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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Aam Aadmi Party has released its third list for Chhattisgarh, who will contribute from where?

    AAP Third List for Chhattisgarh: Aam Aadmi Party has released its third list for Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. In this, candidates have been announced for 11 assembly seats. In this list of 11 candidates, Dr. Akash Jashwal from Baikunthpur Assembly, Chandrakant Diksena from Katghora and Manbhajan Tandon from Lormi Assembly seat have been fielded. Before this, Aam Aadmi Party has released two lists. It covers those assembly constituencies where voting is to be held in the first phase. Voting for the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17.

    Not only this, Deepak Patre from Mungeli, Durgalal Kevat from Jaijaipur, Lekhram Sahu from Kasdol, Jashwant Sinha from Gunderdehi and Chameli Kurre from Pandariya have been given a chance. Sanjeet Vishwakarma from Durg Rural, Jagmohan Baghel from Bastar while Narendra Bhawani from Jagdalpur will be in the fray. It is known that BJP has also released two lists of its candidates. At the same time, Congress says that it will also release its list soon.

    Recently, Arvind Kejriwal had said that Aam Aadmi Party will contest elections with full strength in the three states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. Aam Aadmi Party had announced the names of 10 candidates in its first list. 12 candidates were given place in the second list of Aam Aadmi Party. Aam Aadmi Party, while releasing the third list on X, said that this time the broom will run.

    Aam Aadmi Party has announced 10 guarantees in Chhattisgarh. While promising these guarantees, Arvind Kejriwal had said that his guarantee is different and the guarantee of other parties is different. Kejriwal’s guarantee is firm. AAP has promised to provide 24 hours and 300 units of free electricity. It has also been said that old electricity bills till November will be waived off. Also promised to ensure good education and raw teachers. You have talked about free treatment and opening mohalla clinics in every village. It has been said to provide financial assistance of Rs 1000 per month to women.

  • Before Chhattisgarh elections, Center gave X category security to 24 BJP leaders of Bastar division.

    The campaign for Chhattisgarh assembly elections is now about to gain momentum. The possibility of Naxalite attacks in these elections is also being taken into consideration. After the killing of four BJP leaders by Naxalites in Bastar in the last few months, the central government is on alert. The central government has provided ‘X’ category security to 24 local party leaders ahead of the assembly elections in the state. Officials in Bastar said that the Union Home Ministry has issued orders regarding X category CRPF security to 24 local officials belonging to the BJP.

    Officials aware of this development said that the leaders who have been provided X category security are from Maoist-affected Bijapur, Dantewada, Sukma and Kondagaon in Bastar region. Prima facie it seems that this decision has been taken keeping in mind the upcoming assembly elections in Bastar region. A senior police officer posted in Bastar region said- Generally the categories are provided by either the state government or the central government.

    The state government has already provided security to more than 70 people in Bastar region, including BJP, Congress, Communist Party of India (CPI) officials and social workers. The security review committee of the state government assesses the security threats to individuals and assigns security categories varying from Z+, Z, Y+, Y and X category. Z+ is the highest and X is the lowest grade of protection. The order to provide security will be implemented in the next few days.

    It is noteworthy that in February, Naxalites had killed three people who were BJP officials in this area. In February, Sagar Sahu (47), a former BJP official, was shot dead in Narayanpur district. Two days later, former sarpanch Ramdhar Alami, who was an active member of the BJP for the last 15 years, was murdered. This week, BJP Mandal President Neelkanth Kakkam was shot dead by Maoists in Awapalli area of ​​Bijapur district. On February 21, a former BJP sarpanch was murdered by Naxalites in Bijapur district.

  • These assembly seats are very important in Chhattisgarh elections, whose prestige is at stake?

    The Election Commission has announced the dates of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. Voting for a total of 90 assembly seats in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17. Counting of votes will take place in the state along with other states on December 3. During the elections for the total 90 seats of Chhattisgarh Assembly, the contests on 13 seats will attract the most attention because prominent leaders of Congress and BJP are involved in them.

