Accompanied by his wife Veena Singh, BJP general secretary and party in-charge for Chhattisgarh J.P. Nadda, party state secretary (organisation) Ram Pratap Singh, Industry Minister Rajesh Munat and several other local leaders, Raman Singh had reached the district collectorate in a massive procession to file his papers.
Rajnandgaon seat will go to polls on Nov 11 in the first phase along with 17 other constituencies in Bastar, Dantewada, Sukma, Bijapur, Kondagaon, Kanker, Narayanpur and Rajnandgaon districts. The Election Commission has bracketed these 18 constituencies as Maoist militancy-hit areas.