Congress looks set to end Raman reign in Chhattisgarh

December 11, 2018 13:45

Chhattisgarh: BJP: 19, Cong: 65, BSP: 1, JCC: 4, Others: 1

The Congress appeared all set to shatter BJP leader Raman Singh's dream of a consecutive fourth term as Chhattisgarh chief minister, as per early trends for the state Assembly elections.

Trends for 82 of the 90 seats where polling was held in two phases, are available so far, a poll official said. Congress, which has 39 legislators in the outgoing House BJP has 10 more - appeared to have gotten its act together in the tribal-dominated state.

The Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) of former chief minister Ajit Jogi was ahead in five seats while the CPI and the Gondwana Gantantra Party and the CPI (M) were leading in one seat each, the official said.

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