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  • NOTA option should be abolished, demands CM Baghel before Chhattisgarh elections

    Before the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, the demand for removing NOTA from EVMs has started rising. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has said that NOTA option on electronic voting machines should be abolished for those citizens who are not willing to vote for any candidate. Let us tell you that, after the order of the Supreme Court, in 2013, the Election Commission had added NOTA button in EVMs as the last option on the voting panel. NOTA meaning ‘none of the above’ has its own symbol – a ballot paper with a black cross on it.

    While talking to journalists at Raipur airport on Saturday, Baghel said that it has been seen that sometimes more votes are cast in NOTA than the margin of victory or defeat. When asked why more than 2 lakh voters had supported NOTA in the 2018 state assembly elections and how this option affects the elections, the CM said, “The Election Commission should take cognizance of this.” Viewed several times That NOTA gets more votes than the margin of victory and defeat (between the two candidates).”

    He said that many voters press the NOTA button thinking that they have to press either the top or bottom button. Baghel said that therefore NOTA should be discontinued.

    Voting for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17 and the counting of votes will take place on December 3. A total of 51 assembly seats in the state are unreserved and 29 seats are reserved for the Scheduled Tribe category and 10 seats for the Scheduled Caste category.

    It is noteworthy that 76.88 percent voting took place in the 2018 assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, in which 1,42,90,497 out of total 1,85,88,520 voters exercised their franchise. NOTA had got 2,82,738 votes. Whereas, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, more than 1.96 lakh NOTA votes were cast in the state, which has 11 parliamentary seats. Then NOTA stood third in five parliamentary constituencies – Bastar, Surguja, Kanker, Mahasamund and Rajnandgaon.

  • Chhattisgarh Election 2023: Criminal cases registered against 12% candidates contesting elections, who is on top in the list?

    Of the 223 candidates trying their luck in the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections, 26 informed that criminal cases have been registered against them. Of these, 16 are facing serious criminal cases. Cases like intentionally causing hurt and threatening are also registered against the candidates. According to the report of Chhattisgarh Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), out of 223 candidates in the first phase, 26 (12 percent) candidates have informed the Election Commission about criminal cases registered against them.

    Voting for a total of 90 assembly seats 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 remaining constituencies on November 17. According to ADR, out of 20 candidates of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), five (25 percent) have informed about having criminal cases against them. At the same time, two out of 20 (10 percent) candidates of the ruling party Congress, four out of 10 (40 percent) candidates of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and three out of 15 (20 percent) candidates of Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) have declared their candidature. It has been revealed that criminal cases have been registered against him.

    Of the 20 constituencies in the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections, five (25 per cent) – Kanker, Chitrakote, Khairagarh, Pandariya and Kawardha – have criminal cases against three or more candidates. According to reports, the BJP candidates who have declared criminal cases against themselves include Vijay Sharma (Kawardha), Vikrant Singh (Khairagarh), Vinayak Goyal (Chitrakot-ST), Asharam Netam (Kanker-ST) and Soyam Mukka (Sukma- ST) are included.

    Whereas, Shankar Dhruva (Kanker-ST) and Neelu Chandravanshi (Pandariya) from Congress, Narendra Bhawani (Jagdalpur), Komal Hupendi (Bhanupratappur), Bomdha Mandavi (Chitrakot) and Khadgaraj Singh (Kawardha) from Aam Aadmi Party and JCC (J). Ravi Chandravanshi (Pandariya), Lucky Mangal Netam (Khairagarh) and Sonsai Kashyap (Bastar) have informed about criminal cases against them.

    In the first phase, voting will be held in Konta, Bijapur, Dantewada, Chitrakote, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Keshkal, Kanker, Bhanupratappur, Antagarh, Mohla-Manpur, Khujji, Dongargaon, Rajnandgaon, Dongargarh, Khairagarh, Kawardha and Pandariya assembly constituencies.

  • ‘Free education from KG to PG’, Rahul Gandhi announced many guarantees in Chhattisgarh

    Chhattisgarh Election 2023: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reached Chhattisgarh on Saturday as part of a two-day visit. While addressing Kanker Sabha, Rahul Gandhi announced 2 big guarantees for Chhattisgarh. In this, additional Rs 10 will be given on the MSP of minor forest produce. Also, free education will be provided from KG to PG in all government schools and colleges of Chhattisgarh. Tendupatta will get incentive amount of Rs 4000 per standard bag per year.

