Kamal Nath For Congress President? Buzz After Meet With Sonia Gandhi

The Congress's internal elections have been put off thrice. In May, the party deferred the polls again on account of a spike in Covid cases in the second