Chhattisgarh election: Congress releases first list of 30 candidates; CM Baghel to contest from Patan

Chhattisgarh election: Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo has been fielded from Ambikapur.

Updated on: Oct 15, 2023, 09:47:47 IST

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Chhattisgarh election: The Congress on Sunday announced the first list of 30 candidates for Chhattisgarh assembly elections.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel. (ANI File Photo)

The ruling party has fielded Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel from Patan and Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo from Ambikapur.

The party has fielded Girish Devangan in Rajnandgaon, where he will contest BJP leader and former state chief minister Raman Singh.

The party has also fielded Vikram Mandavi from Bijapur, Lakheshwar Baghel from Bastar, Deepak Baiji from Chitrakot and K Chavindra Karma Dantewada.

Congress leader Taradhwaj Sahu will contest the polls from Durg (Rural), Ravindra Choubey from Nawagarh and Yashoda Verma from Khairagarh.

The election in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases, with the first round of voting on November 7 and the second round on November 17. The results will be declared on December 3.

The Congress won 68 of Chhattisgarh’s 90 assembly seats in 2018, forming a government in the state for the first time since its (the state’s) creation in 2000.

The party is looking to repeat its performance in next month’s assembly election on the back of its outreach to backward classes and its welfare measures.

The BJP has already released two lists of candidates, naming 85 candidates. The party has framed much of its campaign around allegations of corruption against the Congress government, that has faced numerous probes by central agencies over the past three years.

These investigations, by the Enforcement Directorate, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Income Tax department cover alleged corruption in the distribution of coal, excise policy, procurement of cow dung, and admission to the state Public Service Commission under the Congress government.

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