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Kamal Nath is MP's new chief minister, deliberations continue for Rajasthan,Chhattisgarh

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday picked Madhya Pradesh PCC chief Kamal Nath over Jyotiraditya Scindia for the top job in MP. However, a decision is yet to be taken by the party for chief minister's posts in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.After rumours of infighting in Congress, both the leaders Scindia and Nath held a press conference late Thursday at the party office in Bhopal where the latter was declared the state's new chief minister. He said the date for the swearing-in ceremony will be decided after holding consultations with Governor Anandiben Patel. 


In Rajasthan, where the odds seem to favour Ashok Gehlot amid reports of Sachin Pilot standing his ground, a final decision is expected to be announced Friday morning. The Congress party has the required numbers to form the government in all three states, the elected MLAs have not been able to decide their leader. The newly-elected legislators at the Congress Legislature Party meetings yesterday authorised the party chief to take a call on who will be the CM in the three states.

After the meeting of the MLAs, Kamal Nath said he would meet the governor, Anandiben Patel,on 10.30 am on Friday to take forward the government formation process.Kamal Nath is to take oath as Madhya Pradesh chief minister on December 17 at Lal Parade Ground in Bhopal,according to news agency ANI.

For Rajasthan, he was also expected to pick Ashok Gehlot, 67, or Sachin Pilot, 41. He was in a late-night meeting with Gehlot, immediately after meeting Pilot, at the time of going to print at 12:10am. For Chhattisgarh, the decision on the next chief minister is likely to be made on Friday.

The Congress won a landslide in Chhattisgarh, clearly won Rajasthan, and edged out the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the elected legislators of all three states passed resolutions asking Gandhi to pick their CMs. There were two aspirants in Madhya Pradesh, Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia; two in Rajasthan, Gehlot and Pilot; and three in Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel, TS Singhdeo, and Tamradhwaj Sahu.

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