    Rahul Gandhi further said that the Congress government has fulfilled all the promises. We are poor and BJP helps Adani. The central government is giving everything to Adani. Why is PM Modi afraid of caste census? Modi should release the figures of UPA government.

    In the general meeting, CM Baghel said that the BJP government is continuously working against the farmers. When Congress announced loan waiver, BJP people were feeling stomach ache. Raman government made a lot of ration cards before the elections but after the elections thousands of ration cards were cancelled. Raman government did the work of snatching one lakh acres of land from the tribals. Raman government could not even enact PESA law in 15 years.

    CM Bhupesh Baghel said that the Modi government had promised to give Rs 15 lakh each in everyone’s account, had talked about providing employment, had promised to double the income of farmers but could not fulfill even a single promise. There is no such relative who was not cheated by Raman Singh and the people of Delhi. As soon as the Congress government was formed, we waived the loans of 19 lakh farmers within two hours of taking oath. 1700 tribal farmers were given land lease. Tendu leaves are being purchased at Rs 4000 per standard bag. The highest price of sugarcane and millets is in Chhattisgarh. After the elections, maize processing unit will be started in Bastar.

  • 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.

  • Farmers’ loans will be waived off if Congress forms government, CM Baghel’s big promise before elections

    Before the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has made a big announcement. Baghel announced that if Congress comes to power in the state, the loans of farmers will be waived off. CM Baghel posted on the social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) and said that as soon as Congress comes to power, like before, this time too we will waive off the loans of farmers.

    While promising loan waiver, Baghel said in the meeting that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not yet made a single announcement for farmers, laborers, youth and women. During this, CM Baghel also reminded the promise of caste census made by Rahul Gandhi. Reminding Priyanka Gandhi’s promises, Baghel said that poor people will be given houses. We have said that whether the central government gives our share or not, Chhattisgarh government will build houses for the poor.

    Baghel said that we have already announced that we will buy 20 quintals per acre of paddy from the farmers. A lot of guarantees still have to be given. I have come in Shakti, worshipers of Shakti are sitting here. Sakti aims to empower the farmer. He said that I am announcing through the platform that like farmers’ loans were waived off in the past, form the government again and farmers’ loans will be waived off.

    This announcement of the Chief Minister is being considered important before the assembly elections in the state. Even before the 2018 elections in the state, Congress had promised to waive off loans as soon as the government is formed. It is believed that only after this announcement of Congress, the party got the support of the farmers and returned to power in the state after 15 years.

    Voting will be held in the state in two phases on November 7 and 17. The two big political parties of the state, Congress and BJP, have not yet released the manifesto. Congress formed the government in the 2018 assembly elections by winning 68 out of 90 seats. BJP was reduced to 15 seats. JCC (J) had got five seats and BSP two seats in the state. At present Congress has 71 MLAs.

  • Are tribals the real king makers in Chhattisgarh politics? parties trying to reach

    Assembly elections are to be held in Chhattisgarh and considering the important role of tribal voters in forming the government, the political parties of the state have started trying to woo the tribal voters in their favor. In Chhattisgarh, it is believed that it is difficult to form a government in the state without the blessings of the tribal community, which constitutes about 32 percent of the population. In the assembly elections held so far in the state, whichever party has got the support of the tribals, has come to power. BJP, which faced defeat on tribal seats in the 2018 elections, is trying to get the support of tribals in this election.

    According to election experts, the recent rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party chief JP Nadda in tribal areas and the launch of the party’s two Parivartan Yatras from tribal areas can be seen as an attempt by the BJP to woo the tribals. Used to be. In the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly, 29 seats are reserved for the Scheduled Tribe category. In the 2018 elections, Congress had won 25 seats out of the seats reserved for the tribal class and formed the government. The party hopes that due to the government’s schemes it will once again get the support of the tribals.

    Election analyst R Krishna Das says, ‘Tribal voters play an important role in forming the government in the state. In the first elections held in Chhattisgarh in 2003 after the formation of the state in 2000, the BJP was successful in making deep inroads among the tribals who were once considered staunch supporters of the Congress. But in the next elections, BJP lost its hold on him. Das said, ‘Apart from anti-incumbency, the party faced problems in the tribal belt due to lack of coordination between top tribal leaders of the BJP and local party workers in their areas and the long-standing left-wing extremism. ‘

    During the first assembly elections held in the state in 2003, 34 seats in the 90-member House were reserved for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category. The BJP had won 25 of these seats, defeating the Congress government led by then Chief Minister Ajit Jogi. BJP had then got 50 seats. Whereas Congress had won nine tribal seats. After delimitation the number of tribal seats in the state increased to 29. In the 2008 assembly elections, BJP won 19 out of 29 seats and once again formed the government by winning 50 seats. In this election, Congress had won 10 tribal seats.

