"Now there are a few hours left before voting commences. Voting will start from 7 am tomorrow. I have been travelling in the region and I can see the excitement of people for the Congress across all areas. Congress will win this seat with a big margin," Baghel said speaking to ANI on Thursda
The high-profile constituency is set to witness a contest between Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Bhagel also known as "Kaka" and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Santosh Pandey.
Baghel's statement comes after PM Modi at an election rally in Rajasthan linked Congress's manifesto plans with a 2006 statement of former PM Manmohan Singh on giving priority to minorities on the country's resources.
BJP candidate from Rajnandgaon constituency Santosh Pandey exuded confidence in winning the Lok Sabha seat, a Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) bastion for over three decades, despite Congress fielding senior leader and former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel on Monday.
Exuding confidence in the BJP's victory, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Monday said that Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel's candidature from the Rajnandgain Lok Sabha seat has made the BJP's victory easier.
"PM Modi ended terrorism from the country and Naxals are on the verge of being finished. For five years this Mahadev App brand former CM Bhupesh Baghel was in government and for five years no action was taken against Naxals. You made Vishnu Deo Sai your Chief Minister. In four months more
Days after 29 Naxals were killed in an encounter in Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that it is the Congress party which has instigated youth to fight in the name of Naxalism and extremism.
The court, while accepting the closure report, stated that no case of disproportionate assets could be made against Aman Singh and his wife, Yasmin Singh. The ruling marks the culmination of a prolonged investigative process led by the EOW-ACB, which failed to substantiate the allegations.
Addressing a press conference here today, Baij asserted that if any innocent tribal had been killed in this, the government would have to face serious anger from the tribals.
Referring to the multi-crore Mahadev betting app scam, Union Home Minister Amit Shah attacked former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Congress, saying that the country witnessed several scams committed by the Congress but none of them had been named after a god adding that k
Kawasi Lakhma, a Congress candidate from Chhattisgarh's Bastar, filed his nomination on Wednesday. Former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel accompanied him during the same.