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

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n state of Chhattisgarh. The party was founded by former

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, Ajit Jogi, 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 Antagarh.

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was expelled for six years. Ajit Jogi launched the party in Thathapur village of

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and directly challenged Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh.Chhattisgarh Janta Congress: Ajit Jogi names his new party
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Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2018

The JCC and BSP decided to fight in the 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election in alliance with each other according to which, JCC contested on 55 seats while BSP contested on 35 seats. The alliance declared Ajit Jogi as its Chief Ministerial candidate. Later, the CPI 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 INC and gives a new platform to the people of Chhattisgarh in the form of a third front. Ajit Jogi 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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