In Baghel vs Baghel battle in Chhattisgarh, CM Bhupesh leads over nephew Vijay with 4262 votes

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New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is leadingin his Patan seat against his nephew and BJP candidate Vijay Baghel by a margin of 4262 votes, according to Election Commission of India (ECI) dats..

Vijay Baghel is a member of Parliament from the Durg parliamentary constituency in Chhattisgarh...

Amit Jogi, son of former chief minister Ajit Jogi and chief of the Janata Congress Chhattisgarh-Jogi (JCC-J) also contested the election from the seat and is currently trailing at third position..

Five-time MLA Bhupesh contested, and won, his first assembly election from Patan in 1993 that is, since before Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh...

The Chhattisgarh Congress had gone to the elections on the back of Baghels governments marquee schemes, such as the Godhan Nyay Yojana, a scheme that entails procurement of cow dung at Rs 2/ kg from cattle-rearers, and Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Bhomihin Krishi Majdoor Krishi Nyay Yojna, which provides yearly financial assistance to the families of landless agricultural labourers in the states rural areas...

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