Every time during elections, unique stories come out from the most far-fetched locations. The upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly election is no exception. The Election Commission of India from time to time have taken steps to ensure that every citizen gets the chance to use their right to vote. No matter how small[Read More…]
Ahead of Chhattisgarh assembly election, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has fielded Om Prakash (OP) Chaudhary, an IAS turned politician from Kharsia constituency in Chhattisgarh. Recently, a video of OP Choudhary has surfaced in the state, in which he was seen threatening voters. The video is becoming an issue of debate[Read More…]
Congress has released a list of 19 candidates on Thursday afternoon for the second phase of polling in the Chhattisgarh assembly election. With the latest list, Tamradhwaj Sahu has replaced Pratima Chandrakar at Durg Rural constituency and the party has announced candidates for all the 90 constituencies of Chhattisgarh, after[Read More…]
Dantewada: DD News Lighting Assistant Mor Mukut Sharma recorded his video in the mid of the gunfight between the Naxalites and army in Dantewada, Chhatisgarh. DD News crew was attacked by Naxalite. Sharma accompanied the reporting team to cover Chhattisgarh election survived with the reporter Dheeraj Kumar while the Camera[Read More…]
Ahead of assembly polls, Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada constituency has become the centre of attraction. Seven candidates from different parties are not from the same family but they are each other’s relatives, who are contesting against each other in Dantewada. Bhima Mandavi from BJP, Devti Karma from Congress, Nandaram Sori from CPI,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday released its third list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, with the party denying tickets to two more sitting MLAs. With this list, the BJP has announced 89 candidates for the 90-seat Assembly and the[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday demanded the resignation of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, saying that the government had no moral right to rule as it was not able to protect the security forces from terrorists and Maoists. Congress MP and Spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi attacked the Centre as[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Elections 2018: The nomination period has begun and candidates are coming to buy nomination papers to the collector’s office. A bizarre incident took place on Friday in Chhattisgarh’s Kawardha district when an independent candidate Sunil Sahu came to the collector’s office with a sack of coins worth Rs 10,000[Read More…]
Durga Mandir Puliya, Awapalli, Bijapur: Four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans have lost their lives in Bijapur when Maoists blow up an anti-landmine vehicle carrying the Jawans. Following the blast Naxals who were hiding around started firing and as a result, four CRPF personal lost their lives leaving two[Read More…]
Ahead of the Chhattisgarh elections, MLAs RK Rai from Gundardehi and Siyaram Kaushik from Bilha, will contest the assembly polls under the banner of Janta Congress Chhattisgarh, officially declared on Thursday in Raipur. Earlier, MLAs RK Rai and Siyaram Kaushik were suspended by the Congress party for making ‘anti-party statements.[Read More…]
Ahead of polls, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on October 23 filed his nomination from the Rajnandgaon constituency and Congress candidate Karuna Shukla, who is the niece of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has also filed her nomination against Raman Singh. Polling will be held on November 12 in[Read More…]
The Congress on Wednesday blamed the Raman Singh led BJP government on the issue of women’s safety and reservation. Congress spokesperson, Priyanka Chaturvedi in Raipur alleged BJP of adopting a callous attitude towards women. Priyanka said that the Raman government in the state has failed to find missing women and[Read More…]
Bharatiya Janata Party released a list of star campaigners for Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018, including big names like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP Chief Amit Shah, along with 10 other Union ministers and four chief ministers. A list of the same was also submitted with the Election Commission of India[Read More…]
Ahead of assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, the triangular contest between Janta Congress Chhattisgarh, Congress and Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) have become more interesting after the recent political developments in the state. According to sources, anti-incumbency is totally evident in BJP ruled state, but Congress has failed to utilize the whole[Read More…]
Ahead of Chhattisgarh assembly election, Congress released its second list of candidates on Monday, including Karuna Shukla, who is the niece of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, against Chief Minister Raman Singh from Rajanandgaon. Karuna Shukla is a senior Congress leader and has been very vocal on various issues[Read More…]
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh chief Ajit Jogi, who parted ways with Congress in 2016 and stated that he is neither with Congress nor BJP. Further Congress alleged that Ajit Jogi is a ‘B Team’ of BJP and he is trying to create a negative image of Congress in tribal regions of[Read More…]
In a major political development on Sunday, Janta Congress Chhattisgarh supremo Ajit Jogi has decided to contest the upcoming assembly elections from Marwahi. The constituency is the traditional bastion of Jogi family. Earlier there were reports that former Chhattisgarh CM will not contest the election. Ajit Jogi had won from[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh assembly polls which are near in the state and notification for the first phase has been already issued on Tuesday, but BJP is still puzzled over selecting potential candidates. However, Chief Minister Raman Singh has told that the names of candidates for 90 constituencies in the upcoming elections will[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Janata Congress Chief Ajit Jogi will not contest upcoming assembly election and he will focus on campaigning for the grand alliance in the state, his son Amit Jogi told media on Friday. Amit Jogi further said that Chhattisgarh Janata Congress has formed a ‘grand alliance’ with Bahujan Samaj Party[Read More…]
Congress on Thursday finalised list of 12 candidates for the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections. However, the party has not declared candidate for Rajnandgaon, the seat of Chief Minister Raman Singh. The first phase of polling in Chhattisgarh will be held on November 12. The BJP is ruling in the[Read More…]
Lahunipada police arrested a dacoit, namely Md Yubed (21) in Sundargarh district on Wednesday. Proceeding on a tip, police raided a spot, where some burglars were planning a theft at Gamaleihat near Lahunipada. Md Yubed was held at the spot and others managed to flee. As per the reports, three[Read More…]
In a shocking incident involving superstition, a five-month-old baby girl was bitten by snake bite. The incident happened at Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh when, a couple handed over the baby to a snake charmer with an intention to give blessings of ‘Naag Devta’ to the child. The snake charmer had allegedly[Read More…]
Janata Congress Chhattisgarh chief Ajit Jogi’s daughter in law, Richa Jogi will contest election from ‘Akaltara’ constituency under the banner of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Party has also declared that instead of Vidhan Mishra senior leader Panna Lal Sahu will fight from the Dharsinwa constituency and Janrail Singh Bhatia would[Read More…]
Election commission on Tuesday issued a notification for the first phase of voting to be held on 12th November for 18 assembly seats including Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Sukma, Kondagaon, Kanker, Narayanpur and Rajnandgaon districts. The assembly elections will take place in two phases in Chhattisgarh on November 12 and 20.[Read More…]
Ahead of assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, where voting is scheduled on November 12 and 20, has become a triangular contest and various Naxal hit areas are considered as key to the election outcome. Bastar, Sarguja, Bijapur and Korba are the most affected areas and considered as Red corridor of state.[Read More…]