    Eyes on these 13 assembly seats of Chhattisgarh

    1. dumping

    Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel currently represents this rural constituency of Durg district. Its border is with the capital Raipur. Since 1993, Baghel has been elected five times from Patan seat. In 2008 he was defeated by his distant nephew, BJP’s Vijay Baghel. BJP has once again fielded Vijay Baghel, MP from Durg Lok Sabha seat, from this seat. Baghel belongs to the Kurmi caste, an influential Other Backward Class community in the state. This constituency has a large Kurmi population.

    2. Rajnandgaon

    This urban seat in Rajnandgaon district is currently held by BJP vice president and three-time Chief Minister Raman Singh. In the 2018 assembly elections, the Congress had fielded Karuna Shukla, who had left the BJP and joined the Congress. She lost to Singh by 16,933 votes. Six-time MLA Raman Singh has won this seat three times since 2008. This time BJP has not presented any leader as its chief ministerial face.

    3. Ambikapur

    This tribal dominated seat of North Chhattisgarh is currently held by Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo. Singh Deo, a three-time MLA and scion of the former royal family, had won the seat for the first time in 2008. Protests are being held by local villagers, mainly tribals, against the coal mines allotted to Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RRVUNL) in the biodiversity-rich Hasdeo-Aranya region. Singhdev had come out in support of the protesters. Following this, the state urged the Center to cancel all coal block allocations in the Hasdeo region. The protests may affect Congress’s prospects on this seat.

    4. Konta (Reserved for Scheduled Tribes)

    This seat reserved for Scheduled Tribes is in Naxal-affected Sukma district of South Chhattisgarh. It is currently held by Industries and Excise Minister Kawasi Lakhma, one of the most influential tribal leaders in the state. Here mostly a triangular contest has been seen between Congress, BJP and Communist Party of India (CPI). Lakhma has won from Konta five consecutive times since 1998.

    5. Kondagaon (Reserved for Scheduled Tribes)

    This seat, which falls in Kondagaon district of South Chhattisgarh, is currently held by former Congress state president Mohan Markam. Markam had defeated BJP’s prominent tribal woman leader and former minister Lata Usendi from here in 2013 and 2018. Usendi was recently made the vice president of BJP. It is believed that Markam does not have good relations with Chief Minister Baghel, hence he was removed from the post of State Congress President in July.

    6. Raipur City South

    This urban constituency is held by influential BJP leader and former minister Brijmohan Agarwal. A seven-time MLA, Agarwal has been winning the seat continuously since 1990. Congress leader Kanhaiya Agarwal had given a tough competition to Agarwal in 2018. Kanhaiya had secured 60,093 votes against Brijmohan. The BJP leader got 77,589 votes in this election.

    7. Durg Rural

    This rural seat in Durg district has a large population of Sahu, a prominent community of Other Backward Class (OBC). The seat is currently held by minister Tamradhwaj Sahu, a prominent OBC leader. Sahu is believed to have played an important role in uniting Sahu voters in favor of Congress in 2018. After the party came to power in 2018, Sahu was the frontrunner for the post of Chief Minister. Sahu had earlier won from Durg Lok Sabha seat in 2014.

    8. power

    Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Charandas Mahanta is another prominent OBC leader of the Congress who represents the seat. Mahant, a four-time MLA, was elected from this seat for the first time in 2018. He is also a three-time Lok Sabha MP and was the Union Minister of State in the second term of the previous UPA government.

    9. Kawardha

    This seat in Kabirdham district is currently held by prominent Muslim leader Mohammad Akbar. Akbar, a four-time MLA, contested the seat for the first time in 2018 and won by a huge margin of 59,284 votes against former MLA Ashok Sahu of the BJP. Akbar is the Forest Minister in the Baghel government. Akbar may face some difficulty on this seat this time as there is a possibility of polarization after the communal violence in Kawardha city in 2021.

