{"id":305378,"date":"2018-11-10T09:20:33","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T09:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=305378"},"modified":"2018-11-10T09:45:51","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T09:45:51","slug":"bjp-president-amit-shah-releases-party-manifesto-for-chhattisgarh-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/bjp-president-amit-shah-releases-party-manifesto-for-chhattisgarh-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP President Amit Shah releases party manifesto for Chhattisgarh Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-305380 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BJP-manifesto1-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/BJP-manifesto1-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/BJP-manifesto1-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/11\/BJP-manifesto1.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On the last day of campaigning for the first phase of the Chhattisgarh polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah and Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday released the election manifesto in Raipur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chhattisgarh goes to polls in two phases on November 12 and November 20. The results will be announced on December 11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Shah praised the state government for transforming Chhattisgarh in the past 15 years and said that the Raman Singh government in Chhattisgarh had made the state &#8220;almost free&#8221; of Naxalism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;The BJP government under Chief Minister Raman Singh has contained Naxalism and made the state almost free of it.,\u201d Shah said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The BJP president further said that earlier known as BIMARU state, Chhattisgarh is now a power and cement hub and lauded the Raman Singh\u2019s government for initiating several welfare measures for the state&#8217;s prosperity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cNumerous schemes, including MGNREGA, have been made corruption-free,\u201d shah added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Targeting the opposition Congress, Shah said, \u201cA party that feels Naxalism is a medium of revolution cannot do any good for Chhattisgarh.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Shah exuded confidence that BJP would win this month\u2019s Assembly polls in the state for the fourth straight time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the last day of campaigning for the first phase of the Chhattisgarh polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah and Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday released the election manifesto in Raipur. Chhattisgarh goes to polls in two phases on November 12 and November 20. The results will be announced on December 11. 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