Bhupesh Baghel was the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2018 to 2023. The Congress leader has represented the Patan Assembly constituency in the Chhattisgarh Assembly since 2013. He won the constituency in a row in the 2013, 2018 and 2023 Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections by defeating Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates. In the 2023 Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections, Baghel defeated BJP's Vijay Baghel with a margin of 19,723 votes. He defeated BJP's Motilal Sahu in 2018 by 27,477 votes and became the Chief Minister after the Congress party won a decisive mandate. In the 2013 Chhattisgarh Assembly Election, Baghel defeated BJP's Vijay Baghel by 9,343 votes. The rivalry between the two Baghels is not new as Vijay defeated Bhupesh Baghel once in 2008 from Patan by 7,842 votes. In 2003, Bhupesh defeated Vijay, then the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) member, by 6,909 votes. Bhupesh Baghel was the minister in Digvijaya Singh's undivided Madhya Pradesh Cabinet and also in the Ajit Jogi-led first Chhattisgarh government. Baghel also represented the Patan Assembly constituency in the undivided Madhya Pradesh from 1993 to 2003. He was also the president of the Chhattisgarh Congress unit from 2014 to 2019. In the 2009 Lok Sabha Election, Bhupesh Baghel contested against BJP's Ramesh Bais from Raipur but lost by 57,901 votes. Baghel is contesting from the Rajnandgaon constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024 against BJP's Santosh Pandey.
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CM Bhupesh Baghel mentioned the NIA's independent authority to initiate investigations, referring to a previous case where the NIA took over an investigation involving the killing of BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi in April 2019.
Check the constituency-wise list of Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates for Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023. The state voted to elect its 90 representatives in two phases on November 7 and November 17.
Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections: The Congress announced candidates for all 90 seats of the Chhattisgarh assembly. The polling in the state will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17 and the counting of votes is scheduled for December 3.
With the third list, the party has now announced candidates for all 90 seats of the Chhattisgarh assembly. The polling in the state will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17 and the counting of votes is scheduled for December 3.
The next hearing in the case is posted on November 25, 2023. According to the ED, no celebrity has been accused in the prosecution complaint.
Chhattisgarh Assembly Election-India TV CNX opinion poll: The Election Commission of India has announced that the first phase of polling for 20 seats in Chhattisgarh will be held on November 7 (Tuesday), and the remaining 70 seats in Chhattisgarh will go to polls on November 17 (Friday).
According to the India TV-CNX Opinion Poll, Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress is set to retain the state once again. The party is likely to win 50 seats in the state. However, the BJP may win 38 seats.
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel slammed the Centre over raids by probe agencies in the state and alleged that the government is not getting a chance to arrest him.
Addressing an election rally in Chhattisgarh, Anurag Thakur said that the people will not allow the state to become the "ATM" of Congress, and slammed Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel over the issue of corruption and mafia.
Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: On being asked about party's strategy against former CM and senior BJP leader Raman Singh, who is contesting from Rajnandgaon, Baghel said the strategy as well as the name of the candidate will be known when the party's list is out.
Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023: Voting in Chhattisgarh will take place in two phases. The first phase of polling for 20 seats in Chhattisgarh will take place on November 7 (Tuesday). The remaining 70 seats in the state will go to polls on November 17 (Friday).
All the eight officers have been transferred on the directions of the Election Commission of India ahead of the assembly polls which are scheduled for November 7 and 17. The counting of votes is set to take place on December 3.
In the election season, politicians are leaving no stone unturned to attack rival party leaders. In the latest, BJP leader Amit Malviya and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel were locked in a war of words over the online game Candy Crush.
The Assembly election in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17. The counting of votes has been scheduled for December 3 along with four other states.
Raipur: On Friday, speaking at an event in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, Priyanka Gandhi had said if her party retained power in the state, a caste census would be conducted.
Chhattisgarh Assembly election: Congress is campaigning aggressively in Chhattisgarh with Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra leading from the front. The three leaders have already addressed public meetings in the poll-bound state.
Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023: Priyanka Gandhi hit out at the previous Raman Singh government in Chhattisgarh and claimed there was a rule of violence in the state during the BJP regime.
Chhattisgarh news: CM Baghel said that if govt at Centre or National Mineral Development Corporation is unable to operate the Nagarnar Plant, then the plant should be handed over to the state govt for operation.
The Bhupesh Baghel government has said that the naxal incidents in Chhattisgarh have declined by 52 per cent in the last five years and over 550 villages have been freed from the menace.
Ahead of the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, DB Live has conducted an opinion poll to gauge the mood of voters and predict the current election scenario and to know which political party is having an edge as polls are due to be held in a few months. Let's take a look.
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