    10. decoration

    This constituency in Bemetara district is currently held by state agriculture minister and influential Brahmin leader Ravindra Choubey. He has been MLA for seven times. The constituency witnessed communal tension earlier this year following the killing of a person from the Sahu community and the subsequent killing of two people from another community in retaliation. Due to this, polarization may affect the election results in Saja as well as Kawardha.

    11. Arang (seat reserved for Scheduled Caste)

    This constituency of Raipur district is currently represented by Urban Administration Minister Shiv Kumar Dahria, a leader of the influential Satnami sect. The majority of Scheduled Caste population in the state belongs to this community. Dahria was first elected to the Chhattisgarh Assembly in 2003 from Palari and then in 2008 from Bilaigarh seat. This time he is facing risk because Guru Baldas Saheb of Satnami sect and his supporters have recently left Congress and joined BJP. Baldas has asked for a ticket from Arang for his son Khushwant Das Saheb.

    12. Kharsia

    This seat falls in Raigarh district of northern Chhattisgarh, which is dominated by the Aghariya community of Other Backward Classes. Higher Education Minister Umesh Patel currently represents this seat which is considered a Congress stronghold. Umesh Patel was first elected from this seat in 2013 after his father and prominent Congress leader Nandkumar Patel was killed in the Jheeram Valley Naxalite attack. Nandkumar Patel was elected five times from Kharsia.

    13. Janjgir-Champa

    In this area populated by Other Backward Classes, there is a tradition of changing MLAs in every election. Senior BJP leader Narayan Chandel represents this seat. He was elected from this seat thrice (1998, 2008 and 2018) by defeating Motilal Dewangan of Congress. Dewangan had defeated him in 2003 and 2013.

  • Congress will be tested in the tribal areas of Chhattisgarh; What equations are being formed?

    The Election Commission on Monday announced the voting dates in Chhattisgarh and sounded the election trumpet. Voting will be held in two phases for a total of 90 assembly seats in Chhattisgarh. Voting will take place in the state on November 7 and 17, while counting of votes along with other states will take place on December 3. The Congress had won 71 seats in the 90-member assembly in the 2018 assembly elections in Chhattisgarh after 15 years of BJP rule. Since then, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has tried to strengthen the position of Congress by promoting regional identity. Know in this report what electoral equations are being created in the state…

    fight hard to win

    Chhattisgarh assembly elections are going to be very important for Congress as it will boost its secular political image. Electoral success in the state will also be very important for the Congress from the point of view of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. This will give it great strength in the INDIA alliance. At present Congress has 71 MLAs. BJP has 13 MLAs, JCC (Janata Congress Chhattisgarh) has 3 and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has two MLAs. Vaishali Nagar seat of Durg district is vacant due to the death of the MLA two months ago.

    What do the statistics say?

    In the year 2018, Congress made an unprecedented comeback in the state and won 67 out of total 90 seats. In the subsequent by-elections, there was an unprecedented increase in the number of Congress MLAs. After the victory in 2018, Congress made Bhupesh Baghel the CM of the state. He became the first OBC (Other Backward Class) Chief Minister of the state, where the community constitutes more than 40 per cent of the total population.

    Bhupesh strengthened Congress’s position

    Anti-incumbency wave and dissatisfaction of BJP workers towards the leadership are said to be the main reasons for Congress’s victory five years ago. At present, all the seats in tribal dominated Surguja and Bastar regions are with the ruling Congress. At the same time, election analysts say that during the last five years, Baghel has strengthened Chhattisgarhism by promoting regional festivals, sports and art and culture of the state. This has strengthened the position of Congress.

    attempt to draw attention to corruption

    On the other hand, BJP has tried to draw people’s attention towards corruption. Making this an issue, BJP is continuously attacking the Congress government. BJP has attacked the Congress government citing the raids of the Enforcement Directorate. BJP has tried to corner the Bhupesh Baghel government by mentioning Mahadev App scam, coal and liquor scam. However, election analysts say that Congress appears to be electorally weaker in the northern and southern regions, especially the tribal areas of the state, as compared to the 2018 elections.

