Chief Minister
Raman
Singh, who is seeking his fourth consecutive term, filed his
nomination papers from
Rajnandgaon
Assembly constituency
for the next month's state
polls.
Accompanied by his wife Veena
Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, party in-charge
for
Chhattisgarh Anil Jain and several other leaders and party workers,
Raman
Singh reached the district collectorate to file his papers.
Singh's son and MP from Rajnandgaon
Lok Sabha seat Abhishek
Singh was also present. During the filing of
nomination,
Singh touched the feet of Adityanath and took his blessings.
The two-time MLA from Rajanandgaon constituency,
Singh is seeking third consecutive victory from the seat. In 2004, he was an MLA from Dongargaon
assembly constituency in
Rajnandgaon district.
Congress has fielded Karuna Shukla, niece of former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee against
Singh from Rajnandgaon.
Ahead of filing nominations,
Singh told reporters, "I have full faith on the strength of party workers and booth-level workers. The BJP has dedicated this election to Atal ji and each party worker has vowed to form the government
for the fourth consecutive term with a thumping majority in the state".
When asked about Shukla contesting against him,
Singh said, "They (Congress) did not get any local candidate." Tuesday is the last day of filing of nominations
for the first phase of state
assembly
polls to be held on November 12.
Candidates from BJP, Congress and other parties also filed their nominations
for the 18 seats spread across eight Naxal-affected districts of Bastar, Bijapur, Dantewada, Sukma, Kondagaon, Kanker, Narayanpur and Rajnandgaon, which will go to
polls in the first phase.
Chhattisgarh has 90-member
Assembly and the
polls are being held in two phases i.e. on November 12 and 20. The votes will be counted on December 11.