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  • The world’s most unique Dussehra takes place here, the program lasts for 75 days; 600 year old tradition

    Following the 600 years old tradition, the 75-day Dussehra festival started in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. According to the belief on this unique festival, Goddess ‘Kachhin’ allows the ‘royal family’ of Bastar to start the celebrations. Every year a girl is considered the ‘Kachchin’ goddess, and she allows the ‘royal family’ to celebrate ‘Dussehra’ by swinging on a swing of thorns. The tribal society has been organizing this festival for the last 600 years.

    The Dussehra festival in Bastar generally lasts for 75 days, making it the longest Dussehra festival in the country. Specific rituals are celebrated here every day, and unlike other areas where effigies of ‘Ravana’ are burnt, here the festival pays homage to ‘Mahishasura Mardini Adishakti’. The tribal community of the district plays an important role in the Dussehra festival here.

    Kamal Chandra Bhanjdev of the royal family said, “This ritual has been being performed for more than 600 years. After the goddess gives us permission to celebrate the festival, the festivities begin. The ritual of ‘Kalash Sthapana’ and ‘Rath Yatra’ will be performed today. It is believed that two daughters of our king, namely Kachin Devi and Raila Devi, had committed ‘Jauhar’ (an act of setting oneself on fire instead of surrendering to the enemies). Since then the sacred thread of the daughters “Souls roam around here and come to the girls and bless us. With their permission, we will start the programme.”

    Dussehra festival is celebrated with great pomp across the country but this festival lasting 75 days in Bastar makes it unique in the world. Generally the festival of Dussehra is celebrated on the last day of Navratri.

  • State President of BJP-Congress in the election field, Arun Sao and Deepak Baij will contest from this seat.

    Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023: Chhattisgarh Assembly elections are becoming very interesting. The main rivals, the ruling Congress and the BJP, are both fielding powerful leaders in the elections this time. If we look at the list of candidates, both the parties seem to have an equal upper hand. After fielding the MP in the state, the parties have also made their respective state presidents as candidates. Both are currently sitting MPs and have been given tickets by sidelining the MLAs.

    Congress has made Deepak Baij its candidate from Chitrakot in Bastar. Deepak Baij is currently the Chief of State Congress Committee and MP from Bastar Lok Sabha. Whereas Bharatiya Janata Party has made Arun Sao its candidate from Lormi seat. Arun Saav is also the state BJP president and Lok Sabha MP from Bilaspur.

    When Bharatiya Janata Party gave tickets to four sitting MPs in Chhattisgarh, Congress leaders taunted that the party did not have leaders in the state. But after the list came, it has become clear that now Congress is also moving on the same path. The most interesting thing is the MPs fielded by BJP and Congress. The MLAs there have been put on the side first. Congress has made MP Deepak Baij its candidate from Chitrakote Assembly. The ticket of Congress MLA Rajman Benjamin has been canceled there. Arun Sao is the MP from Bilaspur. BJP has made him the candidate from Lormi assembly seat. Current MLA Dharamjit Singh has been given ticket from Takhatpur Assembly.

    Taunts and political meaning on tickets to MPs

    Let us tell you that the current Lormi MLA Dharamjit Singh has left Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (Jogi)- JCCJ and joined BJP. BJP, which gives opportunity to MPs, first changed the candidates and then the candidate was made from there. Congress canceled the ticket of the MLA and BJP has fielded the sitting MLA from another seat. Both the parties have made the elections interesting by fielding MPs and current state presidents from different areas. Many political meanings are also being inferred from this. Leaders of both the parties are calling this decision a guarantee of victory. At the same time, Congress and BJP leaders are also taunting each other.

    Congress followed the path of BJP, ticket to MP in the first list; removed from this seat

    More women get a chance in the second list

    On being made the candidate from Chitrakote, MP Deepak Baij told the media that the decision of the party’s high command is paramount. The workers will win the elections. Being the state president, apart from the 12 seats of Bastar, I am also responsible for other assembly constituencies. On giving place to four women candidates in the first list of Congress and canceling the tickets of three women MLAs, he said that the number of women will not reduce. Let the second list come and women power will get a chance. Our in-charge Kumari Selja has also said that there will be good participation of women in this election.

    Bhupesh government attacked the MLAs: Arun Sao

    On the first list of Congress, BJP state president Arun Sao said that the Congress party is pretending to be Sanatan lovers by releasing the list on the first day of Navratri. Whereas the Congress Party has done the work of hating Sanatan lovers. Congress has had to cancel the tickets of 8 of its MLAs, which proves that the Bhupesh government has done nothing for the people of the state and is trying to put the blame on the MLAs. He said that by making those who patronize corruption candidates again, Congress has shown that they would like to indulge in corruption in future also.

    (Report: Sandeep Dewan)

  • 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.

