The Chhattisgarh

Tag: chhattisgarh election news

  • What are the biggest election issues in Chhattisgarh? Understand here in 10 points

    Today the Election Commission has announced the election dates of five states including Chhattisgarh. Shortly after the Election Commission’s announcement, Bharatiya Janata Party has also released the second list of its candidates in Chhattisgarh. Now both the parties have geared up to enter the electoral battle. On one hand, Congress is hoping to retain its power in the state by relying on the welfare schemes of the Bhupesh Baghel government. At the same time, Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to corner the government on the alleged corruption of the state government, religious conversion and unfulfilled election promises. Let us know what are the 10 big election issues in Chhattisgarh elections, which will decide who will become the CM of the state.

    Corruption

    The Congress government is facing criticism over alleged scams in coal mining, liquor business, District Mineral Foundation (DMF), cow dung procurement scheme and Public Service Commission. Along with this, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating money laundering cases related to alleged coal levy racket, liquor scam, use of DMF funds and an illegal online betting app in the state. Top BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party president JP Nadda, cornered the Bhupesh Baghel government over these issues in their rallies and accused the Chief Minister of turning Chhattisgarh into an ATM for the Congress. Responding to the attack, Baghel accused the BJP-led central government of misusing central investigative agencies to malign his government’s image.

    Schemes for farmers

    Three major pro-farmer schemes have helped the Congress strengthen its position in rural and semi-urban areas. Under the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, the government has given input subsidy of Rs 21,912 crore to about 23 lakh farmers growing Kharif paddy. A total of Rs 580 crore has been paid to cattle herders, Gauthan committees and women self-help groups under the Godhan Nyay Yojana (cow dung purchase scheme) in the state. Rajiv Gandhi Rural Landless Agricultural Laborer Krishi Nyay Yojana provides annual financial assistance to landless agricultural laborer families in rural areas. According to official data, assistance worth Rs 7,000 crore is being provided to approximately 3.55 lakh beneficiaries. The Baghel government has also announced that it will purchase 20 quintals of paddy during the current Kharif season compared to 15 quintals earlier. The positive impact of these schemes can pose a big challenge for BJP.

    Chhattisgarhiism

    Chief Minister Baghel promoted Chhattisgarhianism i.e. regionalism in the last five years and continuously requested to be proud of regional pride. Congress claimed that the people of Chhattisgarh were completely marginalized during the 15-year BJP rule. Baghel promoted regional festivals, sports, art and culture. He directed that a statue of Chhattisgarh Mahtari (a maternal image representing Chhattisgarh) be installed in every district. The official residence of the Chief Minister hosts festivals like Teeja-Pora and Govardhan Puja. The state government also organized the National Tribal Dance Festival. Constructed Devgudi and Ghotul (traditional community centres) in tribal areas of the state and established Adivasi Parab Samman Nidhi.

    Tension between Christian and non-Christian tribals, religious conversion

    In the last two years, many incidents of clashes over religious conversion have come to light in tribal dominated areas, especially in Bastar division. Violent clashes between tribals who converted to Christianity and local tribals were reported from the Narayanpur-Kondagaon border area in December 2022. The BJP accused the government of protecting those involved in conversion. However, Congress denied this allegation.

    sectarian violence

    Following incidents of communal violence in Kabirdham district in October 2021 and Bemetara district in April this year, the BJP accused the government of being biased towards a particular community. Congress accused BJP of playing communal politics in the absence of real issues. According to political experts, these incidents can polarize voters in Central Chhattisgarh.

    prohibition of alcohol

    The BJP has targeted the Baghel government for not fulfilling the key election promise of liquor ban made by the Congress. It is believed that this promise helped Congress get women’s votes in 2018.

    Regularization of services of contract employees

    This was another major promise made by Congress in the 2018 elections which has not been fulfilled yet. In the last two years, around 1.50 lakh contractual daily wage earners and outsourced workers have protested over this issue. BJP has promised to include the demand of contractual employees in its election manifesto.

