Congress targeting to win at least 75 out of 90 assembly seats in Chhattisgarh: Selja
Raipur (PTI): The ruling Congress is aiming to win at least 75 of the 90 seats in the upcoming assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, party's state in-charge Kumari Selja has said.
The state assembly polls are due this year-end.
Talking to reporters here on Saturday after meetings of the Chhattisgarh Congress political affairs committee and the party's Lok Sabha observers in the state, Selja said the first list of party candidates would be released in the first week of September.
Congress general secretary K C Venugopal, Ajay Maken, who is the head of the party's screening committee for Chhattisgarh polls, and state Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel were present at the two meetings.
Selja said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address a convention of youth in Raipur on September 2 and party president Mallikarjun Kharge will attend an event in the state's Rajnandgaon district on September 8.
"We are confident that we will win at least 75 seats. The planning commission (NITI Aayog) in its report has admitted that 40 lakh people in Chhattisgarh have come out of poverty. You can imagine how the state government has taken care of the needy. Our government has worked for the uplift of every section. Our target is to win at least 75 seats," Selja said.
About the ticket distribution process, the applications of ticket aspirants will be accepted at the Block Congress Committee (BCC) level till August 22, and the BCC will convene its meeting on August 24, she said.
The BCC will forward selected names to the District Congress Committee (DCC) by August 26. The DCC, after concluding its meeting on August 28-29, will send its proposal to the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) by August 31.
Subsequently, the state election committee will hold a meeting on September 3 and the next day, the screening committee meeting will be held following which recommendations will be sent to the central election committee, she said.
"Our effort will be to release the first list of candidates in the first week of September after the CEC meeting," Selja said.
Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to participate in the Yuva Mitan Sammelan in Raipur city on September 2, while Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge will attend an event in Rajnandgaon district on September 8, she said.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
HC rejects contempt petition against Swami Avimukteshwaranand
Prayagraj (PTI): The Allahabad High Court on Friday rejected the contempt application filed against Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati and and his disciple Mukundanand Brahmachari, seeking punitive action over alleged disobedience of court order.
Ashutosh Brahmachari Maharaj had filed the petition alleging violation of court order passed while granting anticipatory bail to Avimukteshwaranand in a POCSO case registered at Prayagraj.
Rejecting the application, Justice Dinesh Pathak observed that the applicant could file for cancellation of anticipatory bail granted by the court, if he is violating bail conditions.
In the contempt application it was alleged that inspite of the order of high court, Avimukteshwaranand is holding several meetings and is making statements in violation of high court order.
Earlier, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal had recused himself from hearing the contempt petition saying that he does not want to hear the matter. After this, the chief justice nominated Justice Pathak to hear the matter.
