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  • Chhattisgarh Election: BJP’s fourth list released, ticket to Rajesh Aggarwal against Deputy CM TS Singhdev

    BJP has released the fourth and last list for the upcoming Chhattisgarh assembly elections. Voting for the 90-seat assembly will take place next month. The party had announced the names of candidates for all the seats except four. The names for the remaining seats were announced on Wednesday. BJP has fielded high profile Rajesh Aggarwal from Ambikapur Assembly. Tickets have been given to Sushant Shukla from Beltara, Dhaniram Dhiwar from Kasdol and Deepesh Sahu from Bemetara.

    BJP has placed its bet on Rajesh Aggarwal against state Deputy Chief Minister TS Singhdev. Earlier, the party had released three lists at a fixed interval. In which names of 86 candidates were announced. Now the fourth list has also been released. Assembly elections are to be held in Chhattisgarh in two phases. Voting will be held in the first phase on November 7. In the second phase, elections will be held on November 17.

    When did the first list come out

    BJP had released the first list of candidates in Chhattisgarh on August 17. In this the party had announced 21 names.

    when did the second list come out

    BJP had released the second list of 64 candidates on October 9. On this day, the Election Commission also announced the election dates of five states.

    Third list released

    The party had announced the name of the candidate for one seat on October 18. In this, BJP had made Bhavana Bohra its candidate from Pandariya seat. Today the fourth list of four candidates has been released. Let us tell you that elections are to be held in two phases in the state. Voting for the first phase will be held on November 7. Voting for the second phase will be held on November 17.

  • Maoists will boycott elections in Chhattisgarh, accused Congress-BJP of exploitation of tribals

    Assembly elections are to be held in Chhattisgarh next month. Maoists in the state have called for a boycott of the elections. In which the spokesperson of ‘South Sub-Zonal Bureau’ has asked people to ‘drive out’ the BJP candidates and oppose the Congress candidates. In Maoist-affected Bastar, the first phase of voting is on November 7 and the second phase of voting is to be held on November 17.

    Maoist spokesperson Samta has accused both the Congress and the BJP of ‘caving to corporate houses’, ‘promoting communal and religious hatred’ and exploiting tribals in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Odisha. Maoists have blamed PM Narendra Modi and his government for inflation and unemployment. Recalling the massacre of villages in Silger, the Maoists said, ‘After coming to power in Chhattisgarh, Congress started following the BJP’s path and misled people with attractive names of schemes like ‘Garhbo Nava Chhattisgarh’.

    Tribal BJP worker shot

    Birju Taram, a prominent tribal leader and BJP worker, was shot dead in Chhattisgarh’s Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district. Maoist involvement is suspected, but locals believe that a local miscreant who clashed with Taram may be responsible. Taram was killed after returning home from a public rally led by former chief minister Raman Singh. Local people and family members believe that he was targeted because he worshiped Goddess Durga. BJP leaders have expressed concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Chhattisgarh and demanded action against the accused.

    Two Maoists killed in encounter before elections

    Two Maoists were killed in an encounter with security forces in the forests of Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district, just two weeks before elections in the district. Security forces, including the District Reserve Guard and Border Security Force (BSF), were conducting a search operation when the Maoists started firing. Ultimately the Maoists retreated leaving behind the bodies of their comrades. Police have recovered weapons and explosives from the spot. The search operation is still going on. Voting will be held in three assembly constituencies of Kanker district in the first phase of 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.

  • Ten heads and name Thugesh, BJP’s poster war on Dussehra; CM Bhupesh Baghel replied

    Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023 : When the main opposition party of Chhattisgarh, Bharatiya Janata Party released a poster taunting the Congress government on the occasion of Dussehra on Tuesday morning, the Chief Minister immediately hit back and said that it was the tradition of Thakur Raman Singh and his party to abuse the backward people, tribals and Dalits. Is. In the assembly elections being held in Chhattisgarh, political parties are no longer shying away from attacking each other even through festivals. On Tuesday morning of Dussehra, the state unit of BJP released a poster titled ‘This time there will be burning of Ravana of corruption’ on social media ‘X’ (formerly Twitter).

