rounds of firing. AK-47 rifle has been recovered from the spot. Search operation is going on.

    Police and security forces are on alert to ensure peaceful conduct of assembly elections in the state. In the first phase, most of the 20 seats for which voting is to be held on November 7 are in Naxal affected areas. There is a possibility of Naxalites becoming active again after the announcement of election dates. Security has been increased on the seats where elections are to be held on November 7.

  • Now Saurabh Chandrakar is going to get trapped in the trap! ED’s big action in Mahadev app case, raids on 6 important people

    Mahadev app, Saurabh Chandrakar, ED action: Saurabh Chandrakar, who cheated more than Rs 5,000 crore through Mahadev App, may soon be caught by the police. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken major action in the Mahadev App fraud case. ED has taken action against 6 special people of mastermind Saurabh in India. All these people were connected to Saurabh in some way or the other regarding money transactions. One of them is said to be his business partner who used to convert black money into white money.

    The ED team has raided several places simultaneously in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. On Monday, a team of ED officers reached the houses of 6 people including Bhilai-3 firecracker businessman Suresh Dhingani and betting king Saurabh Chandrakar’s business partner Deepak Savlani. ED officials are interrogating everyone. ED officials reached the residence of firecracker businessman Suresh Dhingani at Padum Nagar, Bhilai-3 at around six in the morning. There, interrogation has started from Suresh Dhingani and his son Vivek (Bunty) Dhingani.

    Raids on the hideouts of these people

    According to the information, the ED team has also reached the house of Suresh Dhingani’s brother-in-law and rice businessman Suresh Kukreja’s house located in Sunder Nagar near Utsav Bhawan. Along with this, ED officials also reached the house of Nehru Nagar East resident Deepak Savlani and his brother Girish Savlani. Deepak Savlani is the business partner of betting king Saurabh Chandrakar and was working to convert his black money into white by investing it in various businesses. Apart from these, ED officials have also reached the house of Vikas Batra, director of Satyam Jeans, Dulha Raja Textile Shop and Bharat Rawlani, director of Bharat Medical Store Supela. Money laundering being done through Hawala is being investigated.

    Nehru Nagar East resident Deepak Savlani is a big contractor of the corporation. He has been doing government work on contract for a long time in Bhilai and recently formed Risali Corporation. Deepak is said to be the business partner of Saurabh Chandrakar. There is a property of Saurabh Chandrakar in Nehru Nagar, where Chowpatty was running till a few months ago. Deepak Savlani was Saurabh Chandrakar’s partner in Chowpatty and is also a partner in Juice Factory.

    Preliminary investigation revealed that Deepak Savlani had made a passport in the name of Jaideep and had gone to Dubai. He stayed in Dubai with Saurabh Chandrakar for almost a year and after returning from there, he was investing his black money in different businesses. Deepak Savlani’s brother Girish Savlani has a mobile shop named Ram Traders in Galaxy Supela. ED officials are interrogating everyone. In such a situation, it is believed that after this action of ED, many new information can come to light.

    Input- Sandeep Dewan

  • Congress accuses Amit Shah of making inflammatory statements in Chhattisgarh, demands action from Election Commission

    Chhattisgarh election, Amit Shah: The Election Commission has announced the date of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. Voting is to be held in two phases in the state on November 7 and 17. Congress on Monday accused Home Minister Amit Shah of making inflammatory statements in an election rally in Chhattisgarh. Besides, the Election Commission has also been demanded to take action against Amit Shah.

    Congress Party General Secretary Jairam Ramesh also alleged that after BJP’s defeat in Chhattisgarh seems certain, Amit Shah now wants to resort to communalism. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that if the Congress comes back to power in Chhattisgarh after the assembly elections next month, it will continue the politics of ‘appeasement’ and ‘vote bank’.

    Addressing a rally in Rajnandgaon city, Amit Shah mentioned the murder case of a youth named Bhuvaneshwar Sahu. Sahu was murdered by some people from another community in April this year. BJP has given ticket to Bhuvaneshwar Sahu’s father Ishwar Sahu in this assembly elections.

    Pointing towards Ishwar Sahu, who was present on the stage during the election rally, Shah said that Bhuvneshwar Sahu was murdered for vote bank and appeasement. He said, ‘We will punish the murderer of Bhuvaneshwar Sahu. We have given the ticket to his father.

    Jairam Ramesh posted on ‘X’ regarding this statement of the Home Minister, ‘Home Minister of the country Amit Shah has given a very provocative statement in Chhattisgarh.’ According to Ramesh, the Home Minister directly said in his election rally regarding a murder case that ‘Bhupesh Baghel government, for appeasement and vote bank politics, lynched Chhattisgarh’s son Bhuvneshwar Sahu. Bharatiya Janata Party has decided that we will bring the murderers of Bhuvaneshwar Sahu to justice and as a symbol of this, he has fielded his father Ishwar Sahu.

