Ajit Jogi

Janata Congress Chhattisgarh-Jogi (JCC-J) chief Amit Jogi filed his papers on Monday and claimed that a change in Patan constituency is certain

A charismatic personality, Jogi had always made his presence felt in Chhattisgarh

Wheelchair-bound former bureaucrat-turned-politician suffers cardiac, goes into coma; ends comes at around 3:30pm; last rites at his village Gaurella in undivided Bilaspur district on Saturday

He was admitted at Raipur hospital on May 9 after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home

Jogi's neurological activity is "almost nil" and he is on ventilator support, said doctors

Citing the information provided by family members of Ajit Jogi, the hospital said he fell unconscious at his residence here in the morning

Jogi had allegedly submitted wrong information about his birthplace in the affidavit while filing his nomination papers for the 2013 state polls

A high-level caste scrutiny committee set up by the state government had last week dismissed Ajit Jogi's claim of belonging to a Scheduled Tribe (ST) and cancelled his caste certificates

The panel concluded that Jogi had failed to substantiate his claim of belonging to the Kanwar community, a Scheduled Tribe

Ajit Jogi's son Amit Jogi on Monday lodged a complaint against incumbent Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel for allegedly making 'objectionable remarks' against his mother Renu Jogi

Ajit Jogi's son Amit Jogi on Monday lodged a complaint against incumbent Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel for allegedly making 'objectionable remarks' against his mother Renu Jogi

The new political outfit will be known as Chhattisgarh Janata Congress (Jogi)

An Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1971 batch, Jogi was well-acquainted with the bureaucracy and its working

Jogi had said he was forced to make the new outfit as the state Congress was incapable of taking on the Raman Singh government

AICC member Ajit Jogi to form a new political outfit

Jogi's towering ambitions mean that he will never agree to be number two in state politics - a cause of worry for both Congress and BJP

Jogi's rebellion came almost six months after the party expelled his son Amit Jogi over alleged fixing of a 2014 Antagarh assembly bypoll