Assembly Elections 2013

Chhattisgarh Assembly polls – State issues

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 16:37

The dastardly Darbha attack is an emotive issue which the Congress hopes will earn it sympathy in Chhattisgarh, especially in the crucial Bastar which sends 12 MLAs to the Assembly.

98 face criminal cases in Chhattisgarh phase-two polls

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 16:18

Twelve percent of the candidates - 98 in number - contesting in the second phase of the Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh have criminal charges against them, while 22 percent are billionaires.

Congress to give tough fight to BJP in MP, Chhattisgarh: Zee Media survey

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 13:53

With elections approaching fast in Madhya Pradesh, a Zee Media-C fore survey has found that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress are engaged in a neck-to-neck fight.

Suspected `bomb` at C`garh MLA`s house creates panic

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 19:30

Amid the enhanced security for the visits by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to the Naxal-affected Bastar region, a report of suspected bomb at a BJP MLA`s house in Dantewda sent police into a tizzy today.

Congress` spirited campaign to stop BJP in Bastar

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 11:13

A divided house until recently, Congress is putting up a spirited campaign to checkmate BJP in its erstwhile stronghold of Naxal-dominated Bastar region of Chhattisgarh where the ruling party hopes to cash on its developmental agenda coupled with Chief Minister Raman Singh`s clean image in the Assembly Elections.