In 2018 Assembly election, JCC (J) contested the elections in alliance with Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). The coalition won a total of seven seats, however, this time, BSP has entered into an alliance with Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP).
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on May 29 paid his last respect to the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh and former Congress leader Ajit Jogi.
Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Ajit Jogi passed away at the age of 74 on May 29.
Former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Ajit Jogi passed away at the age of 74 on May 29. Late Ajit Jogi's condition was critical after he suffered cardiac arrest few days ago.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi has passed away at the age of 74. The announcement of his demise was made by his son Amit Jogi who took to Twitter.
Ajit Jogi, the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh, has passed away at the age of 74. He breathed his last at 3.30 pm at Shree Narayana hospital in Raipur on Friday. The announcement of his demise was made by his son Amit Jogi on Twitter. Jogi had been battling for his life at the hospital for the last 20 days and suffered a cardiac arrest in the afternoon.
The first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Ajit Jogi died at the age of 74 on Friday.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi has been hospitalized after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest earlier on Saturday.
Amit Jogi, son of former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi, arrested from his residence in Bilaspur. He has been arrested for providing false information to Election Commission.
Amit Jogi's arrest was made following a police complaint lodged against him by Sameera Paikra, the BJP candidate from Marwahi constituency in the 2013 state Assembly polls.
Ajit Jogi, who served as the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh, has been booked for allegedly fraudulently obtaining caste certificates, the police said.
The Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) president told reporters that the people of the state wanted to oust the Raman Singh-led government, which has been in office for 15 years.
The exit poll shows the Congress lagging behind the BJP with the grand old party getting between 32 to 38 seats.
Elaborate security arrangements including use of helicopters and drone have been put in place for the polls to take place at over 19,000 polling booths and over a lakh security personnel have been deployed.
In a snub to the Congress, the BSP had announced its decision to contest the state election in alliance with the JCC, declaring Jogi as the chief ministerial face of the coalition.
Raman Singh conceded that the alliance between Ajit Jogi-led Janta Congress and Mayawati-led BSP has the potential to emerge as the third force in the state, adding the combine will have an impact on the poll outcome.
Chhattisgarh Assembly Polls: According to political pundits, the party of the favourite CM candidate is likely to win the polls. This fact becomes even more crucial for Congress as it has failed to field a CM candidate even few days before the polls.
The polling in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases to mitigate the risk of violence due to Naxal violence. Chhattisgarh Assembly has 90 seats, in first phase on November 12 only 18 seats, affected by violence will go to polls, while in the second phase on November 20, rest of the 72 constituencies will witness voting.
Even as former Congress leader Ajit Jogi has the honour of being Chhattisgarh's first chief minister, Congress has never been elected to power in the state assembly elections. Read on to know the full history of polling in Chhattisgarh.
Elaborating on his point, the state Congress chief said of the seats reserved for the Scheduled Caste (SC) category, the Congress had won just one in the 2013 Assembly polls, while the BJP had emerged victorious on nine.
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