While saying the Congress has to accept the people's mandate, he claimed that the vibes from the people during the party's campaign phase in the state were starkly different from what the eventual verdict turned out to be.

Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 9 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel while addressing the collector's conference in Raipur, reviewed the works of the Public Works Department and instructed the concerned officers to work on repairing the damaged roads of the state and making them free from potholes by December.

Surajpur (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 10 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that in the past few years, Lord Ram has been portrayed as a "warrior Rambo".

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], March 25 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is likely to meet Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday over the coal crisis in Rajasthan.

Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], March 17 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday said that the film 'The Kashmir Files' shows half-truths and added that not only Hindus, but Buddhists, Muslims, Sikhs were also murdered in Kashmir.

Dehradun Jan 24 PTI The Uttarakhand Congress on Monday launched a poll campaign Char Dham Char Kam making four promises to people of the state if it comes to power in next months Assembly polls The promises included Rs 40000 per annum to five lakh families in the state and not letting the LPG cylinder price cross Rs 500 Launching the poll campaign in the presence of Congress campaign head Harish Rawat Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel said the four promises are being made as price rise and unemployment are at their peak while the poor are getting poorer and the rich becoming richer under the present government at the Centre Baghel said the present governments policies were aimed at bringing more prosperity to industrialists at the expense of the poor and promised not to allow the LPG cylinder price to cross Rs 500 if the Congress comes to power in Uttarakhand In view of the problem of unemployment the state Congress has decided to pay Rs 40000 per annum to five lakh families of the state so that they could lead a life of dignity he said Apart from this four lakh people will be given jobs and medical services will be taken to peoples doorsteps with the help of drones considering the uneven topography of the state he added Recalling that states of Uttarakhand Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand were created together in 2000 Baghel said he was confident that the Congress will form the government in Uttarakhand Baghel said despite coming to power with full majority in Uttarakhand the BJP had lowered the dignity of the office of the chief minister by giving three CMs to the state out of which one did not even contest an election Without naming BJP CMs Tirath Singh Rawat or Trivendra Singh Rawat Baghel said while one chief minister displayed his knowledge of history by saying that the country was ruled for 200 years by the USA another described coronavirus a living organism Modiji made such knowledgeable people chief ministers the Chhattisgarh CM said Baghel said he is confident that people of the state will throw the BJP out of power and give a clear majority to the Congress when Uttarakhand goes to polls on February 14 Citing the example of Chhattisgarh he said promises made to people of the state by Rahul Gandhi in 2018 were being fulfilled and the state is progressing steadily Accusing the Centre as well as the BJP governments in the states of only talking tall he said they kept clapping and beating thalis but failed to stop coronavirus spread They imposed a noteban and failed to rein in price rise and unemployment PTI ALM RDK RDK

New Delhi Dec 30 PTI Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday asked the Centre to reduce the cess levied by it on petrol and diesel instead of slashing central excise duty Addressing a pre-budget meeting convened by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman he contended that slashing of central excise duty on petrol and diesel will lead to a reduction in the states share of taxes and also result in lower value added tax VAT collection Baghel argued that instead of excise duty the cess should be reduced Cess is charged by the central government over and above the existing taxes The Centre does not share cess with the government as it is utilised for the purpose it has been collected for The Chhattisgarh chief minister also asked Sitharaman to reimburse to the state government an expenditure of Rs 15000 crore on central security forces deployed for anti-naxal operations He also urged the Centre for the payment of goods and services tax GST compensation and transferring of the amounts collected as additional levy from coal block companies Baghel said the states economy has been impacted due to disruption of economic activities during COVID-19 pandemic He said the state government will be able to spend more on development programmes if the pending GST compensation is transferred by the Centre Baghel also urged the Union government to continue the GST compensation grant for another five years after June 2022 He said the Centre has not made any arrangements to compensate the loss of revenue of about Rs 5000 crore to the state in the coming year Chhattisgarh received Rs 13089 crore less than its actual share of central taxes in the Union budget over the last three years he said The chief minister also demanded that Rs 4140 crore deposited with the Centre at the rate of Rs 294 per tonne on coal mining from coal block companies should be transferred to Chhattisgarh soon He said the share of the states should be cut down to 75 per cent by reducing the participation of the states in the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and Jal Jeevan Mission He also demanded the establishment of International Cargo Terminal in Raipur a campus of Central Tribal University and marketing centre under Vocal for Local Scheme in the Union budget PTI SKU SRY

New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will attend the pre-budget meeting with Finance Ministers of all states and UTs to be held at Vigyan Bhawan on December 30 between 11 am and 1.30 pm.

New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Amid reports of a continued political tussle in the Chhattisgarh unit of Congress, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Health Minister T.S. Singhdeo have expressed different opinions on the imposition of an international travel ban to contain the new variant of coronavirus 'Omicron'.

New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over violence in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday termed the incident as murder adding that the opposition party cannot tolerate any voice against them.