    In the poster, a cartoon has been created wearing kurta pajama which has been named ‘Thagesh’. Ten heads have been created in this cartoon and the heads have been named Transfer Scam, Jihadgarh, Coal Scam, Rice Scam, PSC Scam, Liquor Scam, Cow Dung Scam, Conversion, Murder and Rape. This alleged Ravana is holding the weapon of ‘corruption’. In the cartoon, a Chhattisgarhi wearing a saffron T-shirt is shooting fire arrows at the so-called ten-headed Ravana, saying ‘Au nahi sahibo, badal ke rahibo’ (We will not tolerate any more, we will live with change).

    After this poster of BJP, the Chief Minister of the state, Bhupesh Baghel, said on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), “It has been the tradition of Thakur Raman Singh and his party to abuse the backward people, tribals, Dalits.” Baghel wrote. ‘Let it go!’ It has been the tradition of Thakur Raman Singh and his party to abuse backward classes, tribals and Dalits. First he said a small man, a dog, a cat and what not… Today, after the BJP released a poster showing the backward classes as Ravana and killing them, I am continuously getting feedback from all of you.

    The Chief Minister wrote, ‘I would like to tell you to celebrate the festival of Vijayadashami happily, I am answerable to you, their misdeeds do not matter. For me, commission taking, illiteracy, malnutrition, plight of farmers, Naxalism are the form of Ravana. We all have to overcome these together, we have gradually succeeded in some tasks, we will work together again on the remaining ones. Evil will be defeated, truth will prevail. Chhattisgarhia will win once again. People have given different reactions to BJP’s poster and Chief Minister Baghel’s post.

    Elections will be held in two phases in Chhattisgarh

    Voting for the 90-member assembly in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17. In the first phase, voting will be held in 20 assembly constituencies and in the second phase, voting will be held in 70 assembly constituencies. 223 candidates are in the fray for the first phase. The state’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has so far announced candidates on 86 out of 90 seats and the ruling party Congress has announced candidates on all 90 seats. Congress is trying to retain power in the state, while BJP, which has ruled for 15 years, is hoping to return to power. The BJP has accused the state government of massive corruption in the state and promoting religious conversion. At the same time, Congress is seeking votes from the public regarding the functioning of its government.

  • Are tribals the real king makers in Chhattisgarh politics? parties trying to reach

    Assembly elections are to be held in Chhattisgarh and considering the important role of tribal voters in forming the government, the political parties of the state have started trying to woo the tribal voters in their favor. In Chhattisgarh, it is believed that it is difficult to form a government in the state without the blessings of the tribal community, which constitutes about 32 percent of the population. In the assembly elections held so far in the state, whichever party has got the support of the tribals, has come to power. BJP, which faced defeat on tribal seats in the 2018 elections, is trying to get the support of tribals in this election.

    According to election experts, the recent rallies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party chief JP Nadda in tribal areas and the launch of the party’s two Parivartan Yatras from tribal areas can be seen as an attempt by the BJP to woo the tribals. Used to be. In the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly, 29 seats are reserved for the Scheduled Tribe category. In the 2018 elections, Congress had won 25 seats out of the seats reserved for the tribal class and formed the government. The party hopes that due to the government’s schemes it will once again get the support of the tribals.

    Election analyst R Krishna Das says, ‘Tribal voters play an important role in forming the government in the state. In the first elections held in Chhattisgarh in 2003 after the formation of the state in 2000, the BJP was successful in making deep inroads among the tribals who were once considered staunch supporters of the Congress. But in the next elections, BJP lost its hold on him. Das said, ‘Apart from anti-incumbency, the party faced problems in the tribal belt due to lack of coordination between top tribal leaders of the BJP and local party workers in their areas and the long-standing left-wing extremism. ‘

    During the first assembly elections held in the state in 2003, 34 seats in the 90-member House were reserved for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category. The BJP had won 25 of these seats, defeating the Congress government led by then Chief Minister Ajit Jogi. BJP had then got 50 seats. Whereas Congress had won nine tribal seats. After delimitation the number of tribal seats in the state increased to 29. In the 2008 assembly elections, BJP won 19 out of 29 seats and once again formed the government by winning 50 seats. In this election, Congress had won 10 tribal seats.

