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  • 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    Officials said that maximum six candidates have withdrawn their names from Rajnandgaon assembly constituency.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    Officials said that maximum six candidates have withdrawn their names from Rajnandgaon assembly constituency.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.

  • Demand to extend the date of 2nd phase voting in Chhattisgarh, appeal of Raman Singh and AAP

    BJP leader Raman Singh has demanded to extend the date of voting for the second phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Raman Singh on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to advance the date of voting for the second phase of elections to be held on November 17 in view of the Chhath Puja festival. He said that due to the festival a large number of voters will not be able to participate in the voting. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has also written a letter to the Election Commission, appealing to change the voting date from November 17 to November 25 in view of the Chhath festival.

    Let us tell you that voting for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17, while the counting of votes will take place on December 3. The festival of Chhath is to be celebrated from 17 to 20 November this year. Raman Singh posted on ‘X’. Due to the festival of Chhath Puja approaching the second phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections (November 17), a large number of voters will not be able to be a part of this election process.

    He wrote- I request the Election Commission of India to please extend the second phase of voting, so that maximum number of voters can join this election and use their franchise. A large number of people of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh living in Raipur, Bilaspur, Bhilai, Jagdalpur, Korba and other cities of the state celebrate Chhath festival in a grand manner every year.

    At the same time, Aam Aadmi Party wrote a letter to the Election Commission saying that in view of Chhath festival, the date of second phase of voting should be changed from November 17 to November 25. Remember, Aam Aadmi Party has already raised this demand. BJP has fielded MLA Raman Singh from his traditional seat Rajnandgaon. Voting will be held in Rajnandgaon and 19 other constituencies in the first phase in the state. Voting will be held on another 70 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.

  • What did ED do in the Chhattisgarh liquor scam that the Supreme Court was unhappy with? fired questions

    The Supreme Court has slammed the Enforcement Directorate for alleged haste in filing an application in the lower court seeking issuance of a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against an accused in a money laundering case related to the liquor scam. (ED) questioned. A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul stayed the non-bailable warrant. This case is related to the alleged Rs 2,000 crore liquor scam in Chhattisgarh. The bench questioned the agency, noting that the apex court had passed an order in the case on July 18 saying that the ED would not take any coercive steps.

    The bench, also comprising Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Manoj Mishra, was hearing an application filed by Anwar Dhebar. In this, Anwar Dhebar has sought a stay on the operation of the October 13 order of the trial court issuing non-bailable warrant against him. Dhebar also sought directions from the Supreme Court that the ED should not take any punitive action against him in this case. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi told the top court that the Chhattisgarh High Court had rejected his bail plea on October 6 after granting him interim bail in July.

    He told that the ED had filed an application in the lower court of Raipur on October 9, demanding issuance of non-bailable warrant against Dhebar. On this the bench said- Once we say that you are not to take any drastic step, is it (NBW) not a violation of our order? This is the issue. We are aware of this. Along with this, the Supreme Court bench sought response from ED on the application and fixed the hearing of the case after six weeks.

    The top court said- interim bail to the petitioner will continue till the next hearing. We are staying the order for issuing non-bailable warrants. Justice Kaul told the ED lawyer – I do not understand why there is such a hurry. Dhebar, in his petition filed through advocate Malak Manish Bhatt, said that the ED has filed an application before the special judge seeking a non-bailable warrant against him in complete violation of the Supreme Court’s July 18 order. This is a violation of the order dated July 18, 2023 passed by the Supreme Court as the top court had put a ‘stay in all respects’ on the ED’s actions.

  • 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.

  • For the first time after independence, polling centers will be built in more than 120 villages of Naxal-affected Bastar.

    This will be the first time after independence when people of more than 120 villages of Naxal-affected Bastar region of Chhattisgarh will get a chance to vote in these assembly elections in their own settlements. Officials said that new polling stations will be built in these villages of difficult areas which were earlier strongholds of Naxalites. Officials are considering this achievement as the victory of ‘ballot on bullet’. Earlier, voters in most of these villages had to travel a distance of 8 to 10 kilometers to vote. People had to cross mountains and streams to cast their vote. This affected the voting percentage.

    Officials say that the establishment of polling stations in the areas of Bastar region which were once considered Naxalite strongholds is a sign of improvement in the security scenario and strengthening of the democratic system. It is known that voting will be held in two phases in the state. There are 12 assembly constituencies in Bastar division consisting of seven districts. Voting will be held in the first phase on November 7 in Bastar division.

