Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections

An upbeat BJP is eyeing to knock out the Congress in all 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh after its landslide victory in the recent assembly polls in the state, where the grand old party is striving to overcome its shock defeat.

The Chhattisgarh High Court has issued a notice to former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on a petition challenging his election as an MLA in recent assembly polls over alleged violation of the model code.

Elections were held in five states - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram - in November and December.

Senior BJP MLA and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh was today unanimously elected as the speaker of the state legislative assembly.

Senior BJP MLA Ramvichar Netam was on Sunday sworn in as the pro-tem Speaker of the newly-elected Chhattisgarh legislative assembly.

Vijay Sharma will take oath as the new deputy chief minister of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, December 20. Mr Sharma will share the office of the deputy chief minister with Arun Sao.

Chief Minister designates Mohan Yadav and Vishnu Deo Sai will take their oath as the new Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, respectively, today.

After a week of secretive deal-making - and snide swipes from the opposition - the BJP pulled the trigger twice in as many days, naming Vishnu Deo Sai and Mohan Yadav as the new chief ministers of Chhattisgarh and neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the swearing-in ceremonies of the newly elected Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh tomorrow.

Having sprung two surprises in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, the BJP is likely to announce the name of the chief minister for Rajasthan today.

Chhattisgarh's new Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, selected after days of the BJP shuffling through many names, belongs to a tribal community. He has been state BJP chief, a Union Minister of State, and a member of the BJP national working committee.

The BJP's central observers have reached Chhattisgarh to finalise the appointment of a chief minister in the state where the party recently came to power after defeating the Congress in the assembly election.

Rajasthan caretaker Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday criticized the BJP's delay in announcing CM faces for three Hindi heartland states -- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan

The north versus south controversy has deepened after the BJP's win in three north Indian states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh and the Congress' win in Telangana, a south Indian state, in the assembly elections.

The Congress on Friday held separate meetings to review its performances in the assembly polls in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, and said its defeat in the two states at the hands of the BJP was unexpected.

An upbeat BJP is eyeing to knock out the Congress in all 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh after its landslide victory in the recent assembly polls in the state, where the grand old party is striving to overcome its shock defeat.

The Chhattisgarh High Court has issued a notice to former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on a petition challenging his election as an MLA in recent assembly polls over alleged violation of the model code.

Elections were held in five states - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram - in November and December.

Senior BJP MLA and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh was today unanimously elected as the speaker of the state legislative assembly.

Senior BJP MLA Ramvichar Netam was on Sunday sworn in as the pro-tem Speaker of the newly-elected Chhattisgarh legislative assembly.

Vijay Sharma will take oath as the new deputy chief minister of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday, December 20. Mr Sharma will share the office of the deputy chief minister with Arun Sao.

Chief Minister designates Mohan Yadav and Vishnu Deo Sai will take their oath as the new Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, respectively, today.

After a week of secretive deal-making - and snide swipes from the opposition - the BJP pulled the trigger twice in as many days, naming Vishnu Deo Sai and Mohan Yadav as the new chief ministers of Chhattisgarh and neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the swearing-in ceremonies of the newly elected Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh tomorrow.

Having sprung two surprises in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, the BJP is likely to announce the name of the chief minister for Rajasthan today.

Chhattisgarh's new Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, selected after days of the BJP shuffling through many names, belongs to a tribal community. He has been state BJP chief, a Union Minister of State, and a member of the BJP national working committee.

The BJP's central observers have reached Chhattisgarh to finalise the appointment of a chief minister in the state where the party recently came to power after defeating the Congress in the assembly election.

Rajasthan caretaker Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday criticized the BJP's delay in announcing CM faces for three Hindi heartland states -- Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan

The north versus south controversy has deepened after the BJP's win in three north Indian states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh and the Congress' win in Telangana, a south Indian state, in the assembly elections.

The Congress on Friday held separate meetings to review its performances in the assembly polls in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, and said its defeat in the two states at the hands of the BJP was unexpected.