Narendra Modi in Bastar: Why is Congress backing urban Maoists who live in AC?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday kickstarted his election campaign for upcoming Assembly elections in Chhattisgarh from Jagdalpur. The prime minister arrived at Raipur airport and then took a helicopter to Jagdalpur, the headquarters of Naxal-hit Bastar district. Chhattisgarh will go to polls in two phases on November 12 and November 20. The counting of votes will be held on December 11 and a total of1,291 candidates are in the fray.

The first phase will see 18 seats of eight Naxal-affected districts go to polls. Of these, 12 are Scheduled Tribe seats while one is a Scheduled Caste-reserved seat. The ruling BJP had lost 12 of the 18 seats in the 2013 Assembly polls. The remaining 72 constituencies will go to polls in the second phase. In the 2013 Assembly polls, the BJP had won 49 seats, Congress 39, BSP 1 and Independent 1 in the 90-member House.

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