Guru Baldas Saheb and other community leaders of Satnami Samaj joined the BJP in the presence of Chhattisgarh BJP chief Arun Sao, former CM Dr. Raman Singh, Raipur MP Sunil Soni and MLA Brijmohan Agarwal, in a big setback for the Congress.
Chhattisgarh Assembly election 2023: Selja said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address a convention of youth in Raipur on September 2 (Saturday) and party president Mallikarjun Kharge will attend an event in the state's Rajnandgaon district on September 8.
The two leaders will address an AAP workers' convention at Jainam Manas Bhavan, opposite Raipur airport, at noon.
The setting up of the committees comes a day after the Congress formed its political affairs committee for poll-bound Chhattisgarh.
Kumari Selja has been designated as chairperson of the PAC ahead of the Assembly polls in the state.
The names were decided at the BJP's Central Election Committee meeting on Wednesday which was chaired by party chief JP Nadda and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah among other senior leaders.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge was speaking at the party's 'Bharose Ka Sammelan' event in Janjgir-Champa in Chhattisgarh.
The visit is viewed as a launch of the Congress' mission for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls, due later this year.
The new party, led by the Sarva Adivasi Samaj, plans to offer a stage for tribal communities to voice their concerns and aspirations.
Assembly elections in the Congress-controlled Chhattisgarh are expected for this present year-end and the poll schedule has not yet been declared.
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