 "Chhattisgarh Election 2018: Take this quiz to test your knowledge of the state as phase one of polls begins today")
Chhattisgarh will go to the polls today to elect a new Assembly in the first phase of a battle in which the Congress is desperate to end 15 years of BJP rule. The election, widely seen as a ‘semi-final’ ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, will also see a formidable third factor in an alliance stitched by Mayawati’s BSP with the Chhattisgarh Janata Congress of former chief minister Ajit Jogi and the CPI. A total of 190 candidates are in the fray in the 18 constituencies spread over eight districts where Maoists have been active for over a quarter century. Chief Minister Raman Singh is vying for a fourth consecutive term and his main opponent is BJP-turned-Congress leader Karuna Shukla, a niece of late prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Firstpost has prepared a quiz on the state where first phase of polling is underway.
Chhattisgarh will go to the polls today to elect a new Assembly in the first phase of a battle in which the Congress is desperate to end 15 years of BJP rule
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