Four out of four- Baghel Govt Captures Khairagarh
Congress sets foot in Khairagarh constituency.Lead the poll a margin of 20,173 votes.Drict formation promise to be fulfilled in 24 hours.
Khairagarh: The ruling party in CG celebrated its victory in the Khairagarh constituency on Wednesday. With this victory, the Congress continues its winning streak in the state. The party has now won all the four Assembly -elections held since it came to power in 2018.
Bhupesh Baghel had fielded Yashoda Verma, who maintained the lead right from the beginning of counting, defeated her nearest rival, BJP’s Komal Janghel, a margin of 20173 votes.
As said in the partys poll manifesto, a new drict ‘Khairagarh-Gandai-Chhuikhadan’ will be carved out within 24 hours of the poll results, Urban Adminration Miner Shiv Dahria. Soon after the victory, CM thanked the people of Khairagarh for faith in his policies. Notably , Bhupesh Baghel is the first Chief Miner to win all the four -elections in three and a half years.
The Khairagarh seat in naxal affected Rajnandgaon drict had fallen vacant following the demise of the sitting Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) MLA Devvrat Singh, scion of the erstwhile royal family of Khairagarh, in November last year. The regional political outfit JCC (J) was floated late ex-CM Ajit Jogi in 2016. The Congress party had come third in the 2018 Assembly elections after JCC(J) and BJP.