    Big exam in tribal areas

    On this issue, a Congress leader, on the condition of anonymity, said – Compared to the seats we got in the 2018 elections, Congress is likely to lose seats in all four regions (Surguja, Bilaspur, Bastar and Durg). . The first reason is that a large number of first-time MLAs have not performed well. As a result, there is an anti-incumbency wave in these areas.

    Sahu community can disintegrate

    The Congress leader said- Some castes who voted for Congress in 2018 are inclined towards BJP (this time). Sahu community is included in these castes. In the year 2018, about 12 percent voters of Sahu community had voted for Congress with the hope that its leader Tamradhwaj Sahu would be made the Chief Minister. Since it is now clear that if Congress wins, Baghel will be made the Chief Minister, Sahu has moved towards BJP.

    Election results of many seats will be affected

    A deficiency is clearly visible in the BJP camp also. BJP has failed to attack Congress aggressively in the last five years. It is only in recent months that the BJP has managed to present corruption as an issue, but questions still remain over how effective the anti-corruption campaign will be in the assembly elections. At the local level, the district units of the BJP have failed to counter the Congress’s attacks against the Centre. This may also affect the election results of many seats.

    BJP also faces a big challenge

    However, this time in the elections BJP has expressed confidence only in its local units. A BJP official said- The party has expressed hope from the RSS and its members to work for the party on the ground. If we look at the figures of 2018, Congress had secured 68 seats and 42.8 percent votes, which was 10% more than BJP. According to election observers, BJP is facing a tough challenge to bridge this huge gap and cross the majority mark of 46 seats.

  • When Rahul’s tongue slipped on Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, BJP caught it, said – the truth came out of his mouth – VIDEO

    Rajasthan Assembly Election 2023: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi (Rahul Gandhi) A statement of has gone viral. When Rahul was giving his reaction on Monday after the announcement of the dates of assembly elections of five states, his tongue slipped. BJP immediately seized this opportunity. BJP sarcastically said that Rahul Gandhi has accepted defeat in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh even before the elections.

    While talking to reporters after the party’s working committee meeting, Rahul Gandhi was reacting to the announcement of the schedule of assembly elections of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram. He said- The government is going in Madhya Pradesh, it is going in Rajasthan, it is also going in Chhattisgarh…. However, he soon realized his mistake. Then he said- I spoke the wrong way… you (the journalist) confused me.

    Later, while speaking cautiously, Rahul Gandhi expressed hope that Congress will perform brilliantly in the elections of five states. He praised the work of the Chief Ministers of the party ruled states. By sharing the video of his slip of the tongue, BJP took a dig at the social media platform ‘X (formerly Twitter)’. BJP said- Rahul Gandhi has accepted defeat. Rahul has accepted that Congress governments are leaving Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

    Many BJP leaders shared this video and took a jibe at Congress and Rahul Gandhi. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi further said that the party’s working committee has taken a historic decision to support the caste-based census. This is necessary for the future of India. Most of the constituents of the opposition alliance ‘India’ are in favor of caste-based census. Congress will put pressure on the central government for caste census. After the caste census, a new path of development will open.

    Rahul said- Congress party will leave only after completing the work of caste census. Remember…when we make a promise, we don’t break it. There will be a caste census in the country and the poor of India will get their share. Rahul alleged that Prime Minister Modi does not work for the OBC class, but tries to divert their attention.

