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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Congress released the list of 40 star campaigners for Chhattisgarh, names of which veterans?

    Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023: Election activity is increasing in Chhattisgarh. All the parties in the state are using their full strength. Congress has released a list of 40 star campaigners to campaign in Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Among the star campaigners announced by Congress on Friday are party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, Ajay Maken and Kumari Shailaja are also prominent faces in this list who will be seen raising their voice.

    Apart from this, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Punjab Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Deepak Baij, Rajiv Shukla, Deepak Baij, TS Singhdev, Phulo Devi Netam, Mohan Markam, K Raju, Alka Lamba, Ranjit Ranjan, PL Punia, Bhakta Charan Das, Sharat The names of Patnaik, Saptagiri Shankar Ulaka are also included in this list. The names of Dr. Chandan Yadav, Vijay Jangid, Rajneesh Tiwari, Captain Ajay Singh Yadav, Shivaji Rao Moghe, Imran Pratapgarhi are also in the list.

    This list includes the names of stalwarts like Rajesh Lilothia, Shiv Kumar Dahria, Ravindra Choubey, Amarjeet Bhagat, Premsai Singh Tekam, Nandkumar Sai, Shafi Ahmed, Netta D’Souza, Srinivas Biwi and Pradeep Jain Aditya. Voting will be held in Chhattisgarh in two phases on November 7 and 17. Counting of votes will take place along with other states on December 3.

    A day before, BJP also released the list of its star campaigners. (Star Campaigners List of BJP in Chhattisgarh Election) Was released. BJP had given place to 40 star campaigners in this list. BJP has given place to 8 Union Ministers in this list. This includes PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. Apart from these, names of UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma are also in the list of BJP’s star campaigns. Names of 11 leaders from Chhattisgarh are included in this list. Not only this, four out of ten MPs of the state have been taken.

  • Congress reaches EC accusing Amit Shah of hate speech, Raman Singh also included in the complaint

    Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee has accused Amit Shah of giving hate speech during a public rally in Rajnandgaon city. Congress on Tuesday reached the Chief Electoral Officer of the state and lodged a complaint against Union Home Minister Amit Shah for alleged hate speech, demanding strict action. Congress communication department chairman Sushil Anand Shukla, in a complaint submitted to Chief Electoral Officer Reena Babasaheb Kangale, has also demanded action against BJP state president Arun Sao and former Chief Minister Raman Singh.

    Congress has accused BJP of trying to take political advantage of the Biranpur incident. In the complaint, Congress has alleged that senior BJP leader and the country’s Home Minister Amit Shah, in a meeting organized for the nomination of BJP’s Rajnandgaon candidate Dr. Raman Singh, said regarding the murder case in Biranpur, that ‘Bhupesh Baghel government has For appeasement, for vote bank politics, Chhattisgarh’s son Bhuvneshwar Sahu was ‘lynched’ and killed. BJP has decided that it will work to bring the murderers of Bhuvaneshwar Sahu to justice.

    Congress has alleged that Shah had said that his father Ishwar Sahu has been fielded as its symbol. Congress said that this statement of Amit Shah is not only objectionable but its only purpose is to incite communal violence in the peaceful state of Chhattisgarh. The Home Minister has given this statement to incite frenzy with the intention of electoral gains. What he has said is absolutely false. The reality is that in this case of violence and counter-violence, the government had taken prompt action and arrested the accused and sent them to jail.

    Congress said- Amit Shah, upset with his clearly visible defeat in Chhattisgarh, now wants to take the help of communalism. While addressing the election rally in Rajnandgaon, the country’s Home Minister Amit Shah, who is holding a constitutional post and took oath under the Constitution, has made a malicious attempt to incite communal tension with the aim of religious polarisation. The leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party in Chhattisgarh are continuously trying to make their political gains on the Biranpur incident in a planned manner.

    Congress said that in the case in which the investigation has been completed, the challan has been presented in the court, the decision of the lower court has also come. In such a case, the country’s Home Minister’s malicious attempt to incite hysteria with the aim of communal polarization is clearly a violation of the Model Code of Conduct. Congress has demanded strict action from the Election Commission against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Raman Singh and Arun Sao.

    During an election rally in Rajnandgaon on Monday, Shah had attacked the Bhupesh Baghel government over the communal violence that broke out in Biranpur village in Bemetra district in April and asked people whether they wanted Chhattisgarh to become the epicenter of communal riots again. . Pointing towards Ishwar Sahu present on the stage, Shah had said that Bhuneshwar Sahu was murdered for vote bank and appeasement. Ishwar Sahu’s son Bhuneshwar Sahu was killed in the Biranpur violence. Voting for the 90-member state assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17.

