Now more or less six months are left for the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. At such a time, the time has come to take account of the work of four and a half years of the people who were sent to the Vidhansabha by making them their representatives in the year 2018. Lalluram.com is reaching out to the public in every assembly of the state to take stock of the work of the MLAs. In the latest episode, we have reached the Kota Vidhansabha, where we got the opinion of the voters regarding the activism of the opposition along with the MLA.History of Vidhansabha
Assembly constituency number 25 of Bilaspur district is Kota assembly general seat. The total number of voters in the assembly is 2,10,791, including 1,05,125 male, 1,05,666 female voters. Apart from Kota, Pendra, Gaurela Nagar Panchayat area, and Ratanpur municipality are also included in the Kota assembly constituency, while large rural areas like Belgahna, Kargikala, Kargikhurd, Khaira-Chapora are connected. Kashiram Tiwari became the first MLA from Kota assembly seat, while Mathura Prasad Dubey was elected 4 times, Rajendra Shukla 5 times. Dr. Renu Jogi became the first woman MLA in 2006. The Janata Congress breached the Congress bastion
Kota assembly constituency is a tribal dominated area. There has been a direct fight between BJP and Congress for the assembly seat, but in the year 2018 elections a triangular fight was seen. Renu Jogi, the candidate of the Janata Congress Chhattisgarh Party, which broke away from the Congress, won the election from here and became the MLA from the area for the fourth time in a row.
Janata Congress candidate Dr. Renu Jogi got 48,800 votes, while BJP candidate Kashiram Sahu got 45,774 votes. Whereas Congress candidate Vibhor Singh got 30,803 votes. In this way, Janata Congress Chhattisgarh’s candidate Renu Jogi defeated BJP’s Kashiram Sahu by 3026 votes.
Arpa’s broken breath
The depletion of the Arpa river flowing near Bilaspur has been one of the major problems here. Local citizens have even done Satyagraha, movement many times to save Arpa river. Apart from this, there are basic problems like bad roads, electricity, water, medical, education facilities in the village.
