Kamal Nath has represented Chhindwara 9 occasions in Lok Sabha. (File)
Bhopal:
There’s a powerful buzz that Kamal Nath might swap to the BJP in a recent jolt to the Congress forward of the nationwide elections, with sources near him telling NDTV that he’s “unhappy” with the occasion.
The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister arrived in Delhi on Saturday, including gas to the hypothesis. But he hasn’t met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah and has solely heard BJP state leaders like VD Sharma saying he’s welcome to affix their occasion, sources mentioned.
The individuals in Chhindwara – which Mr Nath has represented 9 occasions in Lok Sabha – need him to affix the BJP to make sure higher improvement and the matter is below his consideration, sources mentioned.
The constituency is now represented by Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath, who can also be being speculated to affix the BJP alongside along with his father. Nakul Nath had purportedly eliminated ‘Congress’ from his social media bio yesterday, resulting in the crossover buzz, however sources mentioned his bio by no means talked about the occasion’s identify.
Kamal Nath’s Delhi journey comes at a time BJP is holding a two-day nationwide council, being attended by high leaders from throughout the nation.
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He hasn’t resigned from Congress, however feels the occasion is not the identical that he had joined 5 a long time in the past and has conveyed his unhappiness to the management, the sources mentioned.
“He feels that Rahul Gandhi is busy with the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra and the party is now being run by the likes of senior leaders Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal, and Randeep Surjewala,” the sources mentioned.
They additionally dominated out that his unhappiness was over not being nominated to the Rajya Sabha, and mentioned senior chief Digvijaya Singh had requested him to not go away the occasion.
The Congress has denied experiences that Mr Nath will finish his lengthy affiliation with the occasion, stressing that former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had referred to as him her “third son” whereas campaigning for him in 1979.
“Can you think even in a dream that Indira Gandhi’s ‘third son’ will quit the Congress? Can he think of leaving the workers who fought the Assembly elections under his leadership and worked tirelessly to try and make him the chief minister,” mentioned Jitu Patwari, who had changed him because the state Congress chief after the occasion’s election setback final 12 months.
Kamal Nath’s switchover would ship a serious blow to the Congress forward of the nationwide elections. The grand outdated occasion is already reeling from a string of high-profile exits, the most recent being former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, who joined the BJP earlier this week.
Mr Nath’s exit will go away the occasion susceptible in Madhya Pradesh, the place the Congress had received only one seat in 2019 elections.
His former colleague Jyotiraditya Scindia, now a Union Minister, had crossed over to the BJP after a mega revolt that had introduced down the Congress authorities in Madhya Pradesh in 2020.