The division bench also slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 each on the Commission and Sant Kumar Netam, who had alleged in a petition that Jogi did not belong to the Scheduled Tribe category.
The former had been celebrating completion of four years in power while the latter had been distributing school bags embossed with the CM's picture.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party took a swipe at the Congress, with its leader Ravi Shankar Prasad saying forging a coalition was not in its DNA and it only gives importance to the Gandhi family.
The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister is hoping for a return to power...in Chhattisgarh this time... Illustration: Uttam Ghosh.
Amit Jogi, son of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi, on Tuesday underwent a lie detector test in connection with the murder of state Nationalist Congress Party treasurer Ram Avtar Jaggi two years ago.
Amit is an accused in the murder of state's Nationalist Congress Party treasurer Ram Avtar Jaggi two years back.
Sources said the officials decided to place him under arrest after he allegedly failed to answer the questions properly.\n
The 59-year-old former chief minister suffered spinal and head injuries when his car crashed into a tree while he was out campaigning in Chhattisgarh.
Amit came to the CBI headquarters accompanied by his lawyers.
The former Chhattisgarh chief minister allegedly gave Rs 4.5 million as bribe to a BJP legislator for defection.
The agency is likely to summon him on Wednesday.
However. he was permitted to be brought to Delhi in police custody to see his ailing father.
The Election Commission has banned procurement and distribution of such bags since Friday in view of the coming assembly polls in Chhattisgarh.
Jaggi was a close confidante of the party's state president V C Shukla, who is a former Congress leader.
Jogi came to the CBI headquarters in New Delhi along with his lawyers after he was served notice for the second time by the investigating agency on January 12
Visibly upset over the recent controversies involving the two leaders from Chhattisgarh, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Tuesday gave vent to his frustration in the Rajya Sabha.
The CBI on Friday filed a chargesheet against Amit Jogi, son of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi, and 30 others in connection with the murder of NCP leader Ram Avtar Jaggi on June 4, 2003.
Chief Minister Ajit Jogi said she will visit the tribal dominated Bastar and Sarguja districts on the first day and address two party rallies in their district headquarters Jagdalpur and Ambikapur.
The CM's failure to keep his house in order coupled with the arrogance of ministers and top leaders riled BJP cadres.
However,the exit polls got their forecast of a tight finish in Madhya Pradesh right.
He and about 150 others are accused of storming a police station demanding registration of an FIR against Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi and his son in connection with a murder.
The counting will begin at 8 am, and as per the Election Commission's COVID-19 guidelines, a candidate, his poll agent and counting agent can remain present in the counting hall, officials said, adding various measures have been taken to ensure social distancing and avoid crowding.
The incident comes close on the heels of a similar case where 100 cows died in state-run Hingonia cow shelter due to "mismanagement and lack of facilities".
The high-pitched election speeches skipped corporate issues, unlike during the assembly polls about four months ago.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Friday said the Congress had no clear policy on countering Naxalism, and it was the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Chhattisgarh which showed the way on how to tackle the ultras.
The Congress on Sunday named Baghel, a five-time MLA from Patan, to head the state Congress Legislature Party. Baghel, who took charge as Congress state president Congress after the 2013 assembly polls, was credited for the massive victory of the party in the recent assembly polls where Congress won 68 seats in the 90-member House.
In its third list of candidates for the coming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress on Tuesday fielded 58 candidates, mostly tried and tested ones. While most sitting ministers, including Kapil Sibal (Chandni Chowk), Krishna Tirath (Northwest Delhi), Sachin Pilot (Ajmer) and Srikant Jena (Balasore) were retained, the surprise elements were state Youth Congress President Vishwajeet Kadam replacing tainted Suresh Kalmadi from Pune and cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan).
'If I don't fulfil promises made in it, I can be sent to jail,' he said.
Shekhar Dutt's resignation has sparked a debate on the parameters of removing a governor.
Due to hectic engagements with Telangana issue, Gandhi was unable to have an interaction with party MPs as there was no valedictory dinner meeting of the parliamentary party during the just-concluded winter session of Parliament, the last of the 15th Lok Sabha.
"NCP president Sharad Pawar, Loktantrik Janata Dal president Sharad Yadav, DMK chief MK Stalin, Bihar's former deputy chief minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, SP president Akhilesh Yadav, BSP chief Mayawati and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal among other opposition leaders will attend the oath-taking ceremony in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on December 17," said well-placed sources.
Delhi has emerged as the youngest assembly in terms of age of elected legislators from the four states, with an estimated average age of about 43 years for members of Legislative Assembly elected in the national capital.
The party, however, chose to play down the incidents calling them 'minor protests', and claimed that there was no discontent among the workers.
'Vajpayeeji's BJP was democratic.' 'It was a BJP that belonged to its party workers. Every worker, every member was an Atal Bihari.' Today's BJP belongs to businessmen.' 'Modi and Amit Shah have reduced the BJP to a two-man party.'
Congress leaders say the party is willing to accommodate Ajit Jogi to some extent but will not be bullied or blackmailed by him, reports Anita Katyal
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday scored a hat-trick of victories in the Chhattisgarh assembly elections, winning 49 of 90 seats, thwarting the Congress' bid to wrest power after a decade.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances