Ajit Jogi News
The Chhattisgarh government has declared a three-day state mourning as a mark of respect to the leader.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi too twitted his condolence to family of Jogi and said he was sorry to hear about the passing away of the former Chhattisgarh chief minister.
After quitting the Congress party in 2016, Ajit Jogi formed Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) and played a crucial role in the state politics.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, who was admitted at Raipur's Shree Narayana Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest, has slipped into a coma, a senior doctor attending him said on Sunday (May 3).
A bureaucrat-turned politician, Ajit Jogi had served as the first CM of Chhattisgarh from November 2000 to November 2003 in then Congress government, after the state came into existence.
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Amit Jogi has been accused of furnishing false information with regard to his citizenship.
Watch Live Streaming of Lok Sabha Election 2019 results for 11 seats in Chhattisgarh on Zee News.
The key contest in Chhattisgarh is between BJP and the ruling Congress.
The former chief minister of Chhattisgarh is considered a key political player in the Congress-ruled state.
Voting in Chhattisgarh was held in two phases, on November 12 and November 20, and recorded a voter turnout of 76.35%, despite a call for poll boycott.
Ajit Jogi was rushed to the famous Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai.
Polling will be held in 72 seats spread across 19 districts of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.
Ajit Jogi exuded confidence in the alliance with Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party.
The first phase of voting in Chhattisgarh assembly elections will cover 18 constituencies with over 31 lakh people eligible to cast their vote.
"If I don't fulfil promises made in it, I can be sent to jail."
The BSP is contesting the election -- to be held in two phases on November 12 and 20 -- in alliance with the JCC-J and the Communist Party of India (CPI).
The Congress is seeking to oust the BJP which has been governing the state since 2003, from power this time.
Jogi was the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh after the state was carved out of Madhya Pradesh.
Ajit Jogi left the Congress in 2016 and floated his own party.
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