    Later in the 2013 assembly elections, tribal votes went to the Congress and Congress won 18 out of 29 tribal seats. However, even after this Congress could not form the government. Congress’ numbers remained limited to 39 and BJP won 11 tribal seats and formed the government for the third time with 49 MLAs. In 2018, Congress registered a landslide victory by winning 68 seats in the 90-member assembly, ending the 15-year rule of the Raman Singh-led BJP government. BJP got 15 seats, JCC (J) and BSP got five and two seats respectively.

    Of the 29 ST seats in 2018, Congress won 25, BJP three and JCC (J) one. Later, Congress won two more SC reserved seats – Dantewada and Marwahi – in the by-elections. Das said that to come back to power in the state, the BJP is focusing on tribal seats and has fielded its old leaders this time. BJP has so far fielded its candidates on 86 seats, including all 29 ST seats. Six former ministers of the state are among the prominent candidates of the BJP, including one sitting MLA, two sitting Lok Sabha MPs – including one Union Minister, one former Union Minister, three former MLAs, one former IAS officer who recently left his service and joined the BJP. Have joined.

    As elections are approaching in Chhattisgarh, BJP’s star campaigners have started visiting tribal dominated areas of the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah addressed party rallies in the Bastar region this month. Meanwhile, party’s national president JP Nadda had flagged off BJP’s second Parivartan Yatra in tribal-dominated Jashpur last month. The party’s first Parivartan Yatra was taken out from tribal-dominated Dantewada district last month.

    Senior BJP leader and former minister Kedar Kashyap said, ‘Congress tried to end the reservation of tribals and recruitment in government jobs and admission in institutions remained closed for almost a year. There was a provision to give priority to tribals in recruitment in government jobs in Bastar and Surguja tribal divisions, but after 2018, Congress canceled this provision.. All these issues are being raised by BJP.

    When Kashyap was asked how many tribal seats the party could win, he said, ‘There is huge anger among the tribals against the Congress government. We will win all 12 seats of Bastar and 14 seats of Surguja division. The tribals have understood that the Congress government has betrayed them. Out of 29 seats reserved for tribals, 11 are in Bastar division and there are nine tribal reserved seats in Surguja division. Kashyap has been fielded from his traditional Narayanpur seat (ST) in Bastar division.

    On BJP raking up the issue of religious conversion in tribal areas ahead of the elections, Kashyap said, “It is a social issue and we oppose such acts… We do not see this issue as an advantage in the elections.” Are. He also alleged that conversion is increasing under the Congress government. In an interview last week, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had expressed confidence that his government has launched many schemes for the tribals, due to which it will win more tribal seats in this election than last time.

    The ruling party Congress has announced candidates for all 90 seats. State President Deepak Baij, Ministers Kawasi Lakhma, Anila Bhediya and Mohan Markam are among the prominent tribal faces of Congress in this election. Sarva Adivasi Samaj, a prominent organization of tribal groups, has formed ‘Hamar Raj’ party which has announced 19 candidates. The party had earlier announced to field candidates on 50 seats, including all 29 seats reserved for the tribal community, but is now considering contesting on 60-70 seats.

    Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is also trying its luck for the second time in Chhattisgarh. AAP has so far released the names of candidates for 45 seats. In the 2018 assembly elections, AAP had fielded candidates on 85 out of the total 90 seats, but failed to open its account in the state. Voting will be held in the state in two phases on November 7 and 17. In the first phase, voting will be held for 20 assembly constituencies including 12 tribal seats and in the second phase for 70 seats including 17 tribal seats.

  • Ten heads and name Thugesh, BJP’s poster war on Dussehra; CM Bhupesh Baghel replied

    Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023 : When the main opposition party of Chhattisgarh, Bharatiya Janata Party released a poster taunting the Congress government on the occasion of Dussehra on Tuesday morning, the Chief Minister immediately hit back and said that it was the tradition of Thakur Raman Singh and his party to abuse the backward people, tribals and Dalits. Is. In the assembly elections being held in Chhattisgarh, political parties are no longer shying away from attacking each other even through festivals. On Tuesday morning of Dussehra, the state unit of BJP released a poster titled ‘This time there will be burning of Ravana of corruption’ on social media ‘X’ (formerly Twitter).

