Raman Singh

Senior BJP MLA and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh was on Tuesday unanimously elected as the speaker of the state legislative assembly. The first session of the newly-elected assembly began here on Tuesday. Chief Minister Vinshu Deo Sai moved a proposal for the election of 71-year-old Singh as the speaker which was seconded by Deputy CM Arun Sao. Leader of opposition Charandas Mahant also moved a proposal for the election of Singh as the speaker which was seconded by senior Congress leader and former CM Bhupesh Baghel. Three more proposals were moved by BJP members in favour of Raman Singh. On Sunday, Singh filed his nomination for the speaker's post and said his new responsibility will be to take everyone together in the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha. Singh, a seven-term MLA, has won Rajnandgaon seat for four consecutive times - in 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023.

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Meanwhile, senior BJP MLA Ramvichar Netam took the oath as the pro-tem Speaker of the newly-elected Chhattisgarh legislative assembly on Sunday

In the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2023, Sai won the polls from the Kunkuri Assembly seat in Jashpur district

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Chhattisgarh may have a deputy chief minister, senior leader Raman Singh said on Sunday ahead of a meeting of the newly-elected MLAs in the state. The BJP won 54 seats in the 90-member Assembly in the recently held polls, unseating the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government. The Congress ended with 35 seats, down from 68 it won in 2018. The BJP's legislative party meeting, with all 54 MLAs in attendance, is underway at Kushabhau Thakre Parisar, the party's state headquarter here. Three observers, Union ministers Arjun Munda and Sarbananda Sonowal and party general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam, are also present along with the party's in charge for Chhattisgarh Om Mathur, Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and co-in-charge for the state Nitin Nabin. Talking to reporters before leaving from his residence to attend the meeting, Raman Singh said it will be clear who will be chief minister after the meeting of the legislative party. However, whe

The Bharatiya Janata Party has came back to power in the recently held Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh by winning 54 out of 90 seats

The halfway mark for the 90-member assembly of Chhattisgarh is 46. The counting of votes at designated centres will begin at 8 am

Chhattisgarh elections 2023: The contest is between Congress Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and the Bharatiya Janata Party, which lost in 2018 after being in power in the state for 15 years

Chhattisgarh elections: Former CM Raman Singh said that an immediate investigation into the Jheeram Ghati Maoist attack would be undertaken if the Bharatiya Janata Party comes into power

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections: Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh said that officials and employees, who were exempted from poll duty upon their request, were deprived of voting

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said that the people of Chhattisgarh have always trusted the Congress party and will continue to do so

The Congress had announced the first list containing names of 30 candidates on Sunday, which included Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel who will contest from Patan assembly constituency

The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said that unaccounted cash, liquor, and other goods worth over Rs 5.5 crore have been seized in the state between October 9 and 16

BJP vice president and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Wednesday urged the Election Commission of India to postpone the second phase of Chhattisgarh assembly polls scheduled on November 17 in view of the Chhath festival. He said a large number of voters will not be able to take part in the electoral process due to the festival. Elections to the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly are scheduled in two phases on November 7 and 17. The Chhath festival will be celebrated from November 17 to 20 this year. Singh in a post on X said the second phase of Chhattisgarh assembly election is coinciding with Chhath puja festival due to which a large number of people will not be able to take part in the electoral process. I request @ECISVEEP to please postpone the second phase of voting, so that more and more voters can take part in the electoral process and exercise their franchise, he added. Earlier, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had made a similar demand in the state. A large numb

Union Home Minister Amit Shah blamed the Congress for 'appeasement politics' for the lynching of a young man in Chhattisgarh's Biranpur village in April

Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Sunday said he has tested positive for COVID-19. This is the second time Singh has contracted the coronavirus infection after he tested positive in September 2020. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader tweeted that he got himself tested after exhibiting symptoms and will comply with the home isolation protocols. Singh appealed to those who came in contact with him over the past few days to check if they too were infected. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday wished a speedy recovery to Singh. A day earlier, Chhattisgarh had reported 511 coronavirus cases and one fatality.

On November 19, 2015, when Chouhan completed ten years in office, he became the first non-Congress chief minister of the state to do so

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain two separate appeals of the Chhattisgarh government against orders of the high court granting a stay on investigation

Providing interim relief to the two BJP leaders, Chhattisgarh High Court on Monday stayed the FIR against former Chief Minister Raman Singh and party spokesperson Sambit Patra in toolkit case

If the Congress wins the Assam elections, a national future for Bhupesh Baghel is assured