    Bastar Range Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sundarraj P said that more than 126 new polling stations will be set up in Bastar region for voting on November 7. Most of these will be new polling stations located in remote Naxal-affected areas. These new polling stations will assure the new generation of ‘ballot after ballot’ victory in Bastar region.

    Of the 126 new booths, 15 will be set up in Kanker assembly constituency, 12 in Antagarh, five in Bhanupratappur (Kanker district), 20 in Konta (Sukma district), 14 in Chitrakote, four in Jagdalpur, one in Bastar (Bastar district). Not only this, 13 polling booths will be set up in Kondagaon, 19 in Keshkal (Kondagaon district), nine in Narayanpur, eight in Dantewada and six in Bijapur.

    The official said the establishment of more than 65 camps of security forces (both state police and Central Armed Police Forces) in the Naxal-hit area during the last five years has brought about a significant change in the ground situation. It has helped in setting up polling booths even in remote villages. IG said that these new polling stations are a sign of better security and strengthening democratic system in Bastar.

    Police officials in the area said that earlier polling stations were not set up in these areas due to difficult geographical conditions and Maoist threats. Pallo Markam, a tribal woman from Chandameta village, said that earlier she had to travel a distance of eight kilometers to reach Chhindgur village to vote, but now she is happy that she will be able to vote in her village itself.

    Chandameta is one of the four villages in Jagdalpur constituency where a polling booth will be set up for the first time. Chandameta, once considered a stronghold of militancy, is located in the foothills of the Tulsi Dongri hills on the Chhattisgarh-Orissa border, about 65 km from Jagdalpur, the headquarters of Bastar district. Markam said that due to lack of road, one had to go to Chhindgur through unpaved roads. Now we are very happy to have a polling station in our village.

    Markam said that we will vote for the one who will work for our development. Shyam Kawasi, another resident of the village, said that the voters of his village were earlier not interested in voting because one had to travel eight kilometers away and there was no road to reach there. He said that this time the entire village is excited to participate in the celebration of democracy.

    Bastar District Collector Vijay Dayaram K said that the villagers of Chandameta had requested the district administration to set up a polling booth in their village. Last year, after the security forces established a camp in the village, the district administration rapidly took forward the development works there. A road connecting the village, schools and a health center were constructed. Electrification work of the village is in progress.

    Bastar District Collector Vijay Dayaram said that most of the families in Chandameta village, which has a population of 432 people, had at least one member associated with the Naxalites before the police camp was established. The Collector said that for the first time after independence, the tricolor was hoisted in the village on August 15 last year. Now villagers will cast their votes in their villages for the first time after independence.

    Bastar District Collector Vijay Dayaram said that there are 290 voters in the village, of which 148 are men and 142 are women. We are ready to conduct peaceful and successful elections. Voting will be held in the first phase in 12 assembly constituencies falling in Naxal-affected Bastar division Bastar and eight assembly constituencies of Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Rajnandgaon, Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai and Kabirdham districts of the state. The remaining 70 constituencies will go to polls in the second phase on November 17.

  • BSP and Gondwana Gantantra Party will contest elections together in Chhattisgarh, who will contest on how many seats?

    In Chhattisgarh, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) will contest the assembly elections together. Both the parties have formed an alliance for this. BSP State President Hemant Poyam said that out of 90 seats in Chhattisgarh, BSP will contest on 53 seats while GGP will contest on 37 seats. BSP Rajya Sabha member Ramji Gautam and GGP national general secretary Shyam Singh Markam and other leaders of both the parties announced the alliance at a press conference here on Monday.

    Expressing confidence of the alliance’s victory, Poyam said that both the parties will oust Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the state. The BSP had released its first list of nine candidates for the assembly elections last month. BSP had contested the 2018 assembly elections in alliance with Janata Congress Chhattisgarh-J (JCC-J) and Communist Party of India (CPI).

    BSP had contested 35 seats in 2018 and won from Jaijapur and Pamgarh constituencies in Janjgir-Champa district. The deposits of the party’s candidates on 28 seats were forfeited. BSP’s ally JCC(J) had got five seats.

    BSP got 3.87 percent votes in the elections. GGP had contested 38 seats in 2018 and did not get even a single seat. The deposits of the party’s candidates on 36 seats were forfeited. In the last election, GGP got 1.73 percent votes.

    BSP has a lot of influence in the Scheduled Caste dominated areas living in the plains of Chhattisgarh. At the same time, GGP got support in some tribal dominated parts of Bilaspur and Surguja region. According to political analysts, the alliance of BSP and GGP can make a dent in the vote bank of the ruling party Congress.

  • 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.