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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 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.

  • 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.