Chhattisgarh Polls: Kharge To Kickstart Congress Campaign In Janjgir-Champa District Today

<p><strong>New Delhi:</strong> Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge will kickstart the party&rsquo;s election campaign in poll-bound Chhattisgarh from today. This will be his second visit to the Congress-ruled state after assuming charge as the AICC chief last October. According to party officials&nbsp;cited by news agency PTI, Kharge will land at Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur around 12:10 pm and attend the 'Bharose Ka Sammelan' programme in Janjgir city at 1:30 pm.</p> <p>After attending the programme, the Congress chief will depart for Delhi at 4:20 pm, PTI quoted party officials&nbsp;as saying.</p> <p>It is to be noted that in the 2018 assembly polls, despite a landslide victory, the Congress could win only two of the six seats in Janjgir-Champa district. Of the rest of the constituencies, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won two seats each.</p> <p>Notably in the last elections, the Congress had won 68 of the total 90 seats in Chhattisgarh, while the BJP finished a distant second at 15. The JCC (J) won five seats and its ally BSP got two. The Congress currently has 71 members in the Assembly.</p> <p>According to PTI's report, it is being said that with his visit to Chhattisgarh, Congress will launch its election campaign for the five poll-bound states. After Chhattisgarh, Kharge will visit Telangana on August 18, Madhya Pradesh&rsquo;s Bhopal on August 22, and Rajasthan&rsquo;s Jaipur on August 23.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi commenced a two-day visit to his parliamentary seat, Wayanad in Kerala, on Saturday. During his address, he discussed his recent visit to Manipur, emphasising the dire situation in the region.</p> <p>He sharply criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's response to the upheaval and expressed concern about the BJP's divisive policies.</p> <p>"There's blood everywhere, murder everywhere, and rape everywhere. That is the situation in Manipur, and the Prime Minister spoke for 2 hours and 13 minutes in Parliament, but only for 2 minutes in Manipur. He (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) laughed and made a joke. His cabinet laughed, joked....," Gandhi while addressing people in Wayanad.&nbsp;</p>

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