Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (or Chhattisgarh Janata Congress) is a political party in the

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n state of

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. The party was founded by former

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, after Jogi and his son

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were expelled from

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due to anti-party activities as well as sabotaging a

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election in

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was expelled for six years.

launched the party in Thathapur village of

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and directly challenged Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh

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Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2018

The JCC and BSP decided to fight in the

2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election The 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election was held to elect members to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian State of Chhattisgarh. The election was held in two phases for a total of 90 seats; the first for 18 seats in South Chhattisga ...

in alliance with each other according to which, JCC contested on 55 seats while BSP contested on 35 seats. The alliance declared

as its Chief Ministerial candidate. Later, the

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also gave support to this alliance. The alliance strongly condemns the policies of both the main parties in the state, the

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and

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and gives a new platform to the people of Chhattisgarh in the form of a third front.

released the manifesto on stamp paper and said, "I am ready to go to the jail if the promises remain unfulfilled". However the alliance was badly defeated as it could manage to win only 7 seats out of the 90 seats in which JCC won 5 seats & its alliance partner BSP won 2 seats.

Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2018

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