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  • Politics heated up over Bhagwat’s statement on Manipur violence; Baghel said contrary to PM Modi’s claim

    Politics has heated up over the statement of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Manipur violence. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel alleged that there is a contradiction between the statements of Mohan Bhagwat and Prime Minister Modi. Baghel (Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel) said that the BJP government claims that the borders are safe under its rule while the RSS chief is pointing towards the role of outside elements in the Manipur violence.

    CM Baghel told reporters- On one side we have world leaders who say that Indian borders are safe. On the other hand, our Mohan Bhagwat (RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat) says that external forces are involved in this. There is a contradiction between the words of Modi ji and Bhagwat.

    Let us tell you that while addressing the RSS Dussehra rally in Nagpur on Tuesday, Mohan Bhagwat had blamed external forces for the situation in the North-Eastern state. He had said that the caste violence in Manipur was sponsored. Bhagwat asked that when people of Meitei and Kuki communities have been living together in this border state for many years, then who benefits from such separatism and internal conflict? Whatever happened there, were people from outside involved in it?

    Bhagwat alleged that the so-called Marxists are misusing their influence in the media and education world to ruin the education and culture of the country. The question is, which foreign powers may be interested in taking advantage of the unrest and instability in Manipur? Does the geopolitics of South-East Asia also have any role in these developments? Along with this, Bhagwat warned against efforts to get votes by inciting emotions before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

  • 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    Officials said that maximum six candidates have withdrawn their names from Rajnandgaon assembly constituency.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 Rice Scam: Rs 175 crore rice scam in Chhattisgarh, sensational claim of ED before elections

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday alleged another ‘scam’ in poll-bound state Chhattisgarh. In this connection, he has claimed that a former managing director of Chhattisgarh ‘Markfed’ and an official of a local rice mill owners association collected bribe of Rs 175 crore for ‘the benefit of people holding high positions’.

    In the last few months, the ED has claimed to have exposed ‘scams’ related to coal levy, liquor duty and an illegal online gambling app. There is a Congress government in the state under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

    ED has claimed that in all these cases, bribe amount worth crores of rupees was collected with the connivance of local leaders and bureaucrats. It has so far arrested several Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, a police officer and a few others in the above mentioned cases.

    In a statement, the ED alleged that in the latest ‘scam’ related to incentive money on the process of extracting rice from paddy, it was arrested on October 20-21 by former Markfed Managing Director Manoj Soni, State Paddy Mill Owners Association Treasurer Roshan Chandrakar and some of his associates. Similar nexus was revealed after searches against officials, District Marketing Officers (DMOs), some mill owners.

    She said her criminal action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act is based on a complaint filed by the Income Tax Department in a court in the state capital Raipur. The tax department had alleged that officials of the Chhattisgarh Paddy Mill Owners Association colluded with officials of the State Marketing Federation Limited (Markfed) and ‘conspired’ to misuse the special incentive given to the mills on the process of extracting rice from paddy. The owners are given Rs 40 per quintal of rice by the state government. Chhattisgarh is called ‘Rice Bowl’ for its high production of rice.

    ED said that this amount of Rs 40 was significantly increased to Rs 120 per quintal and it was paid in two installments of Rs 60 each. The ED said that the officials of Chhattisgarh Rice Mill Owners Association, under the leadership of its treasurer Chandrakar, colluded with Markfed Managing Director Soni and started collecting a bribe of Rs 20 per quintal from the mill owners for extracting rice from the paddy.

    He said that the District Mill Owners Association sent the details of the mill owners who gave cash to the concerned DMO. He said that on receiving the bills of these mill owners, the DMOs would match them with the details received from the respective District Mill Owners Association and this information would be sent to the Markfed head office. He has alleged that ‘Markfed approved only the bills of those mill owners who gave cash to the association.

    The ED investigation found that Rs 500 crore was released on the basis of increasing the special allowance from Rs 40 per quintal to Rs 120 per quintal and a ‘bribe’ of Rs 175 crore was collected from it, which Chandrakar said was paid to ‘people in high positions’. ‘ Submitted with the active help of Sony for the benefit of.

    The probe agency said it seized ‘prosecutable material, digital devices and unaccounted cash worth Rs 1.06 crore’ during the raids.

    Elections for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held on November 7 and 17. Counting of votes will take place on December 3. The contest in the state is mainly between the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party.

  • Chhattisgarh Rice Scam: Rs 175 crore rice scam in Chhattisgarh, sensational claim of ED before elections

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday alleged another ‘scam’ in poll-bound state Chhattisgarh. In this connection, he has claimed that a former managing director of Chhattisgarh ‘Markfed’ and an official of a local rice mill owners association collected bribe of Rs 175 crore for ‘the benefit of people holding high positions’.

    In the last few months, the ED has claimed to have exposed ‘scams’ related to coal levy, liquor duty and an illegal online gambling app. There is a Congress government in the state under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.

    ED has claimed that in all these cases, bribe amount worth crores of rupees was collected with the connivance of local leaders and bureaucrats. It has so far arrested several Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, a police officer and a few others in the above mentioned cases.

