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A SAFFRON FACELIFT

A new state unit chief. A new leader of opposition. A new incharge of the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has seen radical changes in its organisational structure in Chhattisgarh since August, with three new men commandeering its efforts to bring the party back into power as the state prepares for the assembly election scheduled in a little over a year.

After having an uninterrupted 15-year reign led by then chief minister Raman Singh, the BJP faced a humiliating defeat at

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