Chhattisgarh polls: Campaigning ends for first phase, voting on Monday

Top leaders of the parties in the fray were in the state on the last day of campaigning for the first phase

On the last day of campaign for the first phase of elections in Chhattisgarh, the Sangh Parivar leadership upped the ante on the Ram temple issue. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while campaigning for his party, said the Congress was proving to be an obstacle in the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. BJP Chief Amit Shah, who released the party’s manifesto for Chhattisgarh polls along with Chief Minister Raman Singh, accused the Congress of being sympathetic to Naxalites.

In New Delhi, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Acting chief Alok Kumar said the first phase of the outfit’s movement to