Chhattisgarh Congress Mlas

Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is set to return to the Lok Sabha race after a decade. Mr Baghel, a six-term Congress MLA, has been fielded from Rajnandgaon seat, considered a stronghold of the ruling BJP.

Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday accused the ruling BJP of trying to poach his party's MLAs in Chhattisgarh by luring them with ministerial berths and tickets for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Days after it lost the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, the Congress on Thursday expelled two of its former MLAs from the party and issued show cause notice to a former minister.

For the first since the formation of Chhattisgarh in 2000, the new assembly will not have any MLA belonging to erstwhile royal families as all seven candidates fielded by Congress, BJP, and AAP bit dust.

Congress, looking to retain power in Chhattisgarh, has Speaker Charan Das Mahant, 69, leading its campaign in the state for the second consecutive time. The state will vote in two phases on November 7 and November 17 to send 90 MLAs to the assembly.

Congress MLA Chintamani Maharaj who was denied ticket by the party for the next month's assembly elections joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.

The ruling Congress on Friday expelled Antagarh MLA Anoop Nag for defying the party and contesting as an Independent candidate from the seat in the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls scheduled for November 7 and 17.

Congress MLA Chintamani Maharaj, who has been denied a ticket for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls scheduled next month, on Sunday said he may consider joining the BJP if it fields him from the Ambikapur seat.

A video of a Congress MLA from Chhattisgarh purportedly sitting in front of bundles of cash has triggered a row with the BJP raising allegations of "corruption" in the state.

A woman Congress MLA suffered injuries after a man allegedly attacked her with a knife in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district on Sunday, police said.

Legislator Dharmjeet Singh, who was expelled from the Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) last year, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Sunday, ahead of the state assembly polls due this year-end.

All eyes are now on Rajasthan after the last-minute appointment of TS Singh Deo, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's rival, as Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister ahead of assembly elections later this year.

Maoists fired at the convoy of a Congress MLA in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur today while he was returning from a public meeting. No one was injured in the attack, the police said.

An MLA of the ruling Congress has landed in a controversy after he was caught on camera purportedly thrashing two employees of a cooperative bank in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur-Ramanujganj district.

On who will be chief minister amid infighting, Congress's Rajeev Shukla took familiar party line: "High command will decide after discussion with MLAs"

Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is set to return to the Lok Sabha race after a decade. Mr Baghel, a six-term Congress MLA, has been fielded from Rajnandgaon seat, considered a stronghold of the ruling BJP.

Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday accused the ruling BJP of trying to poach his party's MLAs in Chhattisgarh by luring them with ministerial berths and tickets for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Days after it lost the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, the Congress on Thursday expelled two of its former MLAs from the party and issued show cause notice to a former minister.

For the first since the formation of Chhattisgarh in 2000, the new assembly will not have any MLA belonging to erstwhile royal families as all seven candidates fielded by Congress, BJP, and AAP bit dust.

Congress, looking to retain power in Chhattisgarh, has Speaker Charan Das Mahant, 69, leading its campaign in the state for the second consecutive time. The state will vote in two phases on November 7 and November 17 to send 90 MLAs to the assembly.

Congress MLA Chintamani Maharaj who was denied ticket by the party for the next month's assembly elections joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday.

The ruling Congress on Friday expelled Antagarh MLA Anoop Nag for defying the party and contesting as an Independent candidate from the seat in the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls scheduled for November 7 and 17.

Congress MLA Chintamani Maharaj, who has been denied a ticket for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls scheduled next month, on Sunday said he may consider joining the BJP if it fields him from the Ambikapur seat.

A video of a Congress MLA from Chhattisgarh purportedly sitting in front of bundles of cash has triggered a row with the BJP raising allegations of "corruption" in the state.

A woman Congress MLA suffered injuries after a man allegedly attacked her with a knife in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district on Sunday, police said.

Legislator Dharmjeet Singh, who was expelled from the Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) last year, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here on Sunday, ahead of the state assembly polls due this year-end.

All eyes are now on Rajasthan after the last-minute appointment of TS Singh Deo, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel's rival, as Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister ahead of assembly elections later this year.

Maoists fired at the convoy of a Congress MLA in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur today while he was returning from a public meeting. No one was injured in the attack, the police said.

An MLA of the ruling Congress has landed in a controversy after he was caught on camera purportedly thrashing two employees of a cooperative bank in Chhattisgarh's Balrampur-Ramanujganj district.

On who will be chief minister amid infighting, Congress's Rajeev Shukla took familiar party line: "High command will decide after discussion with MLAs"