    Later in the 2013 assembly elections, tribal votes went to the Congress and Congress won 18 out of 29 tribal seats. However, even after this Congress could not form the government. Congress’ numbers remained limited to 39 and BJP won 11 tribal seats and formed the government for the third time with 49 MLAs. In 2018, Congress registered a landslide victory by winning 68 seats in the 90-member assembly, ending the 15-year rule of the Raman Singh-led BJP government. BJP got 15 seats, JCC (J) and BSP got five and two seats respectively.

    Of the 29 ST seats in 2018, Congress won 25, BJP three and JCC (J) one. Later, Congress won two more SC reserved seats – Dantewada and Marwahi – in the by-elections. Das said that to come back to power in the state, the BJP is focusing on tribal seats and has fielded its old leaders this time. BJP has so far fielded its candidates on 86 seats, including all 29 ST seats. Six former ministers of the state are among the prominent candidates of the BJP, including one sitting MLA, two sitting Lok Sabha MPs – including one Union Minister, one former Union Minister, three former MLAs, one former IAS officer who recently left his service and joined the BJP. Have joined.

    As elections are approaching in Chhattisgarh, BJP’s star campaigners have started visiting tribal dominated areas of the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah addressed party rallies in the Bastar region this month. Meanwhile, party’s national president JP Nadda had flagged off BJP’s second Parivartan Yatra in tribal-dominated Jashpur last month. The party’s first Parivartan Yatra was taken out from tribal-dominated Dantewada district last month.

    Senior BJP leader and former minister Kedar Kashyap said, ‘Congress tried to end the reservation of tribals and recruitment in government jobs and admission in institutions remained closed for almost a year. There was a provision to give priority to tribals in recruitment in government jobs in Bastar and Surguja tribal divisions, but after 2018, Congress canceled this provision.. All these issues are being raised by BJP.

    When Kashyap was asked how many tribal seats the party could win, he said, ‘There is huge anger among the tribals against the Congress government. We will win all 12 seats of Bastar and 14 seats of Surguja division. The tribals have understood that the Congress government has betrayed them. Out of 29 seats reserved for tribals, 11 are in Bastar division and there are nine tribal reserved seats in Surguja division. Kashyap has been fielded from his traditional Narayanpur seat (ST) in Bastar division.

    On BJP raking up the issue of religious conversion in tribal areas ahead of the elections, Kashyap said, “It is a social issue and we oppose such acts… We do not see this issue as an advantage in the elections.” Are. He also alleged that conversion is increasing under the Congress government. In an interview last week, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had expressed confidence that his government has launched many schemes for the tribals, due to which it will win more tribal seats in this election than last time.

    The ruling party Congress has announced candidates for all 90 seats. State President Deepak Baij, Ministers Kawasi Lakhma, Anila Bhediya and Mohan Markam are among the prominent tribal faces of Congress in this election. Sarva Adivasi Samaj, a prominent organization of tribal groups, has formed ‘Hamar Raj’ party which has announced 19 candidates. The party had earlier announced to field candidates on 50 seats, including all 29 seats reserved for the tribal community, but is now considering contesting on 60-70 seats.

    Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is also trying its luck for the second time in Chhattisgarh. AAP has so far released the names of candidates for 45 seats. In the 2018 assembly elections, AAP had fielded candidates on 85 out of the total 90 seats, but failed to open its account in the state. Voting will be held in the state in two phases on November 7 and 17. In the first phase, voting will be held for 20 assembly constituencies including 12 tribal seats and in the second phase for 70 seats including 17 tribal seats.

  • Farmers’ loans will be waived off if Congress forms government, CM Baghel’s big promise before elections

    Before the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has made a big announcement. Baghel announced that if Congress comes to power in the state, the loans of farmers will be waived off. CM Baghel posted on the social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) and said that as soon as Congress comes to power, like before, this time too we will waive off the loans of farmers.

    While promising loan waiver, Baghel said in the meeting that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not yet made a single announcement for farmers, laborers, youth and women. During this, CM Baghel also reminded the promise of caste census made by Rahul Gandhi. Reminding Priyanka Gandhi’s promises, Baghel said that poor people will be given houses. We have said that whether the central government gives our share or not, Chhattisgarh government will build houses for the poor.