    The Congress leader alleged, ‘This statement of Amit Shah is not only objectionable but its only purpose is to incite communal violence in the peaceful state of Chhattisgarh. The Home Minister has given this statement to incite frenzy with the intention of electoral gains. He claimed, ‘What the Home Minister has said is absolutely false. The reality is that in this case of violence and counter-violence, the government had taken prompt action and arrested the accused and sent them to jail. But Amit Shah, frustrated by his clearly visible defeat in Chhattisgarh, now wants to take the help of communalism.

    Jairam Ramesh said, ‘Now the first responsibility in this matter under the code of conduct lies directly with the Election Commission. He should take cognizance of this inflammatory statement and take appropriate action by registering a case against Amit Shah. If this does not happen, there is a possibility that BJP will not desist from spreading communalism in its election campaign in Chhattisgarh in future also.

  • Main accused of Mahadev betting app case caught at Mumbai airport

    Mrigank Mishra, the main accused in the ‘Mahadev Betting App’ case, was taken into custody by security personnel after reaching Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport from Dubai. Mishra is accused of helping the promoters of Mahadev betting app in opening hundreds of dubious bank accounts to send money earned from the scam, an official said on Monday. He was later taken into custody by a Rajasthan police team where he is facing a case of cheating and forgery related to the Mahadev app case.

    Mrigank Mishra (25) was caught by security personnel at the airport on his return from Dubai on Saturday and handed over to Sahar police in Mumbai, he said. A team of Pratapgarh police in Rajasthan came to Mumbai on Sunday and arrested him. Mishra Mahadev is wanted in a case of fraud and forgery registered at Pratapgarh police station in the betting app case. A Lookout Circular (LOC) was issued against him.

    Mishra, originally a resident of Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, was hiding in Dubai. Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team raided several places simultaneously in this case on Monday. Officials said that the ED team raided the homes of 6 people including firecracker businessman Suresh Dhingani of Bhilai-3 and Deepak Savlani, business partner of betting king Saurabh Chandrakar.

    ED officials reached the residence of firecracker businessman Suresh Dhingani at Padum Nagar, Bhilai-3 at around six in the morning. ED officials interrogated Suresh Dhingani and his son Vivek (Bunty) Dhingani. According to officials, Deepak Savlani is the alleged business partner of betting king Saurabh Chandrakar. Deepak Savlani was working to convert Chandrakar’s black money into white by investing it in various businesses.

  • Who will be Ajit Jogi’s legacy? Why is the heartbeat of every party increasing?

    Chhattisgarh Polls: The political temperature is high regarding the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. The ruling Congress and the opposition BJP in the state are making every effort to win the elections. After becoming a state by separating from Madhya Pradesh in the year 2000, only two parties have played a strong role in Chhattisgarh. Apart from BJP and Congress, a third front emerged in the year 2016. The first CM of the state, Ajit Jogi formed Janata Congress Chhattisgarh. In the 2018 elections, the party entered the fray with full strength but failed to achieve any major milestone. After the demise of Ajit Jogi in the year 2020, the party’s support base and vote share is also slipping. In such a situation, both BJP and Congress are keeping an eye on this.

    In the 2018 elections, the Janata Chhattisgarh Congress (Jogi) was led by the state’s first Chief Minister Ajit Jogi. Despite the election being triangular, Congress performed impressively and came to power with 68 out of 90 seats. JCC formed alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party and CPI for the assembly elections. The alliance contested all 90 seats, with JCC (J) contesting 55 seats and winning 5 seats and 7.6 percent of the votes. BSP got 3.8 percent and 2 seats and CPI contested two seats and got 0.3 percent votes. Almost five years after the formation of the party, patron Ajit Jogi has passed away. After his death, Jogi’s legacy was scattered. Many MLAs resigned. That seven per cent is now being eyed by both the Congress and the BJP, and could prove to be the difference in a close fight.

    How Ajit Jogi’s party disintegrated

    Two of the five JCC MLAs – Ajit Jogi himself and Devrat Singh – died. Whereas, Dharamjit Singh joined BJP in August 2023. Pramod Sharma was expelled from the party in July 2023. Now the only JCC MLA in Chhattisgarh is Ajit Jogi’s wife Renu Jogi. In September 2023, BSP has announced an alliance with Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP). In such a situation, Ajit Jogi’s party is isolated.

    Who will benefit, BJP or Congress?

