The Chhattisgarh government has approached the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) alleging that central investigating agencies are being misused.
As a move to strengthen the party in the coming elections, the Chhattisgarh Congress will launch a campaign 'Congress Ki Aawaz' across the state from April 22.
Chhattisgarh Congress leader TS Singh Deo on Tuesday said that former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot is undergoing a day-long fast as a protest not against the current government regime but to get activities in former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's government probed.
The member of ruling party and chief of Congress unit in Chhattisgarh Mohan Markam on Monday came down heavily on one of the ministers of his own party over alleged misuse of DMF fund.
Terming the raids conducted by Enforcement Directorate (ED) as politically motivated, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that BJP is scared of Congress and misusing central agencies to suppress their voice.
Reacting to the raids by the Enforcement Directorate against Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday said that these raids worked as a booster dose for Congress, prompting them to be more aggressive against the Prime Minister's "vendetta politics".
As the Enforcement Directorate raided the office and residential premises of Chhattisgarh Congress leaders in a coal levy scam case, state Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday alleged that the crackdown is in connection with a forthcoming party convention in state's capital.
A financial scam of this size did not take place till date and in this connection, Congress leaders are addressing media in 23 prominent cities under 'Hum Adani Ke Hai Kaun' campaign, said the senior Congress leader while addressing a press conference in Raipur on Friday.
To take stock of preparations ongoing for the Congress's plenary session commencing from February 24, AICC treasurer Pawan Bansal and the party's general secretary Tariq Anwar visited the venue of Mega programme.
A large number of Congress office bearers, including State Congress President Mohan Markam and Congress MLA Satnarayan Sharma were present in the demonstration. The workers also raised slogans against the central government on the occasion.
The counting of votes was held in 19 rounds in which Congress candidate Mandavi got 65479 votes, BJP candidate Netam got 44308 votes and Sarva Adivasi Samaj candidate Akbar Ram Korram got 23417 votes.
An FIR has been registered against Madhya Pradesh BJP media in charge Lokendra Parashar for allegedly tampering with a video related to Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra and sharing the alleged video on social media.