Chhattisgarh Minister TS Singh Deo did not attend the Congress Legislature party meeting held here at the official residence of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday.

Singh Deo, locked in a turf war with Baghel, gave up one of the five portfolios he held in the Bhupesh Baghel cabinet a day earlier.

The meeting started after 7:30 p.m. to discuss the July 18 presidential election and the monsoon session of the National Assembly scheduled for July 20, a party leader said.

Singh Deo told PTI by phone that he was in Ambikapur (Surguja district), his hometown and constituency, to attend pre-planned engagements and could not attend the PLC meeting.

However, he said he would arrive here on Monday to vote in the presidential elections.

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