    According to political experts, most of the politics of JCC(J) revolves around Ajit Jogi. The way the party has disintegrated after his death, it is possible that he may lose voteshare. Speculations are being made on which party will get the vote share which is slipping from Jogi’s party. Chhattisgarh-based political commentator Sudeep Srivastava said, “A large part of the Satnami (Dalit) and OBC votes may swing towards the Congress, given the upper caste votes in seats like this. In Lormi, BJP may take a stand due to change of upper caste candidates. JCC(J) may still have some tribal and Dalit votes.

    The senior Congress leader, on condition of anonymity, commented, “There are many reasons for the decline of JCC(J). First, Ajit Jogi had the political skills and networks to keep the party afloat, and without them, it is lost. The JCC(J) has also been unable to generate a new vote base, and there has been barely any political activity on the ground for four years after the 2018 elections.”

    Commenting on the condition of JCC and Amit Jogi’s leadership failure, BJP spokesperson Sachchidanand Upase said, “Ajit Jogi was charismatic and a very talented political strategist. After his demise, the party has lost touch with the people.” The BJP leader has claimed that the vote share of Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (Jogi) will go to BJP.”

    Amit Jogi’s claim – vote share remains intact

    Former MLA Amit Jogi, son of Ajit Jogi, who is leading the party, claimed that JCC(J)’s voteshare will remain intact and the party will play an important role. People are angry with both Congress and BJP because they have betrayed the people of the state. In the last 45 days, I have traveled to 45 constituencies and people are giving me the same love they used to give to my father. This is my strength.

    Jogi said that in 2018 he fought on 55 seats and now he will fight on all 90 seats. “I am starting talks with other regional parties,” he said. Last time we announced the candidates three months before the elections but this time I will wait for the lists of BJP and Congress. The tribute to my late father will be to double the vote share.

    BSP left us

    BSP, which contested the elections in alliance in 2018, has now left JCC(J). BSP Chhattisgarh President Hemant Poyam said that his aim is to double his vote share also. He said, “Last time we fought on 33 seats and this time we are going to field candidates on 60 seats.” We will double our voteshare like 2008 and 2013, where we got 5 to 6 percent votes. Poyam said there is no possibility of an alliance with JCC(J) as of now.

    Ticket contenders are in tension, so many MLAs can be found in the Congress list; When will it be announced?

    Why did Ajit Jogi form his own party?

    Bhupesh Baghel was the reason why Ajit Jogi, who was once closest to Congress and entered politics at the behest of Rajiv Gandhi, formed JCC. In 2016, Jogi had a heated argument with the then state Congress president and now Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. The party high command tried its best to understand both but Ajit Jogi formed a separate party.

  • Like Rajasthan, Congress wants to change the election dates in Chhattisgarh too, what are the arguments?

    Chhattisgarh election date: Recently, the Election Commission announced the dates of the assembly elections to be held in five states. However, later the voting date of Rajasthan elections was changed. After Rajasthan, there is a demand to change the election date in Madhya Pradesh also. In such a situation, now Chhattisgarh Deputy CM and veteran Congress leader TS Singh Deo has also raised the demand for changing the date. He has also given arguments for this.

    What are the arguments of Congress?

    Elections are to be held in Chhattisgarh in two phases on 7 and 17 November. There is a Congress government in the state. Demanding change in the voting date, TS Singh Deo said, ‘The Election Commission wants 100 per cent voting… There are many festivals like Dussehra, Diwali, Bhai Dooj, Chhath, etc. during the election dates. Everyone in the country knows about these social festivals. If the Election Commission wants, they still have time to adjust the date. The Election Commission wants 100% voting… but is it possible to get 100% voting in this situation? If not, the Election Commission will have to decide whether they want to make any changes or not.

    Demand raised in Madhya Pradesh also

    Bhojpuri Ekta Manch in Madhya Pradesh wrote a letter to the Election Commission to change the date. Bhojpuri Ekta Manch argued that voting is to be held in the state on 17th November but Chhath will be celebrated from 17th to 20th November. The population of Bhojpuri community in the entire state is around 35 lakh. This may affect the voting percentage. For this reason the election dates should be changed.

    It is noteworthy that in Rajasthan, voting is now to be held on 25th November instead of 23rd November. This is because large scale weddings and social functions are to be held in the state during this period. In such a situation, demand for changing the election date has started rising in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh also.

  • Survey report creates tension for ticket contenders, so many MLAs can be included in the second list of Congress; When will it be announced?

