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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Ten heads and name Thugesh, BJP’s poster war on Dussehra; CM Bhupesh Baghel replied

    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.

  • Ten heads and name Thugesh, BJP’s poster war on Dussehra; CM Bhupesh Baghel replied

    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 backward people, tribals, Dalits.” Baghel wrote. Is, ‘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 class 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.

  • 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 70 assembly seats in the second phase.

  • Congress released the second list of 53 candidates for Chhattisgarh elections, who will get the ticket from where?

    Congress has released its second list for Chhattisgarh Assembly elections (Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha Election 2023). It includes names of 53 candidates. Congress has made former mayor Jatin Jaiswal its candidate from Jagdalpur. Jatin Jaiswal is considered close to Deputy Chief Minister TS Singhdev. Sanhad BJP has also nominated its former mayor Kiran Dev from Jagdalpur. This is an unreserved seat. It is clear that there will be an election battle between two former mayors from Jagdalpur seat.

    In its second list, Congress has fielded Arun Vora, son of its senior leader Motilal Vora, from Durg city. With the names of 53 candidates appearing in this list, the number of candidates announced by Congress has increased to 83. There are 90 assembly seats in the state. The party has fielded sitting MLA Vikas Upadhyay from Raipur City West Assembly seat, Pankaj Sharma from Raipur Rural while Mahant Ram Sundar Das has fielded from Raipur South Assembly seat.

    Congress has given a chance to Shailesh Pandey from Bilaspur. Sitting MLA Arun Vora has been made a candidate again from Durg city. His father Motilal Vora was the Chief Minister of United Madhya Pradesh. Earlier on Sunday, Congress had announced the names of 30 candidates in its first list. Elections for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held in the state in two phases (November 7 and 17). Counting of votes will take place on December 3 along with four other states.

    Congress has fielded Gulab Singh Kamro from Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST), Ramesh Singh from Manendragarh, Khelsai Singh from Premnagar, Lundra (ST) Pritam Ram, Jashpur (ST) Vinay Kumar Bhagat, Kunkuri (ST) UD Minj, Pathalgaon (ST) Rampukar. Singh and Paras Nath Rajwade from Bhatgaon, Rajkumari Maravi from Pratappur (ST), Ajay Tirkey from Ramanujganj (ST) and Samari (ST) Vijay Paikra have been fielded. Vidyawati Sidar from Lailunga (ST), Prakash Shakrajit Nayak from Raigarh, Utari Jangde from Sarangarh (SC) and Laljit Singh Rathiya from Dharamjaygarh (ST) have been given the opportunity.

  • Demand to extend the date of 2nd phase voting in Chhattisgarh, appeal of Raman Singh and AAP

    BJP leader Raman Singh has demanded to extend the date of voting for the second phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Raman Singh on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to advance the date of voting for the second phase of elections to be held on November 17 in view of the Chhath Puja festival. He said that due to the festival a large number of voters will not be able to participate in the voting. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has also written a letter to the Election Commission, appealing to change the voting date from November 17 to November 25 in view of the Chhath festival.

    Let us tell you that voting for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17, while the counting of votes will take place on December 3. The festival of Chhath is to be celebrated from 17 to 20 November this year. Raman Singh posted on ‘X’. Due to the festival of Chhath Puja approaching the second phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections (November 17), a large number of voters will not be able to be a part of this election process.

    He wrote- I request the Election Commission of India to please extend the second phase of voting, so that maximum number of voters can join this election and use their franchise. A large number of people of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh living in Raipur, Bilaspur, Bhilai, Jagdalpur, Korba and other cities of the state celebrate Chhath festival in a grand manner every year.

    At the same time, Aam Aadmi Party wrote a letter to the Election Commission saying that in view of Chhath festival, the date of second phase of voting should be changed from November 17 to November 25. Remember, Aam Aadmi Party has already raised this demand. BJP has fielded MLA Raman Singh from his traditional seat Rajnandgaon. Voting will be held in Rajnandgaon and 19 other constituencies in the first phase in the state. Voting will be held on another 70 seats in the second phase.

  • Jogi’s party JCC (J) fields candidates in Chhattisgarh elections; Released list of 16 names

    Ajit Jogi Party JCC-J announces Candidates: Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Ajit Jogi’s party Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) has made a roar in the election campaign of the state. JCC (J) on Friday announced its candidates for 16 seats for the Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Voting will be held in the first phase on November 7 next month on the seats for which JCC (J) has released the names of candidates. Khairagarh assembly seat is also included in the list of JCC (J). JCC (J) had won this seat in the 2018 assembly elections, but later it had to face defeat from Congress in the by-election.

    JCC (J) has fielded Lucky Kunwar Netam from Khairagarh seat. In 2018, this seat was won by Devvrat Singh of JCC (J). Singh, a three-time Congress MLA, was close to Ajit Jogi. When Jogi formed the new party, Devvrat Singh left the Congress and contested the 2018 elections on a JCC (J) ticket from Khairagarh. He died of a heart attack in November 2021.

    Congress had won this seat in the by-election held in April last year. Congress has again fielded sitting MLA Yashoda Verma from this seat. At the same time, BJP has fielded a young face, Vikrant Singh, Vice President of Rajnandgaon District Panchayat and relative of former Chief Minister Raman Singh.

    According to the list, other JCC(J) candidates are Ravi Chandravanshi (Pandariya seat), Sunil Kesharwani (Kawardha), Loknath Bharti (Dongargarh-SC), Shamsul Alam (Rajnandgaon), Mukesh Sahu (Dongargaon), Vinod Puram (Khujji), Nagesh Puram (Mohla-Manpur-ST), Shankar Netam (Kondagaon-ST), Baliram Kachalam (Narayanpur-ST), Sonsai Kashyap (Bastar-ST), Navneet Chand (Jagdalpur), Bharat Kashyap (Chitrakote-ST), Bela Telam. (Dantewada-ST), Ramdhar Jurri (Bijapur-ST) and Devendra Telam (Konta-ST).

    No female candidate has been included in this list. The party has not fielded candidates on four seats in Bastar region where voting is to be held in the first phase. JCC(J) had fought the last elections in alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party. This alliance had won seven seats. This marginalized party is struggling to remain politically relevant this time.

    Amit Jogi had said in an interview that his party is approaching Sarva Adivasi Samaj (SAS) and Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) for an alliance. However, the party has not yet formed an alliance with any organization. Mayawati led BSP has formed an alliance with GGP.
    JCC(J) is in crisis after the death of Ajit Jogi in 2020. It is known that Ajit Jogi, who led the Congress government in the state from 2000 to 2003, had formed JCC (J) (Janata Congress Chhattisgarh-J) in 2016 after separating from the Congress.

    JCC(J) had fought the 2018 assembly elections in alliance with BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party, BSP). Although JCC(J) could not influence the election outcome, it managed to make inroads in the politics of the state traditionally dominated by BJP and Congress. In the last assembly elections, Congress returned to power after a long gap. The party won 68 out of a total of 90 seats, while the BJP came second on 15 seats. JCC(J) got five seats and its ally BSP got two seats.

    In the last election, JCC(J)’s vote share was 7.6 percent and it had won five seats. This was the first better performance of a regional party in Chhattisgarh. JCC(J) had lost two assembly constituencies, Marwahi and Khairagarh, in the by-elections held after the deaths of Ajit Jogi and Devvrat Singh. The party has expelled two other MLAs Dharamjit Singh and Pramod Sharma. Now Ajit Jogi’s wife Renu Jogi, representing the Kota seat, is the only MLA of the party.