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TopicAjit Jogi

Topic: Ajit Jogi

No future after Ajit Jogi, two of the four party MLAs want to join Congress

Khairagarh MLA Devwrat Singh says JCC future appears bleak after the death of Ajit Jogi, who wanted to merge it with Congress. But party chief Amit Jogi calls Singh an opportunist.

Chhattisgarh BJP now eyes Marwahi seat as Amit Jogi’s bypoll nomination is cancelled

Amit Jogi, son of late Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi, had filed his nomination for Marwahi bypoll but it was rejected after a probe committee cancelled his tribal caste certificate calling it fake.

CM Baghel eyes Jogi fortress Marwahi, but ‘Target 70’ not likely to be easy one for Congress

The Dalit and tribal-dominated seat has been with former CM Ajit Jogi & his family for 5 consecutive terms. A bypoll, necessitated after his death in May, is due.

Ajit Jogi played in Congress’ big-boy league, convinced each camp he was their ‘utility’ man

Ajit Jogi liked telling tales about ‘Diggy raja’, whom he loved to hate, but couldn't achieve much in MP politics. Luck finally smiled on him with Chhattisgarh's creation in 2000.

Ajit Jogi, ex-IAS officer who became Chhattisgarh’s first CM, dies at 74

Ajit Jogi had been at the helm for just three years but is credited for putting Chhattisgarh on the road to development.

The political stalwarts for whom Tuesday’s verdict sends danger signals

Two-time BJP chief minister of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje, Mizoram’s Congress stalwart Lal Thanhawla and former Chhattisgarh CM Ajit Jogi will be a worried lot.

Mayawati-Jogi alliance is the joker in the Chhattisgarh poll pack

This alliance was expected to eat into Congress vote bank but as campaigning intensified, BJP was equally nervous about the impact of Jogi-Mayawati deal.

Why Mayawati won’t break her alliance with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh

Her problems with the Congress are unique.

BJP banking on one leader to win Chhattisgarh — it’s actually Ajit Jogi

The party is battling huge anti-incumbency after Raman Singh’s 15 years in power, but hopes Jogi and his new party can eat into Congress votes.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

A war in the Gulf, a crisis in Gujarat’s Morbi: India’s ceramics capital counts the cost

Morbi makes 80-90% of India’s ceramic exports. The West Asia conflict has cut its propane supply, shutting 200 factories and threatening 400 more—along with 9 lakh livelihoods.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.