A man whose wife is contesting the upcoming Korba civic elections as an independent candidate allegedly committed suicide here on Friday, police said. Komal Patel (50) was found hanging from a tree at a fly ash dam in Darri police station area in Chhattisgarh's Korba district on Friday morning, city superintendent of police (Darri) Khoman Lal Sinha said.
The bypoll was necessitated after Congress legislator Deepak Baij resigned following his election to the Lok Sabha from Bastar parliamentary constituency.
Baghel, Congress' prominent OBC face in Chhattisgarh, contested from Patan constituency and defeated BJP's Motilal Sahu by a margin of 27,477 votes.
Voters in tribal-dominated district of Jashpur have been made aware of voting through a rare initiative ‘Jash Pran’ (Oath by people of Jashpur) to create awarenees on voting, the statement said.
Raipur: Upset over the defeat of several of Congress's sitting MLAs in the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, state Congress chief Charandas Mahant blamed it on “internal sabotage” this evening.However, he added that Congress accepted the mandate
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