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People won't tolerate Chhattisgarh becoming ATM of Congress: Anurag Thakur

Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that the public in Chhattisgarh is fed up with the alleged scams of the Bhupesh Baghel government

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Chhattisgarh elections 2023: Amit Shah to address two BJP rallies in Bastar

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Thursday address two rallies in Chhattisgarh's Bastar division, where polling will be held in the first phase on November 7, a BJP leader said. This will be Shah's second visit to the Congress-ruled state after the announcement of election schedule for the 90-member assembly. The former BJP president, a key poll strategist of the party, earlier addressed an election rally in Rajnandgaon on October 16. Voting in the state will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17. Shah will arrive at the Maa Danteshwari Airport in Jagdalpur from New Delhi shortly after noon, said the BJP leader. The Union minister will attend a public meeting and nomination rally at Lalbagh Maidan in Jagdalpur, he said. Shah will later leave for Kondagaon where he will attend another election meeting and nomination rally at Police Ground, he said. Both Jagdalpur and Kondagaon fall under the Naxal-affected Bastar division of the state. In the first phase, polling will b

Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: Congress releases second list of 53 candidates

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

Chhattisgarh polls: Over Rs 5.5 cr worth of cash, liquor seized in state

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

Raman Singh asks for change in date of 2nd phase of Chhattisgarh polls

BJP vice president and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Wednesday urged the Election Commission of India to postpone the second phase of Chhattisgarh assembly polls scheduled on November 17 in view of the Chhath festival. He said a large number of voters will not be able to take part in the electoral process due to the festival. Elections to the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly are scheduled in two phases on November 7 and 17. The Chhath festival will be celebrated from November 17 to 20 this year. Singh in a post on X said the second phase of Chhattisgarh assembly election is coinciding with Chhath puja festival due to which a large number of people will not be able to take part in the electoral process. I request @ECISVEEP to please postpone the second phase of voting, so that more and more voters can take part in the electoral process and exercise their franchise, he added. Earlier, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had made a similar demand in the state. A large numb

Congress responsible for 'appeasement politics' in Chhattisgarh: Amit Shah

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

Congress to EC: Book Amit Shah for 'provocative' comments in Chhattisgarh

Amit Shah accused the Bhupesh Baghel government of lynching Bhuneshwar Sahu for 'appeasement and vote bank politics' during a rally in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh elections: 70% of Cong MLAs crorepatis, 18 with criminal cases

The Congress has 50 (70 per cent) candidates who are crorepatis, whereas, the BJP has 13 MLAs who have declared assets of more than Rs 1 crore

AAP releases third candidate list with 11 names for Chhattisgarh polls

The Aam Aadmi Party has now declared a total of 33 candidates in the state for the Assembly elections that will take place in two phases on November 7 and 17

More than 20 mn persons eligible to vote in Chhattisgarh assembly polls

More than two crore persons are eligible to vote in the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls scheduled for November 7 and 17, officials said on Monday. The model code of conduct has come into force after the Election Commission of India announced the state's poll schedule, they added. The counting of votes will take place on December 3. Twenty constituencies will witness polling in the first phase on November 7, while the rest of the 70 seats would go to polls in the second phase on November 17, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Reena Babasaheb Kangale told reporters. Twelve constituencies falling in seven districts of Naxalite-affected Bastar division and eight constituencies in Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Rajnandgaon, Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai and Kabirdham districts have been covered in the first phase. "The gazette notification for the first phase will be issued on October 13, with filing of nominations to begin on the same day. Final date for filing nominations is October 20, after .

BJP releases second candidate list for Chhattisgarh; 64 candidates listed

BJP will be fielding MPs Renuka Singh, Gomati Sai, and Arun Sao in the upcoming Assembly polls, Raman Singh will contest from Rajnandgaon again

EC to announce schedule for Assembly polls in five states this noon

The Election Commission (EC) will announce the schedule for holding assembly elections in five states at 12 noon on Monday. The commission will announce the dates for assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram. The term of the Mizoram assembly ends on December 17. The Mizo National Front is in power in the northeastern state. The terms of the legislative assemblies of Telangana, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan end on different dates in January next year. While the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) rules Telangana, Madhya Pradesh is ruled by the BJP. The Congress is in power in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

Congress President slams BJP for making 'baseless' corruption allegations

Congress has millions of workers, hundreds of leaders, we run the party. But the Central government is run by only two people- PM Modi and Amit Shah, said Mallikarjun Kharge

Over 1.8 million first-time voters gear up for elections in Chhattisgarh

More than 20 million voters, including 1.868 million first-time voters, ready to cast votes in the upcoming state assembly elections

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh inaugurates Model Library in Durg, organic C-mart

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel inaugurated the Model Library of the Advocates Association built at a cost of Rs 33,00,000 in Durg district

NMDC steel plant to give employment to 50,000 people in state, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the dream of a developed Bharat will "only be realised when states, districts, and villages develop in the country"

Under BJP, whoever goes to jail will not get bail: Chhattisgarh CM Baghel

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that more than (stray) dogs and cats, the Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax are moving around

PM Modi inaugurates projects worth Rs 27,000 cr in Chhattisgarh's Bastar

PM Modi inaugurated the NMDC Steel Limited steel plant at Nagarnar in Bastar district, which is built at a cost of Rs 23,800 crore and will produce high-quality steel

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: AAP releases second list of 12 candidates

On September 8, the AAP had released its first list of 10 candidates for the state Assembly elections