PM Modi also reiterated his challenge to select someone as the Congress party president who doesn't belong to the 'Nehru-Gandhi' family.
As per itinerary released by the state BJP office, he will arrive at 11.45 am at Mahasamund and address the public in the Bemcha Bhata ground at noon.
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Speaking to supporters in Chhattisgarh's Ambikapur, the Congress scion claimed that the Prime Minister will not be in a position to answer his questions over the alleged scams in the deal.
Rs 3.5 lakh crore of corporate loans were waived off by the Centre; Modi should answer why was not even a rupee of farm loans had been waived, Gandhi said.
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.
Addressing a poll rally in Ambikapur, PM Modi said the Congress is yet to come to terms that a person from such a humble background has become the prime minister of the country.
72 constituencies of the state will go to polls in this phase on November 20.
Addressing a campaign rally for the second phase of Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, Adityanath said, "Italy se ayatit saudagar" (agents imported from Italy), undertook "anti-national" activities like conversion of tribals in the state.
Accusing the Raman Singh government of being involved in corruption, Rahul Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not uttered a word about corruption in Chhattisgarh.
The second and final phase of polling in Chhattisgarh will be held on November 20. The vote count will take place on December 11.
"India's prime minister helped turn the black money of the rich into white. He snatched money of the poor, but ensured benefits for the rich," Gandhi said.
The voter turnout in the 10 areas where polling began at 7 am was recorded at 52 per cent, while 70.08 per cent people turned up for voting in the other 8 areas where voting commenced at 8 am.
The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) went off just 700 metres from polling booth number 183 in Nayanar village in Katekalyan area, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer said.
PM Modi's Chhattisgarh rally today coincides for the first phase of polling in the state for 18 Assembly constituencies, mostly in Naxal-affected zones.
The BJP, ruling the state since 2003, has 49 seats in the outgoing Assembly, the Congress 38 and the Bahujan Samaj Party one in the 90 member Assembly.
Raman Singh, the longest serving Chief Minister of the BJP, is locked in a direct fight with his former mentor Karuna Shukla, niece of the late Vajpayee.
The state has in total 90 constituencies.
The exchange of fire took place at a forest in Bedre area when a team of the STF was out on anti-Naxal operation, a senior police official told PTI.
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