India
oi-Vicky Nanjappa
Raipur, Feb 20: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday claimed that the Congress and its allies will win over 100 seats in the upcoming Assembly polls in Assam, where the ruling BJP has set a similar target.
The chief minister was speaking to reporters at Swami Vivekanand Airport here after returning from a four-day visit to Assam, where polls to the 126-member Assembly is likely to be held in March-April.
“The election fever is heating up in Assam, and gradually, the poll atmosphere is taking shape there. People want change there and party workers are excited,” he said.
Baghel is one of the three senior observers appointed by the AICC to oversee the election campaign management in the north-eastern state.
Referring to the 2018 Chhattisgarh Assembly election results, the chief minister said,…