The number of women candidates making their way into the fourth legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh has decreased this time as 10 women candidates won elections contesting in both the national parties the BJP and the Congress which was 11 in the 2008 State Assembly elections.
“10 woman candidates have registered victory this time across Chhattisgarh out of 85 in the contest,” informed DD Singh Joint Chief Electoral Officer. Out of these 10 winners, six belong to the BJP while the remaining four hail from Congress. In last Assembly polls, the number of elected women representatives were 11 wherein 94 female aspirants were in the electoral fray, officer said. The winning women are Champa Devi Pawle, Suniti Satyanand Rathiya, Kerabai Manhar, Rupkumari Chaudhary, Ramshila Sahu and Sarojani Banjare, Renu Jogi, Anila Bhediya, Tez Kunwar Netam and Devti Karma, the JCEO said.
From Suniti Satyanand Rathiya registered victory over Hridayaram Rathiya in lailunga constituency of Raigarh district. likewise Kerabai Manhar has won Sarngarh seat in Raigarh district against sitting Congress MlA Padma Ghanshyam Manhar. In Bharatpur-Sonhat constituency of Koriya district BJP Champa Pawle has defeated Gulab Kamro of Congress. In the same way Sarojani Banjare of BJP defeated her closest contestant Thaneshwar Patila of Congress in Dongarhgarh seat of Rajnandgaon district.
Further, Ramshila Sahu defeated Congress party Pratima Chandrakar from Durg rural and in Basna seat of Mahasamund district Rupkumari Chaudhary registered victory over Devendra Bahadur Singh of Congress party. Wife of former chief minister Ajit Jogi, Renu Jogi again win his home constituency Kota against BJP’s Kashiram Sahu.
Devti Karma wife of slain tribal leader Mahendra Karma clinched the Dantewada seat from BJP’s Bheema Mandavi. Mahendra Karma was killed in the Jheeram ghati Naxal attack on May 25 this year. Anila Bhediya has also won in Daundilohara constituency of Balod district against BJP’s Horilal Rawte. Tej Kunwar Netam of Congress defeated BJP’s Bhojesh Shah from Mohla Manpur seat of Rajnandgaon district.