Congress based mostly its marketing campaign on the slew of welfare schemes of the Baghel authorities (File)
Raipur, Chattisgarh:
Campaigning for the primary section of Meeting polls in 20 seats in Chhattisgarh ended on Saturday night, with voting scheduled to happen on November 7.
The primary section of campaigning noticed Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacking Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel over the alleged Mahadev betting app rip-off, whereas different leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Get together spoke on non secular conversion, deteriorating regulation and order and corruption.
The Congress based mostly its marketing campaign on the slew of welfare schemes of the Baghel authorities for farmers, girls, tribals and Dalits, and in addition attacked the BJP-led Centre for ”handing over” sources to ”industrialist mates”.
These 20 seats are in seven districts of the Naxal-affected Bastar division and 4 different districts, particularly Rajnandgaon, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Kabirdham and Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai.
Polling in Mohla-Manpur, Antagarh, Bhanupratappur, Kanker, Keshkal, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur and Konta (all reserved for Scheduled Tribe class) constituencies will happen from 7am to 3pm, officers mentioned.
Polling will happen between 7am and 5pm within the remaining 10 seats, particularly Khairgarh, Dongargarh (Scheduled Caste), Rajnandgaon, Dongargaon, Khujji, Pandariya, Kawardha, Bastar (ST), Jagdalpur and Chitrakot (ST), mentioned a press release issued by the workplace of Chief Electoral Officer right here.
”Polling events are being despatched to their locations amid tight safety since Saturday, significantly in Bastar area. Helicopters are getting used to airlift EVMs, personnel and supplies to polling stations in delicate distant areas,” an official mentioned.
”In complete, personnel belonging to 156 ballot stations in 5 districts, particularly Sukma, Bijapur, Dantewada, Kanker and Narayanpur, will likely be dispatched utilizing helicopters. This train began from Saturday,” he added.
Within the first section, the political destiny of 223 candidates, together with 25 girls, will likely be determined by 40,78,681 voters, together with 19,93,937 male, 20,84,675 feminine and 69 third-gender individuals, whereas 5304 polling cubicles have been arrange for the primary section, he mentioned.
As per ballot officers, the best variety of contestants are in Rajnandgaon constituency (29) whereas the bottom variety of candidates are seven every in Chitrakot and Dantewada seats.
State Congress chief and MP Deepak Baij (Chitrakot), ministers Kawasi Lakhma (Konta), Mohan Markam (Kondagaon) and Mohammad Akbar (Kawardha) and Chhavindra Karma (Dantewada) are among the many outstanding candidates from ruling Congress within the first section.
The primary candidates from the BJP on this section are former chief minister Raman Singh (Rajnandgaon) and former state ministers Kedar Kashyap (Narayanpur), Lata Usendi (Kondagaon), Vikram Usendi (Antagarh) and Mahesh Gagda (Bijapur). Former IAS officer Neelkanth Tekam is contesting from Keshkal.
Congress has fielded its senior OBC chief and chairman of Chhattisgarh Mineral Growth Company Girish Dewangan towards Raman Singh from Rajnandgaon.
The Aam Aadmi Get together’s state unit chief Komal Hupendi will contest from Bhanupratappur seat, whereas MLA Anup Nag, after being denied a ticket by the Congress, is preventing as an Unbiased from Antagarh seat.
On the final day of the marketing campaign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Dongargarh, a pilgrimage spot, and met Jain seer Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj. The PM additionally prayed at Maa Bamleshwari Devi temple.
Aside from PM Modi, Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma campaigned within the first section, whereas the Congress’ bid to retain energy was led by Rahul Gandhi, get together president Mallikarjun Kharge, Priyanka Gandhi and Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.
The primary section of campaigning additionally witnessed the murders of BJP functionaries in Manpur on October 20 and in Narayanpur on Saturday, which the saffron get together claimed had been ”focused killings”.
Within the 2018 Meeting polls, the Congress had received 17 out of the 20 seats that may go to polls within the first section.
The Congress has 71 seats within the 90-member Home. The second section of polls to 70 seats will happen on November 17, whereas outcomes will likely be counted on December 3.
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