Chhattisgarh’s Bhanupratapur bypoll: Tribal physique picks candidate, seeks oath from voters

By Express News Service

RAIPUR: With the politics over tribal quota heats up in Chhattisgarh, the marketing campaign within the upcoming Scheduled Tribe (ST) reserved seat of Bhanupratapur Assembly bypoll is witnessing a curious flip of occasions because the tribal residents are being administered with an oath to assist and vote for a candidate finalised by a tribal physique ‘Sarva Adivasi Samaj’.

Strong reverberation on the problem of ST reservation is being felt throughout the constituency and would possibly affect the voters’ temper within the reserved constituency, having almost 70 per cent tribal inhabitants. There are actually seven candidates, together with Savitri Mandavi of the ruling Congress and Bhramanand Netam of the opposition BJP. The Sarva Adivasi Samaj has additionally mentioned it would assist an impartial candidate.

“Such oaths are extra a gimmick as the identical Adivasi Samaj first declared to get candidates from every gram panchayat. Out of the 16 candidates of the Samaj, as many as eight have declared their assist for the Congress. So, such administered pledges will hardly sway the voters’ alternative.

All these are nothing greater than strain techniques to make their presence felt amid the burning situation on tribal reservation,” mentioned Vijay Pandey, a political observer primarily based in Kanker district. The by-poll to the scheduled tribe reserved Bhanupratapur seat in Kanker district was necessitated following the demise of a sitting Congress MLA and deputy Speaker Manoj Mandavi on October 16.

Baghel Cabinet approves modification invoice on quota
The Chhattisgarh authorities on Thursday authorised a draft modification invoice on reservations 
in training and authorities jobs in proportion to the inhabitants of ST, SC and OBC within the state. With the approval of the Bhupesh Baghel cabinet, the invoice will now be tabled throughout the particular session of the Assembly on December 1-2.

RAIPUR: With the politics over tribal quota heats up in Chhattisgarh, the marketing campaign within the upcoming Scheduled Tribe (ST) reserved seat of Bhanupratapur Assembly bypoll is witnessing a curious flip of occasions because the tribal residents are being administered with an oath to assist and vote for a candidate finalised by a tribal physique ‘Sarva Adivasi Samaj’.

Strong reverberation on the problem of ST reservation is being felt throughout the constituency and would possibly affect the voters’ temper within the reserved constituency, having almost 70 per cent tribal inhabitants. There are actually seven candidates, together with Savitri Mandavi of the ruling Congress and Bhramanand Netam of the opposition BJP. The Sarva Adivasi Samaj has additionally mentioned it would assist an impartial candidate.

“Such oaths are extra a gimmick as the identical Adivasi Samaj first declared to get candidates from every gram panchayat. Out of the 16 candidates of the Samaj, as many as eight have declared their assist for the Congress. So, such administered pledges will hardly sway the voters’ alternative.

All these are nothing greater than strain techniques to make their presence felt amid the burning situation on tribal reservation,” mentioned Vijay Pandey, a political observer primarily based in Kanker district. The by-poll to the scheduled tribe reserved Bhanupratapur seat in Kanker district was necessitated following the demise of a sitting Congress MLA and deputy Speaker Manoj Mandavi on October 16.

Baghel Cabinet approves modification invoice on quota
The Chhattisgarh authorities on Thursday authorised a draft modification invoice on reservations 
in training and authorities jobs in proportion to the inhabitants of ST, SC and OBC within the state. With the approval of the Bhupesh Baghel cabinet, the invoice will now be tabled throughout the particular session of the Assembly on December 1-2.