  • As soon as the list came, factionalism started, demand to change BJP candidate from Jashpur; workers are adamant

    Chhattisgarh Polls: The political temperature is high regarding the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. The main rivals in the state, BJP and Congress, have also started ticket allotment. After the list of candidates came out, the turmoil within the party has also intensified. Supporters of senior BJP leader and former minister Ganesh Ram Bhagat have been protesting outside the party’s state office in Raipur since Saturday evening to change the party candidate from Jashpur assembly constituency.

    Jashpur seat is currently held by Congress MLA Vinay Kumar Bhagat. Voting on this seat will be held in the second phase on November 17. On this seat reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates, BJP has fielded Raimuni Bhagat, a woman member of Jashpur District Panchayat. Unhappy with his candidature, BJP workers and supporters of former five-time MLA Ganesh Ram Bhagat reached Raipur in three buses on Saturday and sat on a dharna outside the party’s state office Kushabhau Thackeray complex.

    Rakesh Gupta, a BJP protester from Jashpur, said while talking to the media on Sunday, ‘We are sad that a senior leader like Ganesh Ram Bhagat is being ignored. He has been at the forefront of the movement in the interest of tribals, against religious conversion and cow slaughter in Jashpur in northern Chhattisgarh, but Raimuni Bhagat did nothing.” He claimed that even the Urao, Nageshia and Pahari Korwa tribal groups had opposed Raimuni. Objection has been raised to Bhagat’s candidature.

    Party workers and local people including women from Jashpur have come here at their own expense in support of Ganesh Ram ji and are demanding the removal of Raimuni Bhagat. Until we get positive assurance from the party leadership, we will continue our protest outside the party office, Gupta said.

    200 protesters are protesting outside the BJP office. On Saturday night they slept at the protest site itself. Senior BJP MLA and former minister Brijmohan Aggarwal and party’s state general secretary (organisation) Pawan Sai tried to pacify the protesters but they continued the protest.

    State President of BJP-Congress in the election field, Arun Sao and Deepak Baij will contest from this seat.

    On this entire episode, Ganesh Ram Bhagat said that his supporters are protesting on their own and he does not support it. He said, however, that everyone is free to put forward their demands and the party leadership should pay attention to them. should give.

    The Election Commission has announced the schedule of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. Voting will be held in the state in two phases – November 7 and November 17. Counting will take place on December 3. Both Congress and BJP parties in the state have so far released one list each. The Chief Minister, Deputy CM and many MPs of the state are in the election fray. Both the parties have given tickets to state presidents.

  • Militants became active before elections, encounter with security forces in Bijapur; 1 Naxalite pile

    A fierce encounter took place between security forces and Naxalites in Bijapur, a Naxal-affected district of Chhattisgarh. A Naxalite has been killed in the encounter. AK-47 rifle has been recovered from the spot. Security forces are conducting a search operation on the spot.

    Bastar IG P ​​Sundarraj said that security forces were on patrol in the forests of Bandepara. Meanwhile the Naxalites started firing. In retaliation, security forces surrounded the area. A Naxalite was killed in several rounds of firing. AK-47 rifle has been recovered from the spot. Search operation is going on.

    Police and security forces are on alert to ensure peaceful conduct of assembly elections in the state. In the first phase, most of the 20 seats for which voting is to be held on November 7 are in Naxal affected areas. There is a possibility of Naxalites becoming active again after the announcement of election dates. Security has been increased on the seats where elections are to be held on November 7.

  • Now Saurabh Chandrakar is going to get trapped in the trap! ED’s big action in Mahadev app case, raids on 6 important people

    Mahadev app, Saurabh Chandrakar, ED action: Saurabh Chandrakar, who cheated more than Rs 5,000 crore through Mahadev App, may soon be caught by the police. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken major action in the Mahadev App fraud case. ED has taken action against 6 special people of mastermind Saurabh in India. All these people were connected to Saurabh in some way or the other regarding money transactions. One of them is said to be his business partner who used to convert black money into white money.

    The ED team has raided several places simultaneously in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. On Monday, a team of ED officers reached the houses of 6 people including Bhilai-3 firecracker businessman Suresh Dhingani and betting king Saurabh Chandrakar’s business partner Deepak Savlani. ED officials are interrogating everyone. ED officials reached the residence of firecracker businessman Suresh Dhingani at Padum Nagar, Bhilai-3 at around six in the morning. There, interrogation has started from Suresh Dhingani and his son Vivek (Bunty) Dhingani.

    Raids on the hideouts of these people

    According to the information, the ED team has also reached the house of Suresh Dhingani’s brother-in-law and rice businessman Suresh Kukreja’s house located in Sunder Nagar near Utsav Bhawan. Along with this, ED officials also reached the house of Nehru Nagar East resident Deepak Savlani and his brother Girish Savlani. Deepak Savlani is the business partner of betting king Saurabh Chandrakar and was working to convert his black money into white by investing it in various businesses. Apart from these, ED officials have also reached the house of Vikas Batra, director of Satyam Jeans, Dulha Raja Textile Shop and Bharat Rawlani, director of Bharat Medical Store Supela. Money laundering being done through Hawala is being investigated.

