Kamal Nath corners maximum tickets, likely CM if Congress wins

A majority of Congress’ candidates who have got tickets to fight the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections are from the camp of the party’s state chief, Kamal Nath. Political observers say that the composition of the just released candidates’ list confirms that it is Nath who will be Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in case the Congress defeats the Shivraj Singh Chouhanled BJP government, which is seeking a fourth term in the state.

“A majority of the candidates owe their loyalty to Kamal Nath and to some extent Digvijaya Singh. So it is clear who the CM will be if we win. Nath is the one who is taking on the Chief Minister directly, both on social and traditional media, while the other claimant, Jyotiraditya Scindia, has slowly receded to the background,” said a party leader based in Bhopal.

Since mid-October, Nath has been attacking Chouhan by asking him one question a day, as part of the 40 questions that he will ask until the elections “exposing the false claims” of good governance by the BJP in the last 15 years. “This exercise has served the dual purpose of exposing Chouhan and also making it clear that who the de-facto CM face of the Con-