    In a statement, the ED alleged that in the latest ‘scam’ related to incentive money on the process of extracting rice from paddy, it was arrested on October 20-21 by former Markfed Managing Director Manoj Soni, State Paddy Mill Owners Association Treasurer Roshan Chandrakar and some of his associates. Similar nexus was revealed after searches against officials, District Marketing Officers (DMOs), some mill owners.

    She said her criminal action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act is based on a complaint filed by the Income Tax Department in a court in the state capital Raipur. The tax department had alleged that officials of the Chhattisgarh Paddy Mill Owners Association colluded with officials of the State Marketing Federation Limited (Markfed) and ‘conspired’ to misuse the special incentive given to the mills on the process of extracting rice from paddy. The owners are given Rs 40 per quintal of rice by the state government. Chhattisgarh is called ‘Rice Bowl’ for its high production of rice.

    ED said that this amount of Rs 40 was significantly increased to Rs 120 per quintal and it was paid in two installments of Rs 60 each. The ED said that the officials of Chhattisgarh Rice Mill Owners Association, under the leadership of its treasurer Chandrakar, colluded with Markfed Managing Director Soni and started collecting a bribe of Rs 20 per quintal from the mill owners for extracting rice from the paddy.

    He said that the District Mill Owners Association sent the details of the mill owners who gave cash to the concerned DMO. He said that on receiving the bills of these mill owners, the DMOs would match them with the details received from the respective District Mill Owners Association and this information would be sent to the Markfed head office. He has alleged that ‘Markfed approved only the bills of those mill owners who gave cash to the association.

    The ED investigation found that Rs 500 crore was released on the basis of increasing the special allowance from Rs 40 per quintal to Rs 120 per quintal and a ‘bribe’ of Rs 175 crore was collected from it, which Chandrakar said was paid to ‘people in high positions’. ‘ Submitted with the active help of Sony for the benefit of.

    The probe agency said it seized ‘prosecutable material, digital devices and unaccounted cash worth Rs 1.06 crore’ during the raids.

    Elections for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held on November 7 and 17. Counting of votes will take place on December 3. The contest in the state is mainly between the ruling Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party.

  • BJP’s demand from the Election Commission; Chhattisgarh’s DGP should be removed, along with another demand

    The Chhattisgarh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded the Election Commission to remove the Director General of Police of the state, terming some incidents in the state as target killing. Apart from this, BJP has demanded transfer of Inspector General of Police of Rajnandgaon and Superintendent of Police of Mohla-Manpur. The BJP unit of Chhattisgarh has made many serious allegations against the government.

    After a memorandum to this effect was submitted to the Chief Electoral Officer of the state, MPs Santosh Pandey and Sunil Soni, former minister Ajay Chandrakar made several allegations. He told reporters that after the political and targeted killing of Mohalla-Manpur area BJP leader Birjhu Taram and other BJP workers, he demanded strict action against the killers. Along with this, after the incident, there has been a demand for deployment of Central Security Forces in sensitive and highly sensitive polling stations of Naxal affected areas in the assembly elections.

    BJP leaders said that with the announcement of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, incidents of political target killing are being carried out with the aim of scaring the voters. BJP leaders said that on October 20, BJP leader Birjhu Taram was brutally shot dead in Naxal-affected area Mohla-Manpur. He said that even before the announcement of elections, many such criminal incidents have been stopped with the aim of creating an atmosphere of terror in the state.

    Former minister Shri Chandrakar has accused Congress’s Bhupesh government of fearing target killing of BJP workers under police protection in the upcoming assembly elections. He said that in the coming elections, there may be more targeting and betel nut killings of BJP workers under the protection of police. He said that the people of Congress are bent on spoiling the atmosphere by spreading violence during elections by providing protection to power through strongmen. He alleged that target killing and spreading terror through politics of violence has been the permanent character of Congress.

  • 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.

  • CM Baghel’s question to the Centre, why is the government not banning Mahadev App – VIDEO

    Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on Friday accused the central government of not taking action in the Mahadev online betting app case. CM Baghel said- Only two or three states in the entire country would have investigated this matter. Chhattisgarh government has investigated. 450 people have been arrested. Orders have been given to issue lookout notice. Since the state government cannot ban this app, the central government should ban the app.

    Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel said- Central government can ban this app, yet it is not doing so. Why is the central government not banning the app? Has he taken election funds from them? Why investigation and arrest are not being made in this case (mahadev online betting app case). We have investigated this matter, why are you not investigating? The biggest question is what is your relationship with them?

    Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that when we were in opposition, the government was doing wrong things. We fought for farmers, labourers, youth, women and after coming to the government, we made schemes for them and implemented them. All our schemes are successful and people are satisfied with them and that is why we are claiming 75% in these elections.

    On the raids of ED and IT in Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel said – Central government does not have any plan. They are not capable of fighting so they are trying to defame them. They are not able to prove anything, they are just conducting raids. They can stoop to any level to come to power. Those people do not care that farmers are suffering losses. Accusing BJP of lying, CM Baghel said that there was a double engine government but Naxalism increased.

  • 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.