Finally after 15 years Congress is going to come in Power and rule Chhatisgarh this time and as its win in Chhatisgarh party decided to meet up in Raipur with all new MLA of the party. Raman Singh is eyeing a fourth consecutive term as chief minister even as the Congress is hoping to return to power in the state after 15 years. Also testing his mettle is Congress rebel and Chhattisgarh Janta Congress (CJC) chief Ajit Jogi, who has allied with Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party. But, going by exit poll numbers, Ajit Jogi’s dream of playing kingmaker may be just that. Pollsters have given the Jogi-BSP alliance between 3 to 8 seats in the 90-member state assembly. A party needs 46 seats to form the government in Chhattisgarh. The 2013 assembly elections saw the BJP bagging 49 seats. The Congress won 39 seats. Mayawati’s BSP clinched one seat.
Chhattisgarh was the only state where voting was held in two phases: the first in 18 seats spread across eight Maoist-affected districts on November 12 and the then in 72 constituencies spread across 19 districts on November 20. Counting of votes is set to begin at 8 am today.
