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In top national news: Eyeing a return to power in Chhattisgarh, the BJP on Thursday announced candidates for 21 constituencies, with Lok Sabha MP Vijay Baghel named from Patan constituency in Durg district, a seat held by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. The BJP had lost all these 21 seats, and all the candidates defeated in the 2018 state elections have been replaced. Most new candidates are BJP’s district-level leaders or zilla panchayat members. The Congress is yet to announce any candidate for the upcoming state elections. Vijay Baghel, 63, won against Bhupesh Baghel in the 2008 Assembly elections on a...
