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Chhattisgarh CM Baghel announces key schemes ahead of Assembly elections

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2023: Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that those accused of sexual crimes against women would not be considered for government jobs

Everything you need to know about Deputy CM of Chhattisgarh T S Singh Deo

Chhattisgarh Assembly election 2023: The titular maharaja of Surguja, T S Singh Deo is currently serving as a Cabinet Minister for Health in the Chhattisgarh government

Chhattisgarh elections 2023: Camps for updating voters' list from August 12

Special camps are being held on August 12, 13, 19, and 20 at 24,109 polling centres across the state

Expelled Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) MLA Dharmjeet Singh joins BJP

Dharmjeet Singh was expelled from the JCC (J) in September last year after the party accused him of disregarding the interests of the marginalised communities such as SCs, STs, and OBCs

CM Bhupesh Baghel inaugurates projects worth Rs 1000 cr in Bastar, Surguja

Ahead of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2023, the Chief Minister made several announcements for the welfare of tribals in adivasi-dominated Bastar district and northern regions in the state

Chhattisgarh Assembly election: Tribal body holds rally on World Tribal Day

Former Union minister and president of Sarva Adivasi Samaj Chhattisgarh Arvind Neetam announced that his party will contest the Assembly elections from Scheduled Tribes (STs) reserved seats

Chhattisgarh Assembly election 2023: BSP releases list of 9 candidates

Keshav Prasad Chandra from Jaijaipur and Indu Banjare from Pamgarh have again been given tickets for the Assembly elections

Chhattisgarh govt decides on 58% reservation in educational institutions

The Bhupesh Baghel Cabinet said that 58 per cent of the seats in all educational institutions will be reserved for ST, SC, and OBC students

Chhattisgarh was free from economic slowdown during pandemic: CM Baghel

Chief Minister Bhupesh Bhagel announced a cow dung procurement scheme and construction of a Ram temple will be constructed in Raipur

Never spoke about rotational CM post, buzz created by media: TS Singh Deo

A day after the Congress's move to appoint T S Singh Deo as the deputy chief minister of Chhattisgarh, the state minister said he had never spoken of an "agreement" over rotation of the chief ministerial post and claimed it was a buzz created by the media. After arriving at the Raipur airport from New Delhi on Thursday morning, Singh Deo expressed gratitude to the party for the announcement of his elevation and said "der aaye durust aaye" (better late than never). A Congress statement on Wednesday said party president Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the proposal for the appointment of Singh Deo as the deputy chief minister in Chhattisgarh. The decision to appoint him as the deputy CM came just a few months ahead of state Assembly elections due this year-end, but Singh Deo said the responsibility given even for a day is crucial. He was accorded a warm welcome on Thursday by a huge crowd of supporters at the airport who raised slogans of "TS Baba zindabad" . Asked about the two-and-

T S Singh Deo's appointment as Chhattisgarh dy CM is his 'insult': BJP

BJP's Chhattisgarh unit chief Arun Sao on Wednesday termed state minister T S Singh Deo's appointment as the state deputy chief minister as his insult, and said the decision will not save the Congress from being defeated in the upcoming assembly elections in the state. Talking to reporters, Sao said, the move is just an attempt to settle differences within the ruling party in the state. The Congress - the ruling party in Chhattisgarh - said in a statement on Wednesday night that party president Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the proposal to appoint Singh Deo as the deputy chief minister in Chhattisgarh. When asked about the development, Sao told reporters in Bilaspur, "Congress party does not have the right to appoint a deputy CM. It is the right of the CM and Governor." "The other thing is that the Congress party, which had promised Singh Deo to make him CM for two-and-a-half-years, has done injustice to him by making him deputy CM for just four months. It is an insult to Singh .

Congress leaders discuss party's strategy for Chhattisgarh assembly polls

Top leaders of the Congress on Wednesday discussed the party's strategy and poll preparedness in Chhattisgarh where assembly elections are due later this year. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, besides the party's in-charge for the state Kumari Selja and general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal were among the leaders who attended the meeting at the party headquarters here. Chairing the meeting, Kharge said party members will work together to keep bringing change in the lives of the people of Chhattisgarh. "'Garhbo Nava Chhattisgarh' is not just a slogan for us, it is a goal for the state's progress and social justice. The people of Chhattisgarh and their unwavering faith in the Congress party will continue to propel the continuous stream of development," the party chief said in a tweet in Hindi. "We will work together and keep bringing change in the lives of the people of Chhattisgarh," he ...

Chhattisgarh by-election tells a big story ahead of 2023 Assembly polls

In Khairagarh, the Congress consolidated its vote share hugely from 18.66 per cent in 2018 to 52.97 per cent

Officials on alert as paid news haunts Chhattisgarh local body polls

Authorities receive several complaints in just 4 days; in Raipur alone, notices served to six candidates for suspected paid news

Sitaram Kesri, a Dalit, wasn't allowed to complete term as Cong chief: Modi

Modi challenged the Congress to select someone 'capable' as their party president who doesn't belong to 'that one family'

Chhattisgarh polls: Congress fields Vajpayee's niece against CM Raman Singh

A former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, Shukla will be contesting from Rajnandgaon the home constituency of Chief Minister Raman Singh