    Baghel said that we have already announced that we will buy 20 quintals per acre of paddy from the farmers. A lot of guarantees still have to be given. I have come in Shakti, worshipers of Shakti are sitting here. Sakti aims to empower the farmer. He said that I am announcing through the platform that like farmers’ loans were waived off in the past, form the government again and farmers’ loans will be waived off.

    This announcement of the Chief Minister is being considered important before the assembly elections in the state. Even before the 2018 elections in the state, Congress had promised to waive off loans as soon as the government is formed. It is believed that only after this announcement of Congress, the party got the support of the farmers and returned to power in the state after 15 years.

    Voting will be held in the state in two phases on November 7 and 17. The two big political parties of the state, Congress and BJP, have not yet released the manifesto. Congress formed the government in the 2018 assembly elections by winning 68 out of 90 seats. BJP was reduced to 15 seats. JCC (J) had got five seats and BSP two seats in the state. At present Congress has 71 MLAs.

  • Who is this saffron clad Mahant whom Congress has fielded in the elections, contesting with the veteran leader of BJP?

    The Congress Party has announced candidates for most of the seats for the assembly elections to be held in two phases in Chhattisgarh. Many big leaders including Bhupesh Baghel and TS Singhdev have once again been fielded in the election field. The party has so far announced the names of 83 candidates for the 90-seat assembly. One of them also includes Mahant, who has been given ticket from Raipur South Assembly seat.

    When the Congress Party released the second list of 53 candidates for Chhattisgarh elections, the name of Mahant Ramsundar Das was also included in it, who is the Mahant of Dudhadhari Temple of Chhattisgarh. In December 2021, Das came into limelight when he openly protested against the derogatory comments made against Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi in the Parliament of Religions held in Raipur. Expressing his objection from the stage itself, he distanced himself from the Dharma Sansad.

    Contest against seven time MLA

    The Congress party has tried to hit many birds with one stone by making Das its face in the elections to be held in November. Das will face BJP candidate Brijmohan Agarwal on Raipur South seat, who has won this seat seven times in a row. Now, who will the public elect as their representative between Ramsundar Das and Brijmohan Aggarwal, it will be clear only after the counting of votes on 3rd December, but Raipur South seat has started being counted as a hot seat.

    Answer was given to Kalicharan

    In fact, in that Parliament of Religions, Kalicharan Maharaj had abused Mahatma Gandhi. Many people clapped at Kalicharan’s foul language, some remained silent but Ramsundar Das openly opposed it. He not only went on stage and expressed his objection but also announced to leave the programme.

    Have been MLAs before too

    It is not that Ramsundar Das has entered the electoral fray for the first time. He has already contested elections on Congress ticket. In 2003, he contested from Pamgarh in Chhattisgarh and also won. In 2008 he won the election from Jaijaipur. But in 2013 he had to face defeat on the same seat. When Bhupesh Baghel’s government was formed in 2018, he was made the chairman of the Cow Seva Commission. Das is often seen with Baghel and is considered close to the CM.

  • Chhattisgarh Elections 2023: 294 candidates filed nominations for the first phase, how many nominations from where?

    294 candidates have filed nominations for the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Officials said on Friday that 254 nomination papers were filed on the last day of nomination for 20 assembly constituencies in the first phase of assembly elections. Thus, a total of 294 candidates have filed 455 nomination papers for the first phase. Let us tell you that the notification for the first phase was issued on October 13. The nomination papers will be scrutinized on October 21. Candidates will be able to withdraw their names on 23 October.

    Officials said that on Friday, 33 cases were reported in Rajnandgaon assembly constituency, 29 in Kawardha, 20 in Pandariya, 15 in Bhanupratappur, 14-14 in Jagdalpur and Dantewada, 12-12 in Dongargaon and Antagarh, 11-11 in Khairagarh and Kondagaon, Bijapur and 10-10 nomination papers were filed in Konta, 9 in Chitrakot, 8-8 in Narayanpur and Khujji, 7-7 in Kanker and Keshkal and 6-6 in Bastar and Mohla-Manpur. Voting for 90 seats of Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17.

    Officials said that in the first phase, nomination papers have been filled in 12 constituencies of Bastar division including eight assembly constituencies of Rajnandgaon, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai and Kabirdham districts. Voting will be held on November 7 for 20 seats in the first phase of elections being held in two phases in the state. The total number of voters in the 20 assembly constituencies of the first phase is 40,78,681, which includes 19,93,937 males, 20,84,675 females and 69 voters of the third gender.

