Amit Jogi’s party released the fifth list, Madhu Kinnar given ticket
Former chhattisgarh Chief minister Ajit Jogi’s party Janata congress chhattisgarh (J) on friday released its fifthlist of 27 candidates for the assembly elections being held in the state. The party has included former mayorMadhu Kinnar, who belongs to the third gender, and Gorelal Burman, who contested the elections on a Congressticket. The party has so far announced candidates for 60 out of the total 90 seats in the state. Voting will be held intwo phases in the state on november 7 and 17. Out of 27 seats, seven are reserved for Scheduled Tribe and two forScheduled Caste category. On Thursday, the party has fielded Gorelal Barman, who left congress and joined JCC(J) from Pamgarh (SC) seat. Whereas former mayor of Raigarh Madhu Bai Kinnar has been fielded from Raigarhseat. In this election, JCC (J) is the first political party which has made a person of third gender its candidate.Pamgarh candidate Barman had contested the 2018 assembly elections from Pamgarh on a congress ticket, butlost. Bahujan Samaj party (BSP) candidate Indu Banjare had won the Pamgarh seat. congress has fielded womanSheshraj Harbans from Pamgarh. Santosh Lahere is the candidate from BJP.Other candidates in the list include james Toppo (Sitapur), Parimal Yadav (Kharsia), Bhagat Harbans (RaipurWest), Tejeshwar Kurre (Kurrud). Along with Barman, till now four congress leaders, including a sitting MLA,have joined JCC (J) unhappy with the ticket distribution. JCC(J) had fought the last elections in alliance withBahujan Samaj Party. This alliance had won seven seats. This marginalized party is struggling to remain politicallyrelevant this time.
Ajit Jogi, who led the congress government in the state from 2000 to 2003, formed JCC (J) in 2016 after partingways with the congress and contested the 2018 assembly elections in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP). Although JCC(J) could not influence the election results, it succeeded in making inroads into the politics ofthe state traditionally dominated by bjp and Congress.
Ajit Jogi, who led the congress government in the state from 2000 to 2003, formed JCC (J) in 2016 after partingways with the congress and contested the 2018 assembly elections in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP). Although JCC(J) could not influence the election results, it succeeded in making inroads into the politics ofthe state traditionally dominated by bjp and Congress.