Raipur: Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has published the analysis report of all the 90 newly elected legislators on Friday which showed that 68 out of 90 legislators (76%) in newly elected Chhattisgarh Assembly are billionaires. In 2013, 67 out of 90 MLAs were billionaires. Out of 68, Congress has[Read More…]
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Chhattisgarh: First phase of campaigning ends, prestigious Rajnandgaon seat heads to battle
Ahead of Chhattisgarh polls, campaigning for the first phase of elections concluded on Saturday. Chhattisgarh, which goes to poll in two phases, voting for 18 seats will be held on November 12 and the remaining 72 constituencies on November 20. Congress and BJP are going alone in polls, while Ajit[Read More…]
Congress releases 19 candidates list for Chhattisgarh election
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…]
Raman Singh and Karuna Shukla, the millionaire contestants in Chhattisgarh election
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…]
BJP hits out at Vajpayee’s niece for ‘politcising his death’
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday hit out at Karuna Shukla, the niece of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, accusing that she was politicising his death. The BJP charge came a day after Shukla accused the ruling BJP of politicising the former Prime Minister’s death by carrying the ashes across India[Read More…]
Vajpayee’s niece alleges Chhattisgarh govt playing politics over former PM’s demise
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece Karuna Shukla has alleged that the Chhattisgarh government is playing politics over the death of the former prime minister as CM Raman Singh never took Vajpayee’s name in the last ten years but is now using his ashes for political gains. Watch: