Chhattisgarh Assembly Polls

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The five states would go to polls across November. (PTI File Image)

AA Edit | Mega battle begins for 5 states

As ever, with any Indian election, the logistics are humongous.

10 Oct 2023 1:29 AM

Congress in-charge of Chhattisgarh P.L. Punia flanked by party leaders display victory sign at a press conference after the party's win in Assembly polls.

Dilip Singh Judeo’s fading legacy shrank BJP’s tribal vote

Judeo, who used to take pride in his “royal” mustache, was in fact instrumental in bringing the BJP to power in 2003.

15 Dec 2018 7:09 AM

While polling began at 7 am in two of the 19,336 booths, the rest followed the usual time of 8 am to 5 pm. (Photo: PTI)

Chhattisgarh elections: Voter turnout dips 3 per cent from 2013

CM Raman Singh, however, tried to put up a brave front saying that his party would secure 50 out 72 seats that had gone to polls on Tuesday.

21 Nov 2018 4:53 AM

'The BJP and the Congress are anti-poor, anti-farmer, anti-Dalit, anti-downtrodden, and anti-weaker sections', she said. (Photo: File | PTI)

No post-poll tie-up with BJP or Congress in Chhattisgarh: Mayawati

Mayawati said the alliance, with Ajit Jogi's JCC, would prefer to sit in the Opposition if it could not form the government on its own.

16 Nov 2018 6:34 PM

CRPF personnel help an elderly voter to reach a polling station in Sukma district. (Photo: PTI)

Chhattisgarh defies Maoists, records 70 per cent turnout

Despite the boycott call given by Naxals, tribals thronged the polling booths in large numbers in their respective areas to cast vote.

13 Nov 2018 12:49 AM

People wait to cast their votes at a polling station at Mangnar during the first phase of Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, in Naxal-affected Bastar district. (Photo: PTI)

Chhattisgarh polls 2018: Voting for first phase ends, 70 pc turnout recorded

A total of 190 candidates were in fray for 18 seats in the first phase of election in Chhattisgarh.

12 Nov 2018 9:18 AM

Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh is among the prominent candidates whose fate would be sealed in EVMs during the first phase of voting. (Photo: PTI)

Big ‘semi-final’ before 2019 begins from Chhattisgarh today

Voting for first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly poll on 18 seats today; 1 lakh securitymen deployed in 8 Naxal-hit districts.

12 Nov 2018 12:33 AM

Amid tight security arrangements in the wake of recent Maoist attacks, including one in which a Doordarshan cameraman died with two policemen, voting will take place in 18 assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh, including 12 ‘red zone’ seats, in the first phase on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Liquor ban, free rice: Promises galore as Chhattisgarh goes to polls tomorrow

The remaining 72 seats of Chhattisgarh assembly will go to vote on November 20 as part of a multi-phased voting across five states.

11 Nov 2018 3:23 PM

Security personnel, including central paramilitary force, have been deployed to ensure peaceful polling in the first phase. (Representational image)

Chhattisgarh: Around 1L security personnel deployed ahead of first phase of polls

The first phase of assembly polls will see voting in 18 seats spread over eight Maoist-affected districts in the state.

11 Nov 2018 11:34 AM

Singh, who has been CM of the tribal-dominated state for a record 15 years out of its 18-year history, said Gandhi's presence in the state would not dent poll prospects of the BJP, but might prove detrimental to his own Congress party. (Photo: File | PTI)

Rahul Gandhi clueless about Chhattisgarh, entertainment for people: CM

Gandhi had earlier accused Singh of indulging in graft and of working only after taking 'permission from his 10-15 industrialist friends'.

11 Nov 2018 10:16 AM

Despite having extensive mineral deposits and forest wealth, Chhattisgarh remained 'poor, backward and a BIMARU state' during the Congress rule, he said. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Cong actively encourages Naxalism: UP CM at Chhattisgarh poll rally

Raking up the Ram temple issue,Yogi Adityanath sought to know whether the Congress was concerned about Lord Ram or Mughal emperor Babur.

10 Nov 2018 3:57 PM

The 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will go to the polls in two phases -- on November 12 and 20. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Want Chhattisgarh to become hub of agriculture: Rahul in poll-bound state

The Congress president also slammed PM Modi for waving loans worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore of his 'industrialist friends'.

10 Nov 2018 2:21 PM

Shah exuded confidence that the BJP would win this month's Assembly polls in the state for the fourth straight time. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Chhattisgarh polls: BJP releases manifesto, Amit Shah confident of win

Targeting Congress, he said a party that felt Naxalism was a medium for revolution could not do any good for Chhattisgarh.

10 Nov 2018 1:26 PM

Congress President Rahul Gandhi addresses a public meeting at Pakhanjore, in Kanker district, on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

PM doesn't work without seeking nod of industrialist friends: Rahul in Chhattisgarh

Days before polls in Chhattisgarh, Gandhi also accused Modi and Singh of making 'false' and 'unfulfilled' promises.

09 Nov 2018 5:19 PM

BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy said that the Union Home Ministry must 'step up efforts to curb the Naxal menace' in the country. (Photo: File | PTI)

'Home Ministry must take decisive call to finish Naxals': Subramanian Swamy

'Maoists are getting bolder. They need to be eliminated. The situation has become very dangerous,' he added.

09 Nov 2018 4:40 PM

PM Modi urged the people to teach a 'fitting lesson to the Congress leaders'. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Why is Congress backing well-to-do urban Maoists?: PM in Chhattisgarh

Addressing his first rally in Bastar's Jagdalpur, PM Modi lashed out at Congress for not doing enough in the poll-bound state.

09 Nov 2018 3:02 PM

DD News cameraman Achyuta Nanda Sahu was killed in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh. (Photo: Facebook | Achyuta Nanda Sahu)

'No intention of targeting media,' say Maoists responsible for Dantewada attack

The Maoists alleged that police was forcibly carrying out road construction work despite villagers opposing it.

02 Nov 2018 1:02 PM

A senior BJP leader disclosed to this newspaper that RSS leaders have been dispatched to these areas to pacify the rebels.

Revolt over tickets in BJP’s Chhattisgarh unit

BJP on Saturday relea-sed first list of 78 candidates for the two-phase Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh that are scheduled to be held on Nov 12 and 20.

22 Oct 2018 6:20 AM