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To mark the 150th birth anniversary of Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi State Government is all set to launch five new schemes. These schemes aim at providing better nutrition and health to people of the state.

Mukhyamantri Suposhan Abhiyan

In certain Gram Panchayats of Bastar and other forest areas of Chhattisgarh, Suposhan Abhiyan was started as pilot project in June, 2019. Under this campaign, under-nourished children and anemic girls-women are being provided freshly cooked nutritious meal through women self-help groups and panchayats. This initiative received tremendous response, after which State Government has decided to launch state-wide Suposhan Abhiyan on the occasion of birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

Chief Minister Haat-bazaar Clinic Scheme

Chief Minister Haat-Bazaar Clinic Scheme was started as pilot project in the month of June in Bastar and forest areas of other districts, where mobile team of health department including doctors with necessary equipments used to reach haat-bazaar and provide health checkup facility as well as medicines to the people there. Moreover, on-spot blood-test and other pathological tests are being provided by this team at haat-bazaars. This scheme has been received well by the people of remote forest areas. Under this facility being provided in weekly haat-bazaars, OPD has increased by 5-10 times in these areas. Keeping in view the promising results, State Government has decided to launch this pilot project as a full-fledged state-wide scheme on the occasion of 150th Gandhi Jayanti on October 2.

Chief Minister Urban Slum Health Scheme

Considering the positive results of the health check-up and treatment facility being provided by mobile medical teams in haat-bazaars, Chhattisgarh Government has decided to provide this facility in urban slums as well. In slum areas of 13 municipal corporations in the state, mobile medical teams would be available from 8am-2pm to provide health-checkup facility and free medicines. On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanati October 2, 2019, Chief Minister Urban Slum Health Scheme would be launched.

Universal PDS Scheme

To provide food security to all the families of the state, Universal PDS Scheme is being launched on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Under Universal PDS Scheme, State Government will provide food grains to BPL as well as APL families, also the provision of food grains to 'priority' ration card holders will also be increased.

Chief Minister Ward Office Scheme

To ensure immediate availability of public services and to provide facilities as per the demands of people, Chief Minister Ward Office Scheme is being started in the cities. In the first phase, these ward offices would start function in 13 municipal corporations of the state, from October 2. Through these offices, time-bound redressal of the complaints related to cleanliness, environment, streetlights, road maintenance, drainage cleaning, water supply etc would be ensured. These offices would also provide facilities such as issuance of new trade license, license renewal, property tax payment, water tax payment, integrated tax payment, community hall reservation.

BIlaspur: Former Chief Minister and Chhattisgarh Janata Congress (J) supremo Ajit Jogi has received a major setback from the High Court. The court has rejected his plea, refusing to grant him in the caste case. Since the petition is dismissed, police has the authority to arrest him anytime.

Ajit Jogi had filed a petition in the High Court seeking stay and cancellation on the order of the investigating committee’s FIR. In his defense Jogi said an FIR has been made in 2019 regarding the incident of 1967 which is not considerable because the Caste Act was formed in 2013. Advocate General Satish Chandra Verma advocated on behalf of the government. The Advocate General said , "It was constantly a crime, the crime got constituted in 2019 as the investigation committee found that the caste certificate is fake. Based on this argument the court, while giving its verdict, refused to grant a stay to Jogi and also rejected his petition. "

According to law experts, since Jogi's petition has been rejected by the court, now the government can take action against him anytime and he can be arrested.

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Raipur: Newly elected MLA Devati Karma, who won the election in Dantewada assembly by-election by a huge margin vote, has taken oath today. Assembly Speaker Charan Das Mahant administered the oath of MLA in his meeting room. On the occasion of the oath ceremony, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey, Forest Minister Mo. Akbar, Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu, Congress State President Mohan Markam, Leader of Opposition Dharamlal Kaushik, Assembly Secretary Chandrashekhar Gangarade were present.

In the Dantewada by-election, Congress candidate Devati Karma defeated BJP's Ojaswi Mandavi by the clean sweep of 11 thousand 192 votes. In this way, the number of Congress MLAs in the Assembly has again increased to 68.

Raipur:  A new twist has come into the state politics with Manturam Pawar’s statement recorded on Saturday in front of the magistrate. Pawar , a tribal leader from Chhattisgarh, has made serious allegations against two former chief ministers of the state. Manturam Pawar has blamed that former CM Raman Singh and former CM Ajit Jogi and his son Amit Jogi had withdrawn him from the Antahgarh by-election by pressurizing him and offering him an amount of Rs 7 .5 crore. Pawar was a Congress candidate in the by-election in Antahgarh assembly seat in 2014 and suddenly withdrew his name before voting.

Pawar on Saturday lodged a statement under section 164 in the local court and during this time, giving an affidavit.  Raman Singh, Ajit Jogi, Amit Jogi and former minister Rajesh Moonat were severely accused of conspiring. Manturam Pawar has stated in the affidavit that till 2014 he was a member of the Indian National Congress.

Congress leader Dr Kiranmayi Nayak on Sunday has given her version to ‘THE VOICES ’, saying she can register an FIR against Raman Singh and Ajit Jogi very soon.

Speaking to THE VOICES, senior Congress leader Kiranmayi Nayak said that the matter is very serious and it should be acted upon. “We are waiting for two-four days to confirm everything. The matter is very serious because two former Chief Ministers have been accused by Manturam Pawar. There was a possibility that this is true as former Chief Minister Raman Singh's son-in law Puneet Gupta was already named in the case. The documents that are currently available are not official. So I will definitely take action after submitting the official documents. I will not leave incomplete what I have initiated.”, said Congress leader Nayak.

Kiranmayi Nayak’s had filed an FIR in Pundri Police station against Ajit Jogi, his son Amit Jogi, Puneet Gupta, Rajesh Moonat and Manturam Pawar on the charges of fraud and inducement of money and corruption in Antahgarh tape case . A case had been registered under sections 406, 420 171-E, 171-F, 120-B of IPC 1860. It was also registered under sections 9 and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988. In this case, complainant Congress leader Kiranmai Nayak says that in 2016, we had filed a complaint against ex chief minister Raman Singh also however the immediate government did not allow the case to be registered since he was the CM then.