Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023 : When the main opposition party of Chhattisgarh, Bharatiya Janata Party released a poster taunting the Congress government on the occasion of Dussehra on Tuesday morning, the Chief Minister immediately hit back and said that it was the tradition of Thakur Raman Singh and his party to abuse the backward people, tribals and Dalits. Is. In the assembly elections being held in Chhattisgarh, political parties are no longer shying away from attacking each other even through festivals. On Tuesday morning of Dussehra, the state unit of BJP released a poster titled ‘This time there will be burning of Ravana of corruption’ on social media ‘X’ (formerly Twitter).
In the poster, a cartoon has been created wearing kurta pajama which has been named ‘Thagesh’. Ten heads have been created in this cartoon and the heads have been named Transfer Scam, Jihadgarh, Coal Scam, Rice Scam, PSC Scam, Liquor Scam, Cow Dung Scam, Conversion, Murder and Rape. This alleged Ravana is holding the weapon of ‘corruption’. In the cartoon, a Chhattisgarhi wearing a saffron T-shirt is shooting fire arrows at the so-called ten-headed Ravana, saying ‘Au nahi sahibo, badal ke rahibo’ (We will not tolerate any more, we will live with change).
After this poster of BJP, the Chief Minister of the state, Bhupesh Baghel, said on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), “It has been the tradition of Thakur Raman Singh and his party to abuse the backward people, tribals, Dalits.” Baghel wrote. ‘Let it go!’ It has been the tradition of Thakur Raman Singh and his party to abuse backward classes, tribals and Dalits. First he said a small man, a dog, a cat and what not… Today, after the BJP released a poster showing the backward classes as Ravana and killing them, I am continuously getting feedback from all of you.
The Chief Minister wrote, ‘I would like to tell you to celebrate the festival of Vijayadashami happily, I am answerable to you, their misdeeds do not matter. For me, commission taking, illiteracy, malnutrition, plight of farmers, Naxalism are the form of Ravana. We all have to overcome these together, we have gradually succeeded in some tasks, we will work together again on the remaining ones. Evil will be defeated, truth will prevail. Chhattisgarhia will win once again. People have given different reactions to BJP’s poster and Chief Minister Baghel’s post.
Elections will be held in two phases in Chhattisgarh
Voting for the 90-member assembly in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17. In the first phase, voting will be held in 20 assembly constituencies and in the second phase, voting will be held in 70 assembly constituencies. 223 candidates are in the fray for the first phase. The state’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has so far announced candidates on 86 out of 90 seats and the ruling party Congress has announced candidates on all 90 seats. Congress is trying to retain power in the state, while BJP, which has ruled for 15 years, is hoping to return to power. The BJP has accused the state government of massive corruption in the state and promoting religious conversion. At the same time, Congress is seeking votes from the public regarding the functioning of its government.