State to get new chief as Nath hinted to resign as party Prez

After PCC Chief and Chief Minister Kamal Nath has categorically said he would tender his resignation from the post of PCC Chief, speculations are rife that Madhya Pradesh would soon see a new State president of the party.

Several names including that of former Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia are doing rounds for the coveted post.

The resignations had started in Madhya Pradesh with Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha resigned from his posts in RTI, Law and HR departments of the party on Thursday and was followed by AICC general secretary in charge Deepak Babariya who also quit his responsibility taking the onus for the lok sabha poll loss.

MPCC Working Presidents — Surendra Chaudhary and Ramniwas Rawat too had followed suit resigning from their posts on Saturday.

Meanwhile a senior office-bearer from the PCC here on Monday claimed that all office-bearers of the state unit need not resign as the moment Nath relinquishes his post would automatically mean the dissolution of PCC executive body under him.

Meanwhile, Nath is in New Delhi on Monday to meet party president Rahul Gandhi along with other Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled States.

Besides, as soon as the rumours hit the state that PCC chief is being replaced, different camps have started lobbying for the coveted post. For obvious reasons, loyalists of former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia including Kamal Nath ministers Prabhuram Chaudhary and Govind Singh.

Besides, Kamal Nath loyalist and the minister Sajjan Singh Verma has floated the name of Home Minister Bala Bachchan, a tribal face in MP Congress.