Chhattisgarh assembly election 2018 News
Three-time Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh on Tuesday conceded defeat and said he takes full responsibility for the outcome of the Chhattisgarh assembly elections 2018.
"Only then will I say that Nehru ji really created a truly democratic party."
BJP has more crorepati candidates in the two phases of Chhattisgarh assembly elections but Congress leads in terms of average declared assets of its candidates.
The remaining 72 constituencies will witness polling on November 20 while the counting will take place on December 11.
On Sunday, Sahu resigned from the membership of the Congress party.
The 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will go to polls in two phases - on November 12 and November 20 while the results will be announced on December 11.
Many on poll duty in Chhattisgarh feel like the real-life version of the protagonist from Bollywood dark comedy 'Newton', while some say they feel more like a revolutionary such as Bhagat Singh.
Voters in 18 constituencies across 8 districts under Naxal threat will cast their franchise in the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections.
Congress has put forth Karuna Shukla, niece of BJP`s iconic leader and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, against Raman Singh.
The first phase of voting in Chhattisgarh assembly elections will cover 18 constituencies with over 31 lakh people eligible to cast their vote.
In the first phase, polling will be held in 18 sensitive assembly seats spread in eight districts of Chhattisgarh on Nov 12.
"If I don't fulfil promises made in it, I can be sent to jail."
Broken chairs. Smashed flower pots. Sloganeering. These were just some examples of how things went out of hand for the Congress at its party offices in both cities.
Karuna Shukla was associated with BJP for three decades before parting ways and joining Congress in 2013.
Mayawati has said that BJP can make as many Ram Mandirs across the country as it wants but it won't get any political mileage.
Ramdayal Uike was made the working president of Congress party in the state earlier in the year. His sudden move to BJP could hamper preparations for next month's elections.
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