Supporting Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's statement about conducting a caste census in Chhattisgarh, party MP Manickam Tagore said that the caste census is important for the development of the socially oppressed sections.
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Friday rejected the bail application of three accused Anwar Dhebar, Trilok Singh Dhillon and Nitesh Purohit in the alleged Chhattisgarh liquor scam.
ECI on Friday organised briefing meeting for general, police and expenditure observers for the assembly elections in five states: Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Telangana.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday asserted if the Congress is re-elected to power in Chhattisgarh, a caste census will be conducted in the state, similar to the one carried out in Bihar.
According to Katghora Divisional Forest Officer, Nishant Kumar, "The cause of the unusual 'chakka jam' was an elephant calf that had fallen into a deep ditch next to the highway, prompting the herd of elephants to intervene."
"They are suppressing the opposition so that no opposition is left. They want to eliminate all the opposition and send them to jail. Efforts are being made to take the country towards dictatorship," Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said.
Launching the scanner, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur said that with the help of technology, the BJP will expose the Bhupesh Baghel-led government in the state in front of people.
The meeting, to be held on Friday morning, is likely to be attended by Chief Ministers, Home Ministers or their representatives from states of Bihar, Odisha, Maharashtra, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Kerala.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday in poll-bound Chhattisgarh and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes false allegations of "corruption" against the state government and does not talk of "jal, jangal and zameen (water, forest, land)
More than (stray) dogs and cats, the personnel of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Income Tax are moving around, said Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, adding if anyone goes to jail will not get bail.
Launching a fresh attack on Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government in Chhattisgarh over a wide range of issues, former minister and BJP spokesperson Rajesh Munat on Tuesday took a dig at the state government by taking out a unique ‘Vikas Khojo Yatra’ in Raipur.