Former Madhya Pradesh (MP) chief minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on Monday dismissed speculations of him contesting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections form Jabalpur, saying he will not leave Chhindwara in any condition.
“I have no such plan to contest from Jabalpur. I won’t leave Chhindwara in any condition,” the former MP CM said.
Madhya Pradesh LoP and Congress leader Umang Singhar said that both Kamal Nath and the Congress party wants Nakul Nath to contest from Chhindwara.
“Kamal Nath wants Nakul Nath to be repeated, he has proposed his name. The party too wants the same. So, it is natural that Nakul Nath will be fielded from Chhindwara..,” Singhar said.
He also confirmed that senior leader Digvijay Singh will also contest the Lok Sabha elections.
“His (Digvijaya Singh) Lok Sabha ticket was finalised with his consent, you will get to know…Party is trying to have women candidates on 2-4 seats of the total 29 seats in the state…,” the Congress leader said.
Last month, Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath had unilaterally announced his candidature from Chhindwara amid rumours of the father-son duo joining the BJP.
Congress MP Nakul Nath reportedly removed ‘INC’ from his social media bio, giving further momentum to the rumours that he is going to join the BJP.
However, Kamal Nath later dismissed the rumours, saying he has never said anything about joining the BJP and that all this was a media creation.