Raipur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s rout in the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections took scalps of several party heavy weights, including eight ministers, while Chief Minister Raman Singh won by a narrow margin. The eight ministers who lost their seats are Amar Agarwal, Prem Prakash Pandey, Kedarnath Kashyap, Rajesh Moonat, Ramsewak[Read More…]
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Days before Chhattisgarh Polls, Maoists blow up CISF bus in Dantewada, several casualties
Third in the row within the span of two weeks, reportedly one CISF Jawan and three others were killed in the Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada on Thursday. According to initial reports, the Naxals triggered an IED blast on a bus near Bacheli in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada. Two injured CISF personnel have[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Polls 2018: Candidate brings Rs 10K in coins to buy nomination paper
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…]
Chhattisgarh Polls: Notification for first phase issued, Chief Minister Raman Singh expected from Rajnandgaon
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…]
Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections: IAS at the age of 23, Raipur Collector resigns to join BJP
Chhattisgarh assembly poll is due in December 2018 and all the political parties seem to have pulled up their socks for the elections. Getting a strong support in the mid of the campaign period may prove to be a mileage for any party. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to get[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Assembly Polls 2018: Officers resign from service to contest polls
Chhattisgarh is due to see assembly elections this year in December. Political parties have geared up and have started preparations for the battle. Having less than five months left for the assembly election, it is very normal to see the state getting painted in political colours. The surprise is to[Read More…]
The myth and reality of Ajit Jogi factor in Chhattisgarh polls!
(According to the trends, the Congress has crossed the half-way mark and is currently leading on 67 seats. The BJP, on the other hand, is leading on just 13 seats. Chhattisgarh had voted in two phases – November 12 and 20.) Forest strewn, verdant and lush green State of Chhattisgarh[Read More…]