The Congress has so far announced 83 candidates for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly, with the second list of 53 candidates released on Wednesday
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will address two rallies in Chhattisgarh's Bastar division, where polling will be held in the first phase on November 7
The Congress had announced the first list containing names of 30 candidates on Sunday, which included Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel who will contest from Patan assembly constituency
The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said that unaccounted cash, liquor, and other goods worth over Rs 5.5 crore have been seized in the state between October 9 and 16
Former Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh urged the Election Commission of India to postpone the second phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly polls in view of the Chhath festival
Union Home Minister Amit Shah blamed the Congress for 'appeasement politics' for the lynching of a young man in Chhattisgarh's Biranpur village in April
Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Union Home Minister Amit Shah lashed out at the Bhupesh Baghel-led state government over incidents of communal violence
On Sunday, the Congress announced the first list of 30 candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections
Elections to the 90-member state assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17
The ruling party in the state has fielded Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel from Patan and Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo from Ambikapur
The ruling party in Chhattisgarh has denied tickets to eight sitting legislators, while it has fielded state unit chief and MP Deepak Baij
There are 40 highly Naxal-affected villages where polling booths will be established for voting after 40 years.120 polling stations are being reopened in these villages on Saturday
The Congress has promised a caste enumeration exercise similar to Bihar's if it returns to power in Chhattisgarh, a move aimed at wooing OBC voters
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram will go to polls on different days from November 7-30 and votes will be counted for the five states on December 3
TS Singh Deo said the Modi factor will not work in the state as he is not a pivotal factor as far as Chhattisgarh politics is concerned
In both the states, SCs and STs have been largely supporting the Congress and the BJP in the polls
Asked whether the BJP was trying to raise the issue of communal violence by giving these tickets, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said, "No matter how hard they try, it will not be an issue"
The BJP on Monday released its second list of candidates for 64 assembly seats, hours after the Election Commission announced assembly poll dates for Chhattisgarh and four other states
There will be 24,109 polling stations in 90 Assembly constituencies, 29 of which are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and 10 for Scheduled Castes, the official informed
BJP will be fielding MPs Renuka Singh, Gomati Sai, and Arun Sao in the upcoming Assembly polls, Raman Singh will contest from Rajnandgaon again