  • In Chhattisgarh, Hamar Raj Party of the tribal community also made its mark; List of 19 candidates released

    Hamar Raj Party, the main organization of tribal society in Chhattisgarh, has also made a roar in the election campaign. Hamar Raj Party on Tuesday released the list of 19 candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. The name of a former IPS officer is also included in the list. Hamar Raj Party has announced the names of candidates for 10 seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and two seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes.

    Hamar Raj Party has fielded tribals on general seats also. Of the 19 candidates in the list, two are from the Scheduled Caste category and the remaining 17 candidates are from the tribal community. The names of three women candidates are included in the list. This party, formed by Sarva Adivasi Samaj (SAS), an organization of tribal society in the state, had earlier announced to field candidates on 50 seats including all 29 seats reserved for the tribal community, but the party is now considering contesting on 60 to 70 seats. Has been.

    SAS working president BS Raote released the list at a press conference here and said his party is now planning to contest 60-70 seats as people are voluntarily joining them and candidates in more and more constituencies. Requesting to take it down. Raote said that people are fed up with Congress and BJP. People of tribal areas will give mandate to his party.

    BS Raote said- We are not worried about victory or defeat. The important thing is that we have started fighting for our rights and against exploitation. The party has entered the election field for the first time. The party has fielded Akbar Ram Korram, a former IPS officer and retired from the post of Deputy Inspector General of Police in 2020, from Bhanupratappur. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribe category.

    Korram had contested the by-election from Bhanupratappur seat last year. This seat had become vacant after the death of the then MLA and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly Manoj Mandavi. In that by-election, Congress candidate and Mandavi’s wife Savitri Mandavi defeated her nearest rival Brahmanand Netam of BJP by 21,171 votes. Korram, who contested the election as an independent, had secured 23,417 votes in the by-election.

    Raote said that among other candidates, Surajpur District Panchayat member Geeta Sonha has been fielded from Pratappur (ST) seat and former school principal Bhavani Singh Sidar has been fielded from Kharsia seat. Raote said that most of the candidates are prominent social workers of their area. Voting for 90 seats of Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17.

  • Baghel VS Baghel; The fight between uncle and nephew has been decided by Congress list in Chhattisgarh.

    Chhattisgarh Election 2023: Congress has declared the first list of candidates for the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. The names of CM Bhupesh Baghel and TS Singh Deo are also included in the list of 30 candidates. Bhupesh Baghel will contest from the present seat Patan only. After Baghel’s name surfaced from Patan, it has been decided that uncle and nephew will face each other in the political battle. Earlier in August, BJP had given ticket to Bhupesh’s nephew Vijay Baghel from Patan in the first list. After the release of Congress’s list, the ‘uncle vs nephew’ speculation in Chhattisgarh has been confirmed.

    BJP MP from Durg, Vijay Baghel was given ticket from Patan in the first list by BJP in August. Vijay Baghel is recognized as a strong leader in the political field of Chhattisgarh. Besides, the number of OBC voters in Patan seat is also a big factor. Since both CM Bhupesh and Vijay belong to the same caste background, the election on this seat will be very interesting and closely contested in the upcoming elections.

    There is a lot of conflict going on between uncle and nephew.

    If we look at the history of Patan seat, it is clear that in the election battle between uncle and nephew, both have defeated each other once. In 2008, Vijay Baghel defeated uncle Bhupesh in the elections and Bhupesh took revenge by winning the 2013 assembly elections. But in the last assembly elections 2018, BJP did not give ticket to Vijay Baghel from this seat and made Motilal Sahu its candidate. Its effect also came to light that CM Bhupesh gave a crushing defeat to Motilal. Overall, Bhupesh Baghel has won this seat twice.

    Vijay Baghel is MP from Durg

    After not giving the assembly ticket in 2018, BJP fielded Vijay Baghel in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Vijay won from Durg Lok Sabha seat and traveled to Delhi. Before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Vijay Baghel is once again in the fray against Bhupesh Baghel, the tallest Congress leader in the state. It is believed that there is a plan to give tickets to MPs and ministers in MP and Rajasthan and a strategy for the semi-finals of 2024. The biggest challenge before the BJP has been to field a candidate who can give a tough fight to CM Bhupesh and in such a situation, the only leader is Vijay Baghel.

    Tough fight for CM Baghel too

    According to election analysts and political experts, this time Patan seat is going to be very challenging for the state CM Bhupesh Baghel. The effect of anti-incumbency wave can also be seen. Since BJP did not give a chance to Vijay Baghel in the year 2018, hence Bhupesh Baghel did not have to work hard to win, but this time the election fight is between uncle and nephew and both have the upper hand.