    Nehru Nagar East resident Deepak Savlani is a big contractor of the corporation. He has been doing government work on contract for a long time in Bhilai and recently formed Risali Corporation. Deepak is said to be the business partner of Saurabh Chandrakar. There is a property of Saurabh Chandrakar in Nehru Nagar, where Chowpatty was running till a few months ago. Deepak Savlani was Saurabh Chandrakar’s partner in Chowpatty and is also a partner in Juice Factory.

    Preliminary investigation revealed that Deepak Savlani had made a passport in the name of Jaideep and had gone to Dubai. He stayed in Dubai with Saurabh Chandrakar for almost a year and after returning from there, he was investing his black money in different businesses. Deepak Savlani’s brother Girish Savlani has a mobile shop named Ram Traders in Galaxy Supela. ED officials are interrogating everyone. In such a situation, it is believed that after this action of ED, many new information can come to light.

    Input- Sandeep Dewan

  • Congress accuses Amit Shah of making inflammatory statements in Chhattisgarh, demands action from Election Commission

    Chhattisgarh election, Amit Shah: The Election Commission has announced the date of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. Voting is to be held in two phases in the state on November 7 and 17. Congress on Monday accused Home Minister Amit Shah of making inflammatory statements in an election rally in Chhattisgarh. Besides, the Election Commission has also been demanded to take action against Amit Shah.

    Congress Party General Secretary Jairam Ramesh also alleged that after BJP’s defeat in Chhattisgarh seems certain, Amit Shah now wants to resort to communalism. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that if the Congress comes back to power in Chhattisgarh after the assembly elections next month, it will continue the politics of ‘appeasement’ and ‘vote bank’.

    Addressing a rally in Rajnandgaon city, Amit Shah mentioned the murder case of a youth named Bhuvaneshwar Sahu. Sahu was murdered by some people from another community in April this year. BJP has given ticket to Bhuvaneshwar Sahu’s father Ishwar Sahu in this assembly elections.

    Pointing towards Ishwar Sahu, who was present on the stage during the election rally, Shah said that Bhuvneshwar Sahu was murdered for vote bank and appeasement. He said, ‘We will punish the murderer of Bhuvaneshwar Sahu. We have given the ticket to his father.

    Jairam Ramesh posted on ‘X’ regarding this statement of the Home Minister, ‘Home Minister of the country Amit Shah has given a very provocative statement in Chhattisgarh.’ According to Ramesh, the Home Minister directly said in his election rally regarding a murder case that ‘Bhupesh Baghel government, for appeasement and vote bank politics, lynched Chhattisgarh’s son Bhuvneshwar Sahu. Bharatiya Janata Party has decided that we will bring the murderers of Bhuvaneshwar Sahu to justice and as a symbol of this, he has fielded his father Ishwar Sahu.

    The Congress leader alleged, ‘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. He claimed, ‘What the Home Minister 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. But Amit Shah, frustrated by his clearly visible defeat in Chhattisgarh, now wants to take the help of communalism.

    Jairam Ramesh said, ‘Now the first responsibility in this matter under the code of conduct lies directly with the Election Commission. He should take cognizance of this inflammatory statement and take appropriate action by registering a case against Amit Shah. If this does not happen, there is a possibility that BJP will not desist from spreading communalism in its election campaign in Chhattisgarh in future also.

  • Main accused of Mahadev betting app case caught at Mumbai airport

    Mrigank Mishra, the main accused in the ‘Mahadev Betting App’ case, was taken into custody by security personnel after reaching Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport from Dubai. Mishra is accused of helping the promoters of Mahadev betting app in opening hundreds of dubious bank accounts to send money earned from the scam, an official said on Monday. He was later taken into custody by a Rajasthan police team where he is facing a case of cheating and forgery related to the Mahadev app case.

    Mrigank Mishra (25) was caught by security personnel at the airport on his return from Dubai on Saturday and handed over to Sahar police in Mumbai, he said. A team of Pratapgarh police in Rajasthan came to Mumbai on Sunday and arrested him. Mishra Mahadev is wanted in a case of fraud and forgery registered at Pratapgarh police station in the betting app case. A Lookout Circular (LOC) was issued against him.

    Mishra, originally a resident of Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, was hiding in Dubai. Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) team raided several places simultaneously in this case on Monday. Officials said that the ED team raided the homes of 6 people including firecracker businessman Suresh Dhingani of Bhilai-3 and Deepak Savlani, business partner of betting king Saurabh Chandrakar.

    ED officials reached the residence of firecracker businessman Suresh Dhingani at Padum Nagar, Bhilai-3 at around six in the morning. ED officials interrogated Suresh Dhingani and his son Vivek (Bunty) Dhingani. According to officials, Deepak Savlani is the alleged business partner of betting king Saurabh Chandrakar. Deepak Savlani was working to convert Chandrakar’s black money into white by investing it in various businesses.