    OBC issue

    Other Backward Classes (OBC), which constitute about 52 per cent of the state’s population, are demanding 27 per cent quota. The three major OBC communities, Sahu, Kurmi and Yadav, had largely supported the Congress in the 2018 elections. The issue became a matter of concern for the ruling party Congress when the Chhattisgarh High Court last year struck down the BJP government’s 2012 order increasing the overall quota in the state to 58 per cent. In the 2012 order, the quota for Scheduled Castes was reduced by four percent to 12 percent, while the quota for Scheduled Tribes was increased from 20 percent to 32 percent. Reservation for OBCs was kept unchanged at 14 percent.

    The Congress government challenged the High Court’s decision in the Supreme Court. Later, a bill related to reservation was passed in the state assembly under which 32 percent quota was given to tribal community, 27 percent to OBC, 13 percent to Scheduled Caste and four percent to Economically Weaker Section (EWS). With this, there is a provision to give overall 76 percent reservation in the state. Both the bills are awaiting the approval of the Governor. In May, the Supreme Court had directed the government to implement 58 percent reservation.

    infrastructure

    The BJP has alleged that infrastructure development in the state has stopped in the last five years and the condition of roads has deteriorated.

    central schemes

    The BJP has accused the Baghel government of failing to implement the Centre’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and not implementing the Jal Jeevan Mission properly.

  • Latest opinion poll of Chhattisgarh; Who is getting more seats in BJP-Congress? see result

    Chhattisgarh Opinion poll Result: On Monday, the Election Commission announced the election dates of five states including Chhattisgarh. After the announcement of election dates, ABP-C Voter has released its opinion poll results regarding Chhattisgarh. In this survey, Congress seems to be leading. However, Bharatiya Janata Party is also not far behind in the opinion poll results. According to the survey, there is a close contest between Congress and BJP in Chhattisgarh. Still, Congress seems to be ahead in this close contest. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see which side the camel sits on on the election day and in whose favor the voters vote more? Let us know the results of the survey…

    Who is getting how many seats?

    According to the opinion poll results released by ABP-C Voter on Monday, Congress is looking ahead in Chhattisgarh. In this, Congress is seen getting 45-51 seats. Apart from this, BJP is also seen giving strong competition to Congress in this state. In this survey, BJP is seen getting 39-45 seats. In this opinion, other parties are also seen getting 0-2 seats. According to the results, Congress seems to be moving closer to power in Chhattisgarh. In such a situation, it remains to be seen how true this survey proves to be in the election results.

    Let us tell you that in the elections held in 2018, Bharatiya Janata Party was reduced to only 15 seats in the state. In such a situation, if BJP’s performance remains as per the opinion poll results, then it will be considered a good performance. In such a situation, it is also believed that there is a close contest between Congress and BJP in Chhattisgarh. BJP can benefit from this in the Lok Sabha elections to be held in 2024. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see which party occupies the chair of CM of the state.

    Let us tell you that assembly elections have been announced for Chhattisgarh. The Election Commission has decided to conduct elections in Chhattisgarh in two phases. The first phase of voting will be held along with Mizoram on November 7. After this, the second phase of voting will be held with Madhya Pradesh on November 17.

  • Complaint against Congress on charges of breach of promise; Demand for FIR against 13 including Rahul and TS Singhdev

    As the time for Chhattisgarh assembly elections is coming closer, different colors of politics are coming to the fore. Leaders are trying their best to gain power. A strategy is being made to woo the voters. BJP’s Bhupesh Baghel is accusing the government of not fulfilling the 36 promises of the public manifesto. Meanwhile, an advocate of Durg district has filed a complaint in the Durg court against the Congress party for not fulfilling its promise.

    Demand to register FIR against 13 Congress leaders

    In the complaint, a demand has been made to register FIR against 13 Congress leaders including former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister TS Singhdev, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ravindra Choubey. Let us tell you that the public manifesto was released by the Congress Party before the 2018 assembly elections. 36 promises were made in this manifesto. Advocate Ashok Sharma has filed a complaint in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class Punitram Gurupanch of Durg for not fulfilling the promises made in the manifesto.

