Chhattisgarh elections

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced Vishnu Deo Sai as Chhattisgarh’s Chief Minister, making him the first tribal CM in the state. The announcement came following a consensus reached during the BJP Legislature Party meeting on Sunday.   Sai, a 59-year-old senior tribal leader, won the recent assembly polls from Kunkuri in north […]

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the assembly elections in the 20 seats of Chhattisgarh’s first phase, including the Naxal-affected Bastar district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked Congress party’s rule in the region claiming that they enabled the left wing extremist movement to gather traction.  He added, “Whenever Congress comes to power, the courage of terrorists and […]

KOLKATA: As Chhattisgarh reached 70.87 per cent of voter turnout in its first phase, while Mizoram’s assembly elections reached 77.04 per cent, on Tuesday. It was also the first time that 126 villages in Bastar district went for polling since independence.  “126 new polling stations in Left Wing Extremism-affected areas of Bastar division reflects the […]

GUWAHATI: In a visit to Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed concerns over the Congress party’s internal dynamics, suggesting that the party is contemplating the removal of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s name from banners and posters. Sarma, who was campaigning ahead of the Chhattisgarh State Assembly elections, revealed that this decision was […]

Elections in Chhattisgarh are likely to take place in November.

Anticipating a bipolar contest between the ruling Congress and his party, the Delhi CM said BJP is politically irrelevant in the state while speaking at a karyakarta sammelan in Raipur. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was also in attendance.