Three workers killed after gas leak in coal mine in Chhattisgarh's Korba
India | December 17, 2018 9:13 ISTThe incident took place in Bagdewa coal mines under Bankimongra police station limits in the evening, police said.
The incident took place in Bagdewa coal mines under Bankimongra police station limits in the evening, police said.
BSP chief Mayawati, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav have skipped the oath-taking ceremony in Jaipur
After stunning victory of Congress in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, chief ministers of the three key states will be sworn in at different ceremonies in their respective states on Monday.
Baghel is a powerful leader of the OBC community which makes up 52 per cent of the state's 2.55 crore population.
Baghel, Congress' prominent OBC face in Chhattisgarh, contested from Patan constituency and defeated BJP's Motilal Sahu by a margin of 27,477 votes.
Party sources said the Congress was also toying with the idea of having a CM and a deputy CM, and also mulling division of the CM term to accommodate more leaders.
After selecting chief ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, Congress president Rahul Gandhi held hectic parleys with top party leaders on Saturday to decide on the top post for Chhattisgarh.
Congress ended the BJP's 15-year rule in Chhattisgarh by winning 68 seats of 90-seat state Assembly.
Rahul’s comments came on a day when party veterans Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath were chosen as the new Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, respectively.
The party high command has summoned senior leaders of state unit including TS Singh Deo, Bhupesh Baghel and Charan Das Mahant to Delhi on Friday.
In Chhattisgarh, the grand old party ended 15-year-rule of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress party won 68 of the 90 seats.
All eyes now were on party president Rahul Gandhi's choice of chief ministers of the three states, which he will decide after the victorious MLAs finish their meetings in the three states.
Majority of exit polls earlier had said Congress was likely to get enough seats to form a government in Chhattisgarh.
People did not like the Congress President Rahul Gandhi being ‘ridiculed’, he said.
The party will hold its legislature party meeting in Raipur on Wednesday to decide on the next chief minister of the state.
According to the results of the Chhattisgarh elections, 45 out of the total candidates from the party could not even bag 1,000 votes in the process.
"The results are not on the expected lines... The results are certainly an opportunity for BJP leadership and cadres to pause and analyse", he said.
The party looks set to secure almost three-fourths majority in the Assembly which proves that anti-incumbancy played out in favour of the Congress.
It would be naïve to conclude that a defeat in the Assembly polls would easily translate into similar outcome in these states when the electorate cast their votes for choosing the government at the Centre in 2019.
The Congress appeared set to wrest Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh from the BJP, which was trailing marginally in Madhya Pradesh in a cliffhanger.
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