    Chhattisgarh polls: The first list of 30 Congress candidates for Chhattisgarh Assembly elections has been released. Tickets of 8 sitting MLAs have been cut in the first list. After the release of the first list, the tension of the claimants and MLAs has also increased. The second list of Congress will be released on October 18. There will be a meeting of the Central Election Committee in Delhi on October 17, in which the list will be released after discussion. There is a possibility that names of 40 to 45 candidates will appear in the second list. There is talk in political circles about cutting the tickets of 10 to 12 MLAs in this list. These are the MLAs whose survey report is weak and their political hold on the assembly constituency has also become loose.

    30 candidates have been announced in the first list of Congress released on October 15. Out of the 20 seats for which voting is to be held on November 7 in the first phase, Congress has so far declared candidates for 19 seats. Only the candidate from Jagdalpur seat has not been announced. There is talk in the political circles that the party is going to field a new face on Jagdalpur seat also. Tickets of 10 to 12 MLAs will be cut in the second list of Congress. From CM Bhupesh to many senior Congress leaders, they have been continuously saying that the party will give tickets only to the winning candidates, that is, new faces will be given a chance.

    Candidates will come on lost seats in the second list

    Let us tell you that in Chhattisgarh, Congress had captured 68 seats in the last assembly. In the subsequent by-elections, Congress won 3 more seats. At present Congress has a total of 71 MLAs. The party will release its second list of 40 to 45 names, in which apart from the lost seats, the seats of MLAs found weak in the survey report i.e. running in the danger zone will also be included. Sources are saying that Congress is going to sideline 10 to 12 MLAs in the second list.

    As soon as the list comes, factionalism intensifies, demand to change BJP candidate from Jashpur

    Tickets of these MLAs were cut in the first list

    The MLAs whose tickets have been cut by Congress in the first list; They include the names of Mamta Chandrakar from Pandaria, Chhanni Sahu from Khujji, Devati Karma from Dantewada, Anoop Nag from Antagarh, Rajman Benzam from Chitrakote, Shishupal Sori from Kanker, Bhuvneshwar Baghel from Dongargarh, Gurudayal Banjare from Navagarh. State Congress President and MP Deepak Baij will contest the elections in place of Rajman Benjamin. In place of Devati Karma from the Karma family, her son Chhaviendra Karma has now got a chance.

    (Report-Sandeep Dewan)

  • Baghel VS Baghel; The fight between uncle and nephew has been decided by Congress list in Chhattisgarh.

    Chhattisgarh Election 2023: Congress has declared the first list of candidates for the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. The names of CM Bhupesh Baghel and TS Singh Deo are also included in the list of 30 candidates. Bhupesh Baghel will contest from the present seat Patan only. After Baghel’s name surfaced from Patan, it has been decided that uncle and nephew will face each other in the political battle. Earlier in August, BJP had given ticket to Bhupesh’s nephew Vijay Baghel from Patan in the first list. After the release of Congress’s list, the ‘uncle vs nephew’ speculation in Chhattisgarh has been confirmed.

    BJP MP from Durg, Vijay Baghel was given ticket from Patan in the first list by BJP in August. Vijay Baghel is recognized as a strong leader in the political field of Chhattisgarh. Besides, the number of OBC voters in Patan seat is also a big factor. Since both CM Bhupesh and Vijay belong to the same caste background, the election on this seat will be very interesting and closely contested in the upcoming elections.

    There is a lot of conflict going on between uncle and nephew.

    If we look at the history of Patan seat, it is clear that in the election battle between uncle and nephew, both have defeated each other once. In 2008, Vijay Baghel defeated uncle Bhupesh in the elections and Bhupesh took revenge by winning the 2013 assembly elections. But in the last assembly elections 2018, BJP did not give ticket to Vijay Baghel from this seat and made Motilal Sahu its candidate. Its effect also came to light that CM Bhupesh gave a crushing defeat to Motilal. Overall, Bhupesh Baghel has won this seat twice.

    Vijay Baghel is MP from Durg

    After not giving the assembly ticket in 2018, BJP fielded Vijay Baghel in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Vijay won from Durg Lok Sabha seat and traveled to Delhi. Before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Vijay Baghel is once again in the fray against Bhupesh Baghel, the tallest Congress leader in the state. It is believed that there is a plan to give tickets to MPs and ministers in MP and Rajasthan and a strategy for the semi-finals of 2024. The biggest challenge before the BJP has been to field a candidate who can give a tough fight to CM Bhupesh and in such a situation, the only leader is Vijay Baghel.

    Tough fight for CM Baghel too

    According to election analysts and political experts, this time Patan seat is going to be very challenging for the state CM Bhupesh Baghel. The effect of anti-incumbency wave can also be seen. Since BJP did not give a chance to Vijay Baghel in the year 2018, hence Bhupesh Baghel did not have to work hard to win, but this time the election fight is between uncle and nephew and both have the upper hand.

