Chhattisgarh election 2023: Congress on Sunday set up a 22-member Pradesh Election Committee for poll-bound Chhattisgarh with state unit chief Deepak Baij as its chairman.
Earlier, the Chhattisgarh Congress unit held a state executive meeting in Raipur in the presence of state Congress president Baij, state in-charge Kumari Selja and top other leaders.
Baghel will be CM if Congress wins: TS Singhdeo
In a crucial development that indicates a truce between Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Deputy Chief Minister TS Singhdeo, the later said the Congress would fight the assembly polls 2023 under a collective leadership helmed by Baghel and if the party wins, he would be first in line to be considered for the post of CM.
While speaking to the media, Singhdeo asserted if an incumbent chief minister has not been removed, it means the party maintains its belief in that person being able to lead the team to victory, and after the win why should the captain be changed.
He also predicted the Congress was likely to bag another resounding mandate in the 90-member assembly, saying some are projecting 75-plus seats for his party but his estimate is anywhere between 60 to 75-plus. The Congress had won 68 seats in the 2018 assembly polls.
Relationship between Bhupesh Baghel & Dy CM:
Asked if tensions between Baghel and him are a thing of the past after he was made the deputy chief minister last month, Singhdeo said, "There was no real bitterness or enmity, we (Baghel and him) were working together. There was this issue of time-sharing, two-and-a-half years, I think that was weighing on our minds as well as on the minds of everybody associated with the two of us. That time has gone by. Even when those matters were in discussion, we were still performing to the best of our ability."
(With PTI inputs)
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