Amid the ongoing political battle going on in Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has one again hit out at the BJP. Reacting to Former Chief Minister Raman Singh's remark of winning '55 seats in the state', Baghel said that it is just a bogus statement made by him.
The apex court on Tuesday rejected the National Investigative Agency's (NIA) plea against the Chhattisgarh police's probe into the Jheeram Ghati killings of Congress leaders in the state in 2013.
Reacting to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's allegation against the Chhattisgarh government of corruption and assuring action, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that the Prime Minister should not take action "selectively" and suggested that he should first take action against Raman Singh.<
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.
CM Bhupesh Baghel said, "BJP has accepted its defeat as they are using agencies to target opposition leaders. They (ED, IT) will take a short break. After November 17, they will take a break. They also have a family. Before Lok Sabha (elections), they will again come back."
Ahead of casting his vote for the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, former chief minister and BJP leader Raman Singh who is seeking re-election from his seat in Rajnandgaon performed a pooja at his residence this morning.
Polling started at 7 a.m. for ten seats, which include Mohla-Manpur, Antagarh, Bhanupratappur, Kanker, Keshkal, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur and Konta.
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.
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.
Hours, after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) revealed that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel may have received Rs 508 crore from the Mahadev betting app promoters, former Chief Minister Raman Singh on Friday, said that this allegation cannot be "more shameful for a state's Chief Mi