    In the poster, a cartoon has been created wearing kurta pajama which has been named ‘Thagesh’. Ten heads have been created in this cartoon and the heads have been named Transfer Scam, Jihadgarh, Coal Scam, Rice Scam, PSC Scam, Liquor Scam, Cow Dung Scam, Conversion, Murder and Rape. This alleged Ravana is holding the weapon of ‘corruption’. In the cartoon, a Chhattisgarhi wearing a saffron T-shirt is shooting fire arrows at the so-called ten-headed Ravana, saying ‘Au nahi sahibo, badal ke rahibo’ (We will not tolerate any more, we will live with change).

    After this poster of BJP, the Chief Minister of the state, Bhupesh Baghel, said on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), “It has been the tradition of Thakur Raman Singh and his party to abuse backward people, tribals, Dalits.” Baghel wrote. Is, ‘Let it go! It has been the tradition of Thakur Raman Singh and his party to abuse backward classes, tribals and Dalits. First he said a small man, a dog, a cat and what not…Today, after the BJP released a poster showing the backward class as Ravana and killing them, I am continuously getting feedback from all of you.

    The Chief Minister wrote, ‘I would like to tell you to celebrate the festival of Vijayadashami happily, I am answerable to you, their misdeeds do not matter. For me, commission taking, illiteracy, malnutrition, plight of farmers, Naxalism are the form of Ravana. We all have to overcome these together, we have gradually succeeded in some tasks, we will work together again on the remaining ones. Evil will be defeated, truth will prevail. Chhattisgarhia will win once again. People have given different reactions to BJP’s poster and Chief Minister Baghel’s post.

    Elections will be held in two phases in Chhattisgarh

    Voting for the 90-member assembly in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17. In the first phase, voting will be held in 20 assembly constituencies and in the second phase, voting will be held in 70 assembly constituencies. 223 candidates are in the fray for the first phase. The state’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has so far announced candidates on 86 out of 90 seats and the ruling party Congress has announced candidates on all 90 seats. Congress is trying to retain power in the state, while BJP, which has ruled for 15 years, is hoping to return to power. The BJP has accused the state government of massive corruption in the state and promoting religious conversion. At the same time, Congress is seeking votes from the public regarding the functioning of its government.

  • 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: 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.

  • Farmers’ loans will be waived off if Congress forms government, CM Baghel’s big promise before elections

    Before the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has made a big announcement. Baghel announced that if Congress comes to power in the state, the loans of farmers will be waived off. CM Baghel posted on the social media platform ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) and said that as soon as Congress comes to power, like before, this time too we will waive off the loans of farmers.

    While promising loan waiver, Baghel said in the meeting that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not yet made a single announcement for farmers, laborers, youth and women. During this, CM Baghel also reminded the promise of caste census made by Rahul Gandhi. Reminding Priyanka Gandhi’s promises, Baghel said that poor people will be given houses. We have said that whether the central government gives our share or not, Chhattisgarh government will build houses for the poor.

    Baghel said that we have already announced that we will buy 20 quintals per acre of paddy from the farmers. A lot of guarantees still have to be given. I have come in Shakti, worshipers of Shakti are sitting here. Sakti aims to empower the farmer. He said that I am announcing through the platform that like farmers’ loans were waived off in the past, form the government again and farmers’ loans will be waived off.

    This announcement of the Chief Minister is being considered important before the assembly elections in the state. Even before the 2018 elections in the state, Congress had promised to waive off loans as soon as the government is formed. It is believed that only after this announcement of Congress, the party got the support of the farmers and returned to power in the state after 15 years.

    Voting will be held in the state in two phases on November 7 and 17. The two big political parties of the state, Congress and BJP, have not yet released the manifesto. Congress formed the government in the 2018 assembly elections by winning 68 out of 90 seats. BJP was reduced to 15 seats. JCC (J) had got five seats and BSP two seats in the state. At present Congress has 71 MLAs.