  • Chhattisgarh Elections 2023: Congress ready to sharpen its campaign, high-tech election war room built in Raipur

    Chhattisgarh Congress Election War Room: As the date of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh is approaching, Congress has intensified preparations to sharpen the campaign. In this election battle, Congress is also taking great help of technology. For this, preparations are being made to fight the political battle from the hi-tech election ‘war room’ itself. Elections for all 90 seats of Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17 and counting of votes will take place on December 3.

    Chhattisgarh Congress has prepared a hi-tech election ‘war room’ in the capital Raipur before the assembly elections in the state, from where the party’s policies and promises will be taken to every home and public through digital medium of publicity.

    Ayush Pandey, National Coordinator of Social Media and Digital Communication of AICC in Chhattisgarh, said that this is a war room for election preparations. It is divided into several different verticals. While there is a ground campaign management unit, there is also a political analysis unit. This is social media management unit. The entire digital war is fought from here.

    Ayush Pandey told that the entire digital narrative is being set from this war room. All publications and advertisements are issued from here. At present a call center is also working here from 9 am to 10 pm. It will work 24 hours as elections approach.

    First list of 30 candidates released

    Congress on Sunday released the first list of names of its 30 candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. In this list, the ruling Congress in Chhattisgarh has expressed confidence in the old leaders and also tried to give a chance to new faces to retain power in the state. It also includes the names of 22 sitting MLAs. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Deputy Chief Minister TS Singhdev, Assembly Speaker Charan Das Mahant and all the ministers have been included in the list.

    Along with these, the party has also fielded its state president and MP Deepak Baij. Congress has canceled the tickets of eight sitting MLAs and has decided to field six new faces. Of the 30 seats in the first list, 14 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) and three for Scheduled Caste (SC), nine of the other 13 general seats have been given tickets to Other Backward Class (OBC) candidates.

    Voting on 20 seats in the first phase

    Let us tell you that voting for total 90 assembly seats of Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on 7th and 17th November and counting of votes will take place on 3rd December. In the first phase, voting will be held on 20 seats considered Naxal affected and sensitive on November 7 and in the second phase, voting will be held on the remaining 70 seats on November 17.

    It is noteworthy that Congress had formed the government in the 2018 elections by winning 68 seats of the 90-member assembly. At the same time, BJP was reduced to 15 seats. JCC(J) and BSP had won five and seven seats respectively in the state. The current number of Congress MLAs in Chhattisgarh is 71. This time the party has set a target of winning 75 seats.

  • Recording calls on phone without informing wife is a violation of right to privacy, Chhattisgarh High Court gives shock to husband

    Chhattisgarh High Court has said that recording telephone conversations without the permission of the person concerned is a violation of the ‘right to privacy’. The High Court quashed the order of the Family Court of Mahasamund which had allowed the use of mobile phone recordings as evidence in a maintenance case.

    Advocate Vaibhav A. Govardhan said on Saturday that the single judge bench of Chhattisgarh High Court has said that recording telephone conversations of the person concerned without his permission is a violation of his ‘right to privacy’ under Article 21 of the Constitution.

    Advocate Govardhan said that an application was filed by the petitioner (wife) under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for grant of maintenance, which is pending before the Family Court of Mahasamund since 2019.

    The lawyer said that the petitioner woman had presented evidence related to this in the court. On the other hand, the woman’s husband had refused to pay alimony on the basis of doubt about his wife’s character. She filed an application before the Family Court and stated that the conversations of the petitioner had been recorded on her mobile phone. The husband wants to cross-examine her before the court on the basis of the said conversation. The court accepted the said application and granted permission.

    The lawyer said that the petitioner, aggrieved by the said order of the Family Court dated 21 October 2021, approached the High Court and prayed to cancel it. On behalf of the petitioner, it was said that this would be a violation of his right to privacy.

    The petitioner’s counsel argued that the trial court had committed a legal error by allowing the application. This order violates the petitioner’s right to privacy. It was also stated that the conversation was recorded by the respondent (husband) without the knowledge of the petitioner, hence it cannot be used against her.

    Govardhan said the defendant’s lawyer said the husband wanted to produce evidence to prove the allegations against his wife, hence he had the right to produce the conversation recorded on the mobile phone.

    He said that the bench of Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey in the High Court, after hearing the case on October 5, 2023, canceled the order of October 21, 2021 passed by the Mahasamund Family Court. The court has held that recording telephone conversations without the permission of the person concerned is a violation of his ‘right to privacy’ under Article 21 of the Constitution.