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BJP releases first list of 21 candidates for Chhattisgarh, 39 for MP polls

The BJP on Thursday released its first of 21 candidates for Chhattisgarh and 39 for Madhya Pradesh, including five women each in both the states, for the upcoming assembly polls which are yet to be announced. The party has fielded Vijay Baghel, its Durg MP, from Patan which is currently represented by Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel. The names were decided at the BJP's Central Election Committee meeting on Wednesday which was chaired by party chief J P Nadda and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah among other senior leaders. In Chhattisgarh, the BJP has fielded Baghel from Patan, Bhulan Singh Maravi from Premnagar, Laxmi Rajwade from Bhatgaon, Shakuntala Singh Porthe from Pratappur (ST), Sarla Kosaria from Saraipali (SC), Alka Chandrakar from Khallari, Gita Ghasi Sahu from Khujji and Maniram Kashyap from Bastar (ST), among others. In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP has fielded Sarla Vijendra Rawat fr

Ahead of MP polls, Shivraj Singh Chouhan promises 10 'social revolutions'

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Chouhan said his government will take several revolutionary steps to make life of people belonging to every section better

Congress won't ban Bajrang Dal in Madhya Pradesh, says Digvijaya Singh

Congress' poll promise in Karnataka of banning Bajrang Dal had turned into a major controversy, with BJP making it a major issue during its campaigns

MP polls 2023: BJP discusses strategy for 'tough seats' ahead of elections

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly: The meeting of the BJP's senior leaders months before the elections are scheduled to be held indicates the significance of these state elections, sources said

As Assembly polls near, debate over Bajrang Dal heats up in Madhya Pradesh

2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Narottam Mishra said that Congress' eye flu is getting clear gradually as they are now seeing some good people in Bajrang Dal

MP election: Congress bets on Digvijaya to breach BJP's bastions in polls

2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election: Digvijaya Singh's poll strategy entails boosting public outreach, engaging with all segments of society, ensuring better coordination among party workers

BJP to hold CEC meeting tomorrow to review preparations for upcoming polls

The meeting will be attended by all 15 CEC members, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda

Madhya Pradesh election 2023: How BJP is reimagining its grand poll plan

The BJP has set out to organise its state unit and is working on all fronts to prevent a recurrence of the Karnataka elections, where the party suffered a defeat in May

MP: BJP files complaint against Priyanka Gandhi over '50% commission' post

Priyanka Gandhi stated that a union of contractors from Madhya Pradesh had written to the high court's chief justice, claiming that they received payments only after paying 50% commission

BSP releases first list of candidates for Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections

Of the seven seats for which the candidates have been named, four are currently held by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the remaining three by Congress

Priyanka Gandhi alleges corruption by MP govt, BJP warns of action

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Madhya Pradesh warned of action against Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over her social media post, in which she accused the saffron party-led government in the state of indulging in corruption. Terming her allegation as false, MP Home Minister Narottam Mishra sought a proof from the Congress leader to support her charge, warning that options were otherwise open before the state government and the BJP for action. State BJP chief V D Sharma warned of legal action against the Congress leader, accusing her of citing a fake letter in her social media post to level the allegation. The state Congress, however, said it would prove that the BJP-led government is corrupt and also accused the ruling party of creating "political terror". On Friday, Priyanka Gandhi claimed on X, formerly known as Twitter, that a union of contractors from Madhya Pradesh has written a letter to the Chief Justice of the High Court, complaining that they ...

PM to lay foundation stone for Sant Ravidas temple, address rally in MP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Saturday lay the foundation stone for a Rs 100-crore temple dedicated to 14th century mystic poet and social reformer Sant Ravidas in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district, where he will also address a public meeting, a state BJP minister said.This will be PM's second visit to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled state, where assembly polls are due by the year-end, in just over a month. On July 1, Modi interacted with tribal leaders, women who were members of self-help groups and young football players at Pakaria village in Shahdol district. "Modiji will arrive in Khajuraho from New Delhi and take a helicopter to reach the Badtuma area in Sagar district around 2 pm to lay the foundation stone for a temple (dedicated to Sant Ravidas) and a museum coming up at a cost Rs 100 crore," MP Cooperative and Public Services Minister Arvind Bhadoria told PTI over the phone on Friday. Half an hour later, he will reach the venue of the public meeting .

Anyone who casts a covetous eye on women will be hanged: CM Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said that anyone casting a covetous eye on women or committing atrocities on them will be hanged. If anyone casts his covetous eye on sisters or commits atrocities on them will be hanged, he said addressing a Ladli Behna Yojana' function at Lahar. Under the Ladli Behna programme, 1.25 crore women in MP are getting a monthly aid of Rs 1,000 for the past three months. I am going to connect with the women of the state on August 27. The sisters will hear me speaking at 2 pm (on TV or radio). The world will marvel at the Rakhi festival this time around, he announced. According to BJP insiders, the MP government is mulling hiking the dole under Ladli Behna to Rs 1,250 a month for women ahead of Raksha Bandhan, which will be celebrated on August 30. Assembly elections will likely be held in MP in a few months. Chouhan also appealed to women to join the mainstream. We will change the future, he said. The number of women voter

MP election 2023: Congress identifies 106 candidates for upcoming polls

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2023: The Congress party has refrained from publicly revealing the names of the candidates as of now

MP election: Former 'Bandit King' Malkhan Singh quits BJP, joins Congress

Malkhan Singh stated that BJP will be routed in the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections and that the grand old party would form the government

Eye on polls, BJP to carry out Jan Ashirwad Yatra in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh, along with Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram, will hold crucial assembly elections later this year

MP election: Congress MLA's demand for tribal CM heats up politics in state

For the tribals of Madhya Pradesh, a member of this community has to be on the chief minister's chair, said Congress MLA Umang Singhar

Madhya Pradesh: Eye on polls, BJP, Congress woo voters with poll promises

BJP and Congress are locked into a spiralling fight to outdo the other in wooing the citizens with poll promises ahead of the 2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

MP polls: Tribal leader Kantilal Bhuria to lead Congress poll campaign

Sources in the party said that by giving the veteran leader Kantilal Bhuria a major role, the party hopes to cement its tribal vote bank

BJP to take out 'Vijay Sankalp Yatra' in parts of MP ahead of polls

In the run-up to the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh due by the year-end, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to take out 'Vijay Sankalp Yatra' (victory resolution march) in parts of the state, a party functionary said. These yatras are likely to be taken out in September, but their schedule will be finalised and announced shortly, he said. The decision was taken during the four-hour long meeting of the BJP's core committee chaired by Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah late Wednesday night, the party functionary said. These yatras would be taken out from Ujjain, Jabalpur, Sagar and Gwalior and Chitrakoot cities, he said. By taking out the Vijay Sankalp Yatra in Ujjain, the party aims to cover the Malwa region, while these exercises in Jabalpur and Sagar are aimed at reaching out to the voters in Mahakoshal and the Bundelkhan regions respectively. The yatras in Gwalior and Chitrakoot will cover the Chambal and Vindhya regions, the party insider