    A total of five thousand 304 polling stations have been created for these assembly constituencies. In the first phase, voting will be held for Konta, Bijapur, Dantewada, Chitrakot, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Keshkal, Kanker, Bhanupratapur, Antagarh, Mohla-Manpur, Khujji, Dongargaon, Rajnandgaon, Dongargarh, Khairagarh, Kawardha and Pandariya assembly constituencies. . Voting for the other 70 assembly constituencies will be held in the second phase on November 17. Notification for the second phase of voting will be issued on Saturday, October 21 and nominations can be filed till October 30.

    Chhattisgarh’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has so far announced candidates on 86 seats out of 90, and ruling party Congress has announced candidates on 83 seats. Of the 20 seats where voting is being held in the first phase, 12 are reserved for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) while one is reserved for the Scheduled Caste (SC) category. In the 2018 assembly elections, Congress had won 17 seats in these constituencies, while BJP had won two and Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) had won one seat.

    Congress later won two more seats out of the remaining three in the by-elections. Among the 20 seats for which voting will be held on November 7, the main candidates from BJP are Raman Singh from Rajnandgaon, former minister Kedar Kashyap from Narayanpur (SC), Lata Usendi from Kondagaon (SC), Vikram Usendi from Antagarh (SC), Bijapur ( Mahesh Gagda from SC) and former IAS officer Neelkanth Tekam from Keshkal (SC).

    Prominent candidates from the Congress in the first phase include State Congress President and MP Deepak Baij from Chitrakote (ST), Minister Kawasi Lakhma from Konta (ST) and Mohan Markam from Kondagaon (ST). Congress formed the government in the 2018 assembly elections by winning 68 seats in the 90-member assembly. BJP was reduced to 15 seats. JCC(J) and BSP had won five and two seats respectively in the state. The current MLAs of Congress are 71.

  • BJP’s efforts to woo tribal voters, Shah’s political noise in Jagdalpur; Congress surrounded

    Both BJP and Congress parties have started campaigning vigorously for the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. BJP’s star campaigner Amit Shah reached Chhattisgarh today. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who reached Jagdalpur, offered prayers at Danteshwari Mata Temple. After this Shah addressed the public meeting. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has made a political attack on Congress and accused it of promoting Naxalism. He claimed that the incidents of Naxalite violence have reduced by 52 percent during the nine-year rule of the Narendra Modi government.

    Addressing the rally, Shah urged the people to bring the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power in the currently Congress-ruled state, and promised that his party would free the entire state from the Naxalite menace. He claimed that if the Congress comes back to power in Chhattisgarh, the money sent from the Center for the development of the state “will be sent to Delhi through the ‘ATM’ of the Congress.”

    Voting for 90 assembly seats of Chhattisgarh is to be held in two phases on November 7 and 17 and the counting of votes will take place on December 3. Shah said the people of Chhattisgarh will celebrate Diwali thrice – once on the festival day, second when the BJP comes to power on December 3 and third when the construction of the Ram temple is completed in January, as Chhattisgarh is the “nanihal” (nanihal) of Lord Ram. Place of maternal grandparents of Lord Ram).

    The rally was organized in Jagdalpur, the headquarters of Bastar district, before the filing of nominations by BJP candidates in three constituencies of Bastar. Bastar region was once considered the most affected by Naxalism and in some places this threat still persists.

    Shah said, “Elect BJP to power in the state, we will free the entire state from danger.” He claimed, “In 9 years of Modi government, incidents of Naxalite violence have reduced by 52 per cent. While deaths in Maoist violence have reduced by 70 per cent, civilian deaths have reduced by 68 per cent, while (Naxalite) There has been a decline in the number of cases – there has been a decline of 62 percent in the affected districts.

    The Union Minister said that development for tribals (Prime Minister) Modi ji has done a lot of work in the interest of tribals across the country. Apart from protecting their water, forests and land, Modi government has also brought security, respect and inclusive development.

    Taking a political dig at Congress, the Union Minister said, “You have two options, one is Congress which promotes Naxalism while on the other hand there is BJP which eliminates Naxalism.” Congress which sent crores of rupees to Delhi Darbar due to corruption, while BJP which is giving gas cylinders, toilets, drinking water, health facilities, grains and houses to crores of poor people.”