Expressing his confidence of party's victory in the Assembly election in Chhattisgarh, former Chief Minister Raman Singh said that the BJP will win atleast 14 out of 20 seats in the first phase.
The encounter broke out between the Special Task Force (STF) and Naxals in the forest area near Orchha police station in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, officials said.
Coming down heavily on the Congress government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that whenever Congress comes to power, the courage of terrorists and Naxalites increases in the country.
Bhupesh Baghel said, "Earlier, big incidents used to happen, now small incidents are happening. I think this will also stop in the future. Naxalism has retreated to a great extent with the work we have done in 5 years. As a result, polling booths have been set up inside villages. People w
According to Sukma Superintendent of Police Kiran Chavan, "One jawan of CRPF CoBRA Battalion was injured in an IED blast triggered by naxals in the Tondamarka area of Sukma. The jawan was deployed for election duty."
Congress and BJP are engaged in a fierce fight in Chhattisgarh, with both parties seeking to outdo each other in terms of poll promises as the state faces the first phase of assembly polls on Tuesday for 20 seats in Naxal-affected Bastar region and a few constituencies in other districts<
A senior CRPF officer informed that teams of polling agents have left for their respective duties in remote locations as they have to walk on foot for ten kilometres to reach the location.
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."
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Sunday, while urging people to vote for BJP candidate Maniram Kashyap from Bastar assembly constituency, said that once the double-engine government of the BJP is back in Chhattisgarh, it will end Naxalism and stop immoral acts of religious co