CPI announces candidates for 9 Assembly seats in Chhattisgarh

The Communist Party of India (CPI) today announced candidates for nine Assembly seats in Chattisgarh, including six from Bastar region.
Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, which has a 90-member House, is due by the year end.
"We have announced names of candidates to be fielded in nine seats for the upcoming Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh," CPI State Secretary R D C P Rao said.
The candidates for six constituencies of Bastar in south Chhattisgarh are Alwa Madnaiya (Bijapur), Manish Kunjam (Konta), Bumda Ram Kawasi (Dantewada), Sondhar Nag (Chitrakot), Amal Sai Sori (Kondagaon) and Mansingh Kashyap (Bastar).
Apart from these, Mukesh Vora will contest from Jaijaipur, Chhote Lal Tirki from Pratappur and Ishwar Singh Suryawanshi from Masturi, Rao said.

The CPI has decided to fight the Assembly elections in alliance with half a dozen regional parties, and form the third bloc after ruling BJP and main Opposition Congress.

The other allies of CPI are Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha, Janata Dal (United), Chhattisagrh Swabhiman Manch, Gondwana Gandtantra Party, National People's Party and Lokjanshakti Samajwadi Party.
"Third Front has till now shared 51 Assembly segments out of 90 among its constituents and CPI has got nine from these. We have demanded 24 seats," Rao added.
"Both BJP and Congress have disappointed the people of the State. The efforts are on to give a non-BJP, non-Congress option to the people in the coming elections. Third Front will play a key role in the elections," he said.

BJP holds 11 out of the 12 seats in tribal-dominated Bastar, which is considered as very crucial in government formation in the state.
Of the six constituencies in Bastar for which CPI has announced its candidates, five are currently held by BJP while one is with Congress.