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.