  • VIDEO: Rahul attacked Modi by showing the remote, said – PM also has one but it is used…

    Rahul Gandhi (Rahul Gandhi) On Monday, he launched the Mukhyamantri Gramin Awas Nyay Yojana in the election-bound state of Chhattisgarh through remote control. He said that PM Modi also has the remote control, but he presses it ‘secretly’. Rahul Gandhi said- We press the remote control button in the open. But BJP suppresses it secretly and Adani ji gets Mumbai airport, public sector becomes private. When I questioned PM Modi on Adani in the Lok Sabha, I got this reply and my Lok Sabha membership was cancelled.

    Rahul has made a direct attack on PM Modi when PM Modi, while addressing a rally in Madhya Pradesh, called Congress a party of rusty iron. Reiterating that Rahul had said in the Lok Sabha on the Women’s Reservation Bill that only three OBC bureaucrats are working for the Government of India, Rahul Gandhi said that the caste census is the X-ray of India. Caste census will determine how many Dalits, OBCs, SC/STs there are, but the government is running away from the caste census. The Congress government will conduct caste census. This is my promise.

    Rahul said- Two remote controls are operational. We pressed the remote control we have in front of the camera but BJP and Narendra Modi press the remote control secretly. When we press the remote control, money comes into the accounts of the farmers, but when BJP presses the remote control, the public sector is privatized and water-forest-land goes in favor of Adani. Adani ji gets Mumbai airport, public sector becomes private. Modi ji presses the remote again and Adani gets the railway contract.

    Rahul said- When I asked in the Lok Sabha, Modi ji, what is your relationship with Adani. The answer I got was that my Lok Sabha membership was cancelled. Rahul Gandhi said- In all Congress ruled states, people are at the top. Our governments are not run by Adani ji. All our remote controls are for the public. Earlier on Sunday, in a media enclave, Rahul Gandhi had said that Congress is definitely winning the elections in both the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The fight will be tough in Rajasthan…

  • Congress gave big responsibility to Haryana leader Selja in Chhattisgarh, announced election committees

    Congress has started implementing its strategies for Chhattisgarh assembly elections. In this series, Congress has approved the formation of its various committees for Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday approved the proposal regarding formation of these committees with immediate effect. These committees include Core Committee, Election Campaign Committee, Communication Committee. CM Bhupesh Baghel and his deputy TS Singh Deo have been given a place in the Election Campaign Committee along with the Core Committee.

    It is worth noting that Haryana leader Kumari Shailja has been given a big responsibility in Chhattisgarh. He has been made the convenor of the core committee. The names of Bhupesh Baghel, TS Singh Dev, Deepak Baij, Dr. Charan Das Mahant, Tamradhwaj Sahu and Shiv Kumar Dahria are included in this committee. Dr. Charan Das Mahant has been made the convenor of the Election Campaign Committee. Bhupesh Baghel, TS Singh Deo, Dr. Charan Das Mahant and Tamradhwaj Sahu have also been given place in the Election Campaign Committee.

    Other members of the Election Campaign Committee include Shiv Kumar Dahria, Ravindra Chabey, Mohd. Names of a total of 74 leaders including Akbar, Kawasi Lakhma, Premsai Singh Tekam, Jai Singh Aggarwal, Amarjeet Bhagat, Guru Rudra Kumar, Mohan Markam, Umesh Patel, Sant Kumar Netam, Jyotsna Mahant, Rajiv Shukla, Ranjit Ranjan are included. The official statement issued by the party said that the Congress President has given his approval to the proposal of forming committees for the upcoming assembly elections in Chhattisgarh with immediate effect.

    Apart from Chhattisgarh ministers Mohan Markam and Umesh Patel, Phulo Devi Netam and KTS Tulsi are also part of the election campaign committee. The party has also constituted a 15-member communication committee. Ravindra Choubey has been made the chairman of the communication committee while Rajesh Tiwari and Vinod Verma have been made the coordinators. Whereas Sushil Anand Shukla has been made the coordinator of its communication committee. The party has also formed a protocol committee consisting of 25 members. Its president will be Amarjeet Bhagat, convenor Shiv Singh Thakur and coordinator Ajay Sahu.