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The Chitrakoot assembly by-election has seen a lot of enthusiasm among the voters, by 5 pm when the voting exercise was over a total of 75% had casted their votes. There was tremendous enthusiasm seen in people right since 8 am. Despite being a Naxalite affected area, people stood in long queues to caste their vote.  

As per statstics the voting had seen a gradual rise with 9 per cent done till 9 am, 16 per cent done till 10 am, 39.53 per cent done till 12 am, 56 per cent done by 2 pm, 65 per cent polling done till 3 pm, 69.85 per cent polling done till 4 pm and 75 per cent polling till 5 pm.

Meanwhile Jogi Congress has accused the Election Commission. State President of Janta Congress Chhattisgarh  Amit Jogi said in a tweet “ look how during the Chitrakoot by-election, the presiding officers of booth number 15 are going with the voters  till the EVM machine and are making them vote in favor of Congress. He also questioned the election commission of why no action was taken even after the said booth was complained about.

संशोधित-गौर से देखिए किस तरह चित्रकोट उपचुनाव के दौरान बूथ क्रमांक 14 मारडुम के पीठासीन अधिकारी मतदाताओं को EVM मशीन तक जाकर @INCChhattisgarh के पक्ष में मतदान करवा रहे हैं! पैसे और प्रशासन का खुला दुरुपयोग पर शिकायत करने के बाद भी @ECISVEEP क्यों नहीं रोक लगा पा रहा है? pic.twitter.com/gyxqWofcvo

— Amit Jogi (@amitjogi) 21 अक्तूबर 2019

Chief Electoral Officer Subrata Sahu said that immediately after receiving the complaint, the presiding officer of booth number 15 Matnar was suspended.

One lakh 67 thousand 911 voters were there in Assembly by-election. These include 79 thousand 284 male voters and 88 thousand 626 female voters as well as a third gender voters. 

Lachhuram Kashyap from BJP, Rajman Benzam from Congress, Hidoram Mandavi from Communist Party, Lakeshwar Kawasi from Ambedkar Right Party, Bomdaram Mandavi from Janata Congress Party and Independent candidate Ritika Karma are contesting for the post of MLA in the CHitrakoot by election. 

229 polling stations had been set up for Chitrakote assembly by-election. Of these, 213 polling stations were located in Bastar district and 16 polling stations were located in Sukma district. 916 polling personnel had been deployed for these polling stations. These include the presiding officer as well as three more polling party officials. To ensure fair and free voting, micro observers were also deployed in 58 sensitive polling stations.

Raipur - The Supreme Court has imposed a stay on the ongoing investigation in the famous sex CD scandal case in the state, hearing the CBI petition. The CBI had filed a petition demanding the investigation of this case out of the state. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is an accused in this case. The Supreme Court has also issued a notice to the state government and sought answers. On September 29, the CBI had applied this application in a three-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice.

Tushar Mehta, the government’s second most-senior law officer, told the Supreme Court that witnesses were being threatened in this case. Mehta told a three-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi that the CBI had filed a chargesheet against Baghel in this case before he became the state’s chief minister. The threats allegedly started after the Congress leader became the chief minister in the state.

Mehta said the witnesses in this case had given written complaints of intimidation and the state police had filed FIRs against witnesses and the complainant to scare them. The sleaze CD case has its origins in a complaint filed by BJP’s Rajesh Moonat back in 2017 when he was a minister in the Chhattisgarh government. Moonat had alleged that journalist Vinod Verma and Bhupesh Baghel, who was then the state Congress chief, were using what he had described as a “sex CD”, to blackmail him.

Verma, who had taken up an assignment with the state Congress as its strategist, was arrested in October 2017. Baghel was arrested in September 2018, around the same time that the CBI filed a chargesheet against the Verma, Baghel and three others. Baghel, who was leading his party’s campaign against the Raman Singh government in the state elections, refused to seek bail and remained in judicial custody for a couple of days, saying he will sit on ‘satyagraha’ in jail to protest against the government.

During the investigation of the sex CD scandal, the CBI investigation was affected after the suicide of Rinku Khanuja, who was an important character in the case. Ever since the  government changed, it was said that CBI is engaged in the exercise of taking the matter out of the state. After applying in the Supreme Court, it is probable that a big development could come in this case.

Raipur: Polling for Chitrakoot assembly by-election is going on from 8 am today. It seems like voters are exercising their right well , by 3 pm 64 percent voting has been done already. As the CHitrakoot area is  Naxalite affected, strong security arrangements have been made. The police has recently had an encounter with Naxalites in Kondagaon, Bastar. However, there is no report of any casualty in it.

In Chitrakoot, 9 per cent polling  was done till 9 am, 16 per cent by 10 pm, 39.53 per cent till 12 pm , 56% by 2 pm. 

One lakh 67 thousand 911 voters can exercise their right in Assembly by-election. These include 79 thousand 284 male voters and 88 thousand 626 female voters as well as a third gender voters. 

Lachhuram Kashyap from BJP, Rajman Benzam from Congress, Hidoram Mandavi from Communist Party, Lakeshwar Kawasi from Ambedkar Right Party, Bomdaram Mandavi from Janata Congress Party and Independent candidate Ritika Karma are contesting for the post of MLA in the CHitrakoot by election. 

229 polling stations have been set up for Chitrakote assembly by-election. Of these, 213 polling stations are located in Bastar district and 16 polling stations are located in Sukma district. 916 polling personnel have been deployed for these polling stations. These include the presiding officer as well as three more polling party officials. To ensure fair and free voting, micro observers are also deployed in 58 sensitive polling stations.

Raipur. The Chhattisgarh United Progressive Employees Federation has started demonstrating power in the capital to protest against irregularities and demanding regularization. After the formation of the new Congress government in Chhattisgarh, the union are protesting against the removal of about 5000 employees of Health Department, Panchayat Department, Agriculture, Power, Education, Skill Development, Computer Operator, Computer Teacher and many other departments.

The union alleges that in place of casual employees with years of experience, recruitments are being made to give employment to outside people. In protest, the employees have declared mobilization. The union says that the tenure of the present government is completing about 10 months, but no concern is shown till now for casual employees. Apart from this, the union says that the government has not been able to articulate their own stand on meeting the demands of employees, closing the layoffs and providing job security for 62 years and administrative officials are seen to be taking arbitrary action.