Kamal Nath Asked To Quit Madhya Pradesh Congress Chief Post: Sources

Kamal Nath — former Chief Minister-turned-Madhya Pradesh Congress chief — has been requested to step down from the submit, sources mentioned a day after the social gathering bought decimated in a state they have been certain of profitable. The outcomes yesterday confirmed the BJP had gained 163 of the state’s 230 seats — greater than double the Congress tally of 66.

The figures made it clear that the state of affairs couldn’t be farther from the Congress studying of it.

The social gathering, led by Mr Nath, was satisfied that there was large anti-incumbency towards the Shivraj Singh Chouhan authorities.

So satisfied of victory was the social gathering that on the morning of the counting day, posters got here up congratulating Mr Nath on his victory. By midday, they needed to be pulled down because the BJP established a cushty lead.

With the social gathering being satisfied that anti-incumbency towards the BJP would push the election of their route, the Congress marketing campaign technique lacked an edge.

The social gathering didn’t maintain large protests towards the BJP to register its presence. The variety of public conferences and rallies they held was virtually half that of the BJP. This affected communication with the voters and made the social gathering unable to hold its message throughout, leaders confided in personal.

Mr Nath’s different transfer — denying the promised 5 to seven seats to INDIA bloc associate Samajwadi Social gathering — has earned it the wrath of the alliance companions.

Sharing of seats on the state stage was anticipated to be the blueprint for the bloc’s one-on-one technique for subsequent 12 months’s basic elections — dubbed a do-or-die battle with the BJP.

“The Congress has not been capable of perceive the bottom state of affairs in Madhya Pradesh. What hurt might have occurred if that they had given 5-7 seats to Akhilesh Yadav? What have they gained now?” Nationwide Convention chief Omar Abdullah was quoted as saying by information company Press Belief of India. 

“Judging the outcomes of INDIA alliance within the state elections, if the state of affairs is like this sooner or later, we can’t win,” he instructed reporters yesterday.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mentioned the Congress might have gained Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan, however “some votes have been reduce by INDIA events”.

“That is the reality. We had instructed a seat-sharing association. They misplaced due to division of votes,” she instructed the state meeting as we speak.

Senior Congress chief Manickam Tagore underscored the significance of alliances and mentioned it’s the state-level leaders within the Hindi heartland “who want to grasp it”.

“It’s robust for the Congress to grasp the significance of alliances as a result of in states like MP, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan there isn’t any alliance politics,” Manickam Tagore instructed NDTV.

A bit of social gathering employees additionally confided that the social gathering wants a brand new face and contemporary vitality within the state, the place it has been led for many years by Kamal Nath and Digvijay Singh, each of their late ’70s. They pointed to Telangana the place a brand new younger chief, Revanth Reddy, has crafted an enormous victory.