In Raipur municipal corporation, among the 70 wards, the BJP has not given any ticket to Muslim while the opposition has selected five seats for Muslims.Overall, the Congress has given tickets to nine candidates in Bilaspur, five in Raipur, seven in Ambikapur, two in Chirmiri, two in Durg, three in Jagdalpur, three in Rajnandgaon, two in Raigarh and one in Dhamtari. The BJP has fielded one candidate belonging to Muslim community each in Bilaspur, Durg, Ambikapur and Raigarh to contest for election for a Corporator. The Congress has given 7.38 per cent of its tickets to Muslim candidates and the BJP’s share for Muslim faces is 0.73 per cent. It remains to be seen how the caste and winnability factors of the Muslim candidates as calculated by respective parties are going to turn the table on their rivals with allegations and appeals.BJP’s manifesto titles ‘Atal Vishwas Patra’ was recently released by the Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai while the Congress president Deepak Baij unveiled the party’s 34 promises in its manifesto, titled ‘Jan Ghoshna Patra’.
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