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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

Naxalite killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, rifle seized

A Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district on Tuesday morning, a senior police official said. The face off took place at around 6 am in a forest near Bandepara village under Madded police station limits, when a joint team of personnel from different security forces was out on an anti-Naxal operation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P told PTI. The operation was launched by personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard, Bastar Fighter, both units of state police, Special Task Force and the Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPF) 170th battalion. They had inputs about the presence of senior Naxalites, including Madded area committee of Maoists in-charge Nagesh, its secretary Buchanna, member Vishwanath along with 15-20 armed cadres, in Koranjed-Bandepara forests, the official said. After the exchange of fire stopped, the body of a Naxalite and an AK-47 rifle were recovered from the spot, he said. The identi

Baghel slams BJP, says 'divide and rule' plan will not work in Chhattisgarh

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday said the BJP's plan of "divide and rule" will not work in Chhattisgarh and hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his statement accusing the Congress of doing "appeasement" politics for votes in the poll-bound state. Talking to reporters at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur in the evening, he said the opposition BJP was left with no issues to raise in the state, where assembly polls will be held in two phases next month. Speaking at an election rally earlier in the day in Rajnandgaon, Shah attacked the Baghel government over communal violence in Biranpur village of Bemetara district in April and said the ruling party will continue doing "appeasement" politics for votes if it returns to power in Chhattisgarh after the polls. Asked about Shah's statement, the Congress CM said, Action was taken in the (Biranpur) incident and the accused were arrested. Police have also submitted a chargesheet in the court and compensation has been ..

Congress will continue 'appeasement' if they win: Amit Shah in Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Union Home Minister Amit Shah lashed out at the Bhupesh Baghel-led state government over incidents of communal violence

BJP likely to discuss candidates for Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh on Oct 17

The party is likely to hold two final meetings for the rest of the candidates on 17th and 19th October

ECI has given less time for 1st phase of Chattisgarh polls: TS Singh Deo

On Sunday, the Congress announced the first list of 30 candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections

Shah to be present while BJP candidates file nomination in Chhattisgarh

Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh and three other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates will on Monday file their nomination papers in Rajnandgaon for the state assembly polls scheduled next month. Union Home Minister Amit Shah will remain present during the filing of nominations of the four candidates. Shah will later address a public rally at the State High School ground in Rajnandgaon city, a BJP leader said. Elections to the 90-member state assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17. The opposition BJP has so far announced candidates for 85 seats out of the total 90, while the ruling Congress has declared candidates for 30 seats. The BJP has fielded Singh, the former three-time chief minister, from his traditional Rajnandgaon seat. Singh, a six-term MLA, won from the Rajnandagon seat thrice in 2008, 2013 and 2018. The Congress has fielded its senior OBC leader and Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation Chairman Girish Dewangan from ...

Will try to continue work we started five years ago: Chhattisgarh Dy CM

The ruling party in the state has fielded Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel from Patan and Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo from Ambikapur

Congress pins hope on old guards in first list for Chhattisgarh polls

The Congress has pinned its hopes on many of the old-timers and also given representation to some new faces in its first list of candidates announced for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls scheduled next month. The party on Sunday put out the list of 30 candidates, re-nominating 22 sitting MLAs, including Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, his all 12 cabinet colleagues and state assembly speaker Charandas Mahant. The ruling party in Chhattisgarh has denied tickets to eight sitting legislators, while it has fielded state unit chief and MP Deepak Baij. Elections to the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17. Out the 30 seats for which the Congress has announced its candidates, 14 are reserved for the Scheduled Tribe and three for Scheduled Caste categories. In rest of the 13 general seats, candidates belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) have been fielded in nine seats. Four women candidates, including a sitting minister and two MLAs, are i

Recording conversations without person's knowledge violates privacy rights

The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that recording the mobile phone conversation of a person without the latter's knowledge amounts to violation of the right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution. The HC was earlier this month hearing a petition moved by a 38-year-old woman challenging a family court's order allowing her husband's application in a maintenance case pending since 2019. The HC observed that the husband recording his wife's phone conversation without her knowledge amounts to violation of her right to privacy and also the petitioner's right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. The woman had moved an application for grant of maintenance from her 44-year-old husband at the family court in Mahasamund district. The man moved the family court seeking re-examination of his wife on the ground that certain conversation was recorded on the mobile phone and he wanted to cross-examine the petitioner and confront her with the conversation recorded on the ...

Naxal-affected Bastar villages to vote for the first time in 40 years

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

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

Chhattisgarh polls: BJP fields 29 OBC candidates, more likely to be added

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

Elections 2023: A look at what happened in 5-poll bound states in 2018

The polls would set the groundwork for the last major electoral exercise ahead of the 2024 general elections

BJP post shows Baghel play mobile game during Cong meeting; CM hits back

The BJP on Wednesday claimed Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was busy playing a game on his mobile phone during a Congress meeting over selection of candidates for the upcoming assembly polls as he knows his party will not retain power in the state. Reacting to it, Baghel said he will continue to play traditional games of the state as well as 'Candy Crush', which he said is his favourite, and that it for the people of Chhattisgarh to decide who will stay in power. The Chhattisgarh assembly polls will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17 and votes will be counted on December 3. The opposition BJP in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday shared a picture in which the CM is seen playing a game on his mobile phone. The picture is said to be taken during the Congress screening committee meeting which took place at Rajiv Bhavan, the party's state office, in capital Raipur on Tuesday night. Congress state in-charge Kumari Selja, state party chief Deepak Baij and other leaders were se

Chhattisgarh polls: Election Committee meeting of Congress to be held today

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

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Mayawati's BSP to ally with Gondwana party in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

In both the states, SCs and STs have been largely supporting the Congress and the BJP in the polls