    Demand for action against these leaders

    In the complaint, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Minister TS Singhdev, Minister Mohammad Akbar, Minister Ravindra Choubey, Minister Shivkumar Dahria, Minister Umesh Patel, former minister Dr. Premsingh Tekam, MLA Dhanendra Sahu, Rajya Sabha MP Phulo Devi Netam, MLA Shailesh Pandey, MLA Arun The names of Vora, Shishupal Shori and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh are included.

    Court hearing on 25th September

    Ashok Sharma has requested the court to direct the police station to register an FIR against everyone under sections of cheating (Section 415), fraud (Section 420), conspiracy (Section 120B) and common intention (Section 34). This complaint is to be heard in the court on September 25.

    The promises of Congress public manifesto are deceitful and fraudulent.

    Advocate Ashok Sharma has mentioned in the complaint that every section of the state has been affected due to non-fulfillment of the promises of the public manifesto. The promises made in the manifesto were deceitful and fraudulent. People believed in the promises on which they voted in favor of the Congress candidates and formed their government and later forgot to fulfill those promises.

    These promises were not fulfilled

    It has been said in the complaint that Congress had made a total of 36 promises like prohibition of liquor in the state, free education to girl students, pension of Rs 1000 to citizens above 60 years of age and Rs 1,500 per month to citizens above 75 years of age. It was also claimed in the manifesto that all the promises would be fulfilled within five years of the formation of the government, but this did not happen. Now the assembly elections are near. Once the code of conduct is imposed, no work will be done to fulfill these promises.

    TS Singhdev was the convener of the manifesto committee.

    Advocate Ashok Sharma told that the present Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh TS Singhdev was the convenor of the Congress Manifesto Committee. Minister Mohammad Akbar, Minister Ravindra Choubey, Minister Shivkumar Dahria, Minister Umesh Patel, former minister Dr. Prem Singh Tekam, MLA Dhanendra Sahu, Rajya Sabha MP Phulo Devi Netam, MLA Shailesh Pandey and MLA Arun Vora were the members of the committee.

    Rahul and Jairam Ramesh made party

    Advocate Ashok Sharma said that former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh had conspired to circulate this manifesto in print and electronic media, hence they have also been made a party. Ashok Sharma said that the hearing on the petition is on September 25. I will present the petition arguments. If satisfied, the court can order FIR. He also said that if the petition is rejected, he will approach the sessions court.

  • Kejriwal on the path of Shivraj; Promise of giving ₹ 1000 to women in Chhattisgarh, big announcement for unemployed also

    Aam Aadmi Party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal made many big election promises in Chhattisgarh. On the lines of MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, he promised to provide financial assistance of Rs 1000 per month to every woman of Chhattisgarh. He said that if his party wins the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, then the youth of the state will be given employment guarantee. Every unemployed person in the state will be given Rs 3000 as unemployment allowance every month until he gets a job. In MP, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has also launched Ladli Brahmin Yojana.

    Delhi CM and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal was addressing a public meeting at Lalbagh ground in Jagdalpur of the state. He said- If our government is formed in Chhattisgarh, we will arrange employment for the youth. In Delhi, we have arranged employment for about 12 lakh children. It has been one and a half years since our government was formed in Punjab. CM Bhagwant Mann has announced 36 thousand government jobs. If the government is formed in Chhattisgarh, we will give unemployment allowance of Rs 3000 per month to every unemployed person until he gets a job.

    Kejriwal further said that if our government is formed in Chhattisgarh, every woman above 18 years of age will be given financial assistance of Rs 1000 per month. Our daughters who have to go to college. They don’t have money to go to college. Many girls leave their studies due to this reason. With this his college education will be completed. There is a housewife who does not have money to feed her child. With this initiative she will be able to arrange for the nutrition of her child. With this, an old mother will be able to arrange money to support her daughter.

    Along with this, Kejriwal also promised to protect the water, forests and land of the tribals from the evil eyes of the capitalists and politicians. He said that it has been 75 years since the country’s independence but even today the tribal society is backward. There has been step-motherly treatment with the tribal society. Tribal society lives in forests. All the capitalists and leaders have evil eyes on the water, forests and land of the tribals. We will implement the PESA law within a month of forming the government in the state and provide all powers to the Gram Sabhas.

