Chhattisgarh News Desk!! Voting is being held today for the by-election in Raipur South Assembly seat in Chhattisgarh. Voting for the by-election on Raipur South seat has started from 7 am today. Till 9 am, 08.23 percent voting took place. BJP has made Raipur MP Sunil Soni its candidate from this seat. At the same time, Congress has placed its bet on youth leader Akash Sharma. This time a tough contest is being seen between Congress and BJP in Raipur South Assembly constituency, which is called the undisputed fort of BJP. BJP MP Brijmohan Aggarwal has been MLA from this seat 8 times. On November 13, from 7 am to 6 pm, voters in the South will decide the fate of 30 candidates contesting the elections. 266 polling stations have been set up by the Election Commission for voting. This includes 10 Sangwari booths, one disabled booth, five youth managed booths.
Thorny contest between Congress-BJP
BJP candidate Sunil Soni is a leader coming from OBC category. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he contested from Raipur seat and won. He has been the MP of Raipur from the year 2019 to 2024. He has been the Chairman of Raipur Development Authority (RDA). At the same time, Akash Sharma is a youth leader of Congress and is also the state president of Youth Congress. He is considered close to Bhupesh Baghel.
At the same time, more than 1500 soldiers including more than 1800 CRPF and police personnel have been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting the voting peacefully. At the same time, its results will be revealed on November 23 along with Jharkhand and Maharashtra elections. On Tuesday, the polling teams reached the strong room in Sejbahar to collect the voting materials and from there they were sent to the polling stations.
Competition between youth and experience in Raipur South
This election is a contest between youth and experience and it will be decided by the people of the South. The special thing is that the number of women voters here is more than men, which can play an important role in the election results. Of the total 2,71,169 voters, 1,37,317 are women and 1,33,800 are men.
Strong public relations of candidates
After the election noise subsided, both the candidates did extensive public relations on the eve of voting. BJP candidate Sunil Soni along with MP Brijmohan Aggarwal roamed around the wards seeking support from the voters. Meetings were held at the divisional level, where party workers were instructed to be ready for voting. At the same time, Congress also continued its public relations campaign. Congress appealed to the public for support while campaigning with youth workers.
Both parties are confident of victory
Both BJP and Congress seem confident of their respective victories. Congress state president Deepak Baij said that people are upset with BJP and want change. At the same time, BJP leader Brijmohan Aggarwal says that the people of South know that Congress sends a new candidate here every time and BJP’s victory is certain.
30 candidates in the fray
Before the start of the elections, Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai to PCC Chief Deepak Baij and other leaders have appealed to the people of the area through social media to vote. Congress candidate from Raipur South, Akash Sharma reached the temple before casting his vote. Here he came to cast his vote after having darshan of Lord Hanuman. 266 polling stations have been set up for this by-election, where more than 1500 polling staff have been deployed. There are 30 candidates in the fray in this by-election, out of which 18 candidates are independent. There are more than 2 lakh 71 thousand voters in the area.
