Hours after the ruling Congress won the Khairagarh Assembly seat in a byelection, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel kept his party's promise and announced the creation of a new district of Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai.
The state now has 33 districts. Within three hours after the election certificate was handed over to the winning candidate, the CM announced the formation Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai district as per the poll promise," a government official said.
Last year four new districts had been created. Salhewara and Jaalbandha areas in Khairagarh constituency will be made tehsil and up-tehsil, the official added.
Congress had promised that Khairagarh will be made a district within 24 hours if the party won the April 12 byelection. Congress's Yashoda Verma won the bypoll by a margin of 20,176 votes against her nearest rival Komal Janghel of the BJP. Verma got 87,879 votes while the BJP's Janghel secured 67,703 votes.
Byelection was held following the death of incumbent JCC (J) MLA and former MP Devwrat Singh in November 2021.