  • After years, you have got a chance, loot as much as you want; PM Modi lashed out at Baghel government- VIDEO

    Prime Minister Modi reached Raigarh in Chhattisgarh on Thursday and addressed the Vijay Shankhnad rally. Congress and INDI Alliance remained the target of PM Modi. PM Modi said that they (opposition leaders) together have formed an ‘Indi’ alliance. Some people also call it an arrogant alliance. They have opened a front against your identity and your culture. Out of greed for power, these people want to destroy India. The policy of this alliance is to attack the faith of the people of India. Chhattisgarh is the maternal birthplace of Lord Ram. There is a temple of Mauta Kaushalya here. I have come from Ram’s maternal home to make people aware about ‘Sanatan’.

    Chhattisgarh’s Congress government is continuously moving ahead in corruption.

    Prime Minister Modi, without taking anyone’s name, fired sharp arrows of words at the Congress leaders in the Vijay Shankhnad rally. He said that my brothers and sisters have had to bear the loss of BJP government in Chhattisgarh. We wanted to get the benefit of PM Awas Yojana here, but the Congress government of Chhattisgarh did not allow pucca houses to be built for the poor. The Congress government has left Chhattisgarh behind in terms of poor welfare, youth skills and women empowerment, but the Congress government of Chhattisgarh is continuously moving ahead in corruption.

    What will be the mentality of people who commit corruption in cow dung?

    Prime Minister Modi said- I cannot even imagine, you imagine what would be the mentality of people who commit corruption in cow dung? Promised prohibition and the Congress government of Chhattisgarh committed a scam worth crores of rupees in the sale of liquor. They think that after many years they have got a chance, they can loot as much as they want. The Congress government is only looting Chhattisgarh.

    It is necessary to form BJP government in Chhattisgarh

    PM Modi said that Chhattisgarh was created by Atal ji. Now PM Modi has to be given a chance to make Chhattisgarh ‘Developed Chhattisgarh’. It is necessary to form BJP government in Chhattisgarh. Before addressing the Vijay Shankhnad rally, PM Modi dedicated projects worth Rs 6350 crore from Raigarh to the nation.

    Feed BJP’s lotus, will give developed Chhattisgarh

    Regarding G-20, Prime Minister Modi said that on one hand, today’s India is showing its ability to connect the world. India is emerging as a world friend on world forums. Foreign guests had come to Delhi. At Rashtrapati Bhavan, he was fed Kodo, Kutki and Ragi, which my tribal brothers and sisters of Chhattisgarh eat daily in their homes. Today India’s name is famous all over the world regarding G-20. PM Modi said that to save Chhattisgarh from corrupt people, please give me a lotus… I will give you developed Chhattisgarh. If Congress government remains here, Chhattisgarh will not get its benefit, hence it is necessary to form BJP government here.

    Congress made Chhattisgarh’s mineral wealth a source of income.

    Prime Minister Modi said that Chhattisgarh is a state rich in mineral resources. The Center has created a District Mineral Fund. Our idea was to spend a portion in the development of the village from where we are taking the mineral wealth. The central government wanted our tribal brothers and sisters to get its benefits, but the corrupt Congress government here did not leave it. DMF funds are not reaching the mineral villages. Congress has made the mineral wealth of Chhattisgarh a source of income. Chhattisgarh has become an ATM for the top leadership of Congress. 50 years ago, Congress had given the guarantee of removing poverty from the country and even today it gives the same guarantee.

    BJP government is necessary in Delhi and Raipur

    Prime Minister Modi said that 13 crore people have come out of poverty in five years. BJP has made plans for the poor. BJP has thrown out the middlemen. We ensured that full benefits reach the beneficiaries. Free ration is reaching every poor without any scam. Lakhs of people of Chhattisgarh have got free treatment facility from Ayushman. Just yesterday the Central Government has decided to provide 75 lakh Ujjwala connections. The people of Chhattisgarh are going to benefit greatly from this. Good roads, rail facilities and electricity are very important in Chhattisgarh. If there is a BJP government in both Delhi and Raipur, then such facilities will quickly reach the last village. The Central Government has started a national campaign to get rid of sickle cell. We will test 7 crore people and free them from this disease.