Raipur. By-elections are to be held in Raipur South Assembly of Chhattisgarh on 13 November. This time, former MP Sunil Soni has been made the candidate from BJP. Whereas Congress has not declared its candidate yet. Whereas other 3 independent candidates have filed nomination forms to contest the by-election. Regarding this by-election, CM Vishnudev Sai has claimed the victory of BJP and said that Raipur South Assembly has continuously belonged to the BJP party. Brijmohan Aggarwal has been an MLA. Won the 2023 assembly elections by more than 65 thousand votes. Now former MP Sunil Soni will win from there in the by-election. On Congress candidates not getting tickets, CM Sai said that it is their matter, we are working considering the opposition as strong.
Let us tell you, BJP formed the government in the 2023 assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, in which veteran BJP leader Brijmohan Aggarwal won Raipur South for the 8th time with record-breaking votes. He became the Minister of Education and Culture Department in Sai Cabinet. After this, he won from Raipur seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and now he became Raipur Lok Sabha MP. After being elected as MP, now the people of Raipur South Assembly are going to elect their MLA. The ruling BJP seems quite confident in this by-election, although Congress is also continuously holding meetings to prepare the strategy for the by-election. But whose mandate will the public give, it will be known only after the by-elections.
Surguja Development Authority meeting today
Today is the first meeting of Surguja Development Authority, in which Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai is going to attend. Regarding this, he said that after the formation of the government, the authority has been reorganized. Today is the first meeting of Surguja Development Authority, starting from Jashpur district. He further said that our government was under the leadership of Dr. Raman Singh ji for 15 years. He had formed the authority to focus on development in Surguja and Bastar tribal dominated areas. In the last 5 years (during the tenure of the Congress government), the authority did not work properly, but now good work will be done.
