Chattisgarh Assembly Elections

Days before first phase of voting in Chattisgarh Assembly Elections, Mahadev Betting App owner accused CM Baghel of reciving kickbacks worth Rs 508 crores

Ratan Dubey was first shot and then attacked with sharp weapons, including axes and daggers, in the Dhaudai region after addressing a poll rally.

Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the Congress party was deliberately withholding "material information" from the Election Commission.

Five Lok Sabha constituencies Aska, Kandhamal, Sundergarh, Bargarh, and Bolangir and 35 Assembly constituencies under them will go to elections in the second phase of 2019 polls on Thursday in Odisha.

Mayawati had earlier, however, cleared that her party does not support Congress' ideologies and policies and that the support extended was mere to prevent the BJP from grabbing power in both the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

The Assembly Elections in three states, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh saw Congress successfully push BJP out of power

Most of the pollsters have gone wrong in predicting the state elections, except few. These surveys can just be an indicator of the overall mood of the people in the state, otherwise, it should be taken with a pinch of salt. 

The prolonged silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah on election results was very telling. The results were clearly unexpected and possibly led to prolonged internal discussions on the future course of action.

What BJP supporters need to realise is this - no political party ever wants to lose and least of all, a party led by the two most politically aggressive politicians the country has ever seen.

The Congress party has come a long way since then and in their victory in the Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections