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Voter turnout only increased in six of the 20 constituencies that went to polls in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, EC data revealed. ....
The Dantewada was won by the BJP s Bhima Mandavi in 2018 even as the Congress had swept 17 of the 20 seats that are going to the polls in this phase. Mandavi and four security personnel were killed days before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections when their convoy was attacked by suspected Naxals in Dantewada district. ....
Voting will be held between 7 am and 3 pm in 10 seats, namely Mohla-Manpur, Antagarh, Bhanupratappur, Kanker, Keshkal, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur and Konta. ....
Launching attacks on villagers, politicians, polling officials and security forces before elections, issuing threats to election officials by asking them to not report to the polling booths and distributing posters with vote boycott calls have been part of Naxalite strategies for long ....
Retemparra, on the Sukma-Dantewada border, was frequented till very recently by CPI (Maoist) members who would come to ask for food and shelter. This is perhaps why government officials gave electrification in the village a miss ....