The Enforcement Directorate claimed that its probe indicates that Mahadev App promoters paid Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel Rs 508 crore.
Chhattisgarh's state elections are set to take place in two phases, with the first phase scheduled for November 7 and the second on November 17. The state remains a key battleground for both major political parties.
Assam CM Himanta Sarma earlier had said that if the Congress does not distance itself from the DMK leader's controversial remarks, it will be taken as 'anti-Hindu'.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who launched several railways projects in the poll-bound state, also addressed a public rally in Raipur and distributed one Lakh sickle cell counselling cards.
The committees will be responsible for developing and implementing the party's strategy for the polls, as well as selecting candidates and raising funds.
The decision to scrap the stipend provision was announced by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday at the Rajiv Yuva Mitan Sammelan. A decision in this regard was approved by the state cabinet later in the evening.
The Home Minister will attend two functions, one in Raipur and the other at Saraipali in the Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh.
The elections to the 90-member assembly in Chhattisgarh are slated for later this year. The legislative assembly of Chhattisgarh will end on January 3, 2024.
CM Bhupesh Baghel said that the ED and the I-T Department are powerful wings of the BJP and they are trying to create a fear psychosis ahead of the Chhattisgarh assembly elections.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was speaking at the party's 'Bharose Ka Sammelan' event in Janjgir-Champa in Chhattisgarh.
Assembly elections in the Congress-controlled Chhattisgarh are expected for this present year-end and the poll schedule has not yet been declared.
The no-confidence motion was defeated by voice vote in the state assembly.
Around 39.53 per cent polling was recorded till noon in the byelection to Chitrakot Assembly seat in Chhattisgah on Monday, an official said.
The party high command summoned senior leaders of state unit including TS Singh Deo, Bhupesh Baghel and Charan Das Mahant to Delhi on Friday.
The state has in total 90 constituencies.
The Congress had bagged eight seats in the last assembly polls out of 12 in Bastar in 2013 but the BJP has launched an aggressive campaign in the sprawling, forested 'red zone'. Bastar, spread over roughly 40,000 sq kms.
Giving details of the seat-sharing agreement, Mayawati said that the BSP will contest 35 seats while Ajit Jogi’s Janata Congress will put up candidates on 55 seats.
Raipur(Chhattisgarh): Maoist banners have come up in several villages of Kanker district asking people to abstain from participating in the Chhattisgarh assembly polls due in November. The election will be two phased. Maoists have also
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