Political circles were abuzz on Saturday amid speculation that former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and veteran Congress leader Kamal Nath may join the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
A post of a former Congress leader and BJP state spokesperson Narendra Saluja on X, ahead of Nath's arrival in Delhi, has given wings to the speculation.
"I would like to request that the news that is speculated are baseless...can you imagine Indira Gandhi's third son leaving Congress? Can't think about something like that even in dreams...," Patwari told reporters.
"Kamal Nath is in Chhindwara...I had a conversation with Kamal Nath last night. He is in Chhindwara. The person who started his political career with the Nehru-Gandhi family and he stood together when the entire Janata Party and the then central government were sending Indira Gandhi to ja
Nath wrote, "The ideology of Congress is the ideology of truth, religion and justice. There is equal place and respect in the ideology of Congress for all religions, castes, regions, languages and ideas of the country. In the 138 year history of the Congress Party, most of the time has been
The Congress party suffered a setback on Wednesday ahead of the Lok Sabha elections as one of its leaders and Mayor of Jabalpur Municipal Corporation Jagat Bahadur Singh joined the BJP.
Former CM Nath made the remark while talking to the reporters in Chhindwara district on Tuesday, adding that the Congress party has started its preparation for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
After taking oath, Nath told reporters, "Today I have taken oath. I have got another opportunity to serve the state. This is a matter of great happiness for me."
"They (BJP) are looking for some excuse for a dispute. Whatever they can do but there should not be any dispute in the society, this is our aim. It is our culture of living together and of love," Nath told reporters.
Yadav became an MLA for the first time in 2013 from Ujjain south assembly constituency and won his second term in 2018. Subsequently, he was elected an MLA for the third time in 2023 and chosen as the CM of the state.
"Wait till tomorrow, they (Congress) will raise questions on EVM machines, as they are raising questions on exit polls. When Congress party faces defeat then they question Court, army, vaccines, exit polls and will raise questions on EVM tomorrow," Mishra said.
Talking to reporters in the state capital Bhopal on Saturday, Singh responding to a question of horse trading ahead of counting of votes said, "We are fully prepared. Now we have no Scindia left, hence there is no traitor."