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Last month, Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah had urged voters to elect Sai, promising to make the latter a "big man" if the party comes back to power in the state.
When Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, in his first reaction after the rout, said the party will prepare fully for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections along with the INDIA parties, a sense of guilt was evident in the veteran’s statement.
The key candidates of the election are the state's Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel running and BJP's Vijay Baghel from Patan, Deputy CM TS Singh Deo running from Ambikapur and former Chief Minister Raman Singh contesting from Rajnandgaon.
In Madhya Pradesh, by winning 163 seats, the BJP got two-thirds majority in the house of 230.
Times Now ETG poll predicts 108-128 seats for the BJP and 56-72 for the Congress in Rajasthan.
In nearly two dozen constituencies, where other parties such as the regional Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) and the BSP-Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) alliance have fielded their candidates, forcing a triangular contest, the battle is too close
A 70.87 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh elections on Tuesday.
As per the survey, the grand old party holds an edge in three of the five poll-bound states.
For the BJP, the survey predicts a near 4 per cent (3.8%) swing in favour.
Addressing a public meeting in Jagdalpur of poll-bound Chhattisgarh, Gandhi accused the BJP of insulting tribals by referring to them as 'vanvasi' instead of 'adivasi'.
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