"Corruption" and the price of paddy have emerged as key issues in the polls, with the BJP targeting the Congress government led by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on alleged scams and the "hawala money funding" related to the Mahadev gaming app.
The administration in the insurgency-hit Kanker district of Chhattisgarh has initiated a unique move by establishing a 'rainbow' model polling station.
The BJP and Congress are the key contenders in the Chhattisgarh assembly elections and both sides have already released their final list of candidates for the 90 seats.
As per the data from the Election Commission of India, in the elections to the 90-member assembly, a total of 2,03,80,079 crore voters including 19,839 service voters will be able to exercise their franchise.
Kanker Collector Priyanka Shukla said, "This time tight security arrangements have been made in the most Naxal-affected areas, while some polling centres will also be monitored with drones."
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, on Sunday expressed his condolences on the killing of a BJP leader in Narayanpur and affirmed that Naxalite insurgency had improved compared to before as local police forces have significantly improved their counterinsurgency capabilities.
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Saturday took a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party over the BJP leaders attack on Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel after Baghel was named in the alleged betting app deal, saying, "They are scared of the way the Bhupesh Baghel government hav
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday claimed they had intercepted a cash courier Asim Das who was sent from the UAE to deliver a large amount of cash for electioneering expenses of the ruling Congress party.
Days before the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, a local BJP leader, Ratan Dubey, was murdered on Saturday by two unidentified Naxals in the insurgency-hit Narayanpur district, officials said.
Amid the Opposition's push for caste census and bid to bring it to the front and centre of the national political discourse ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in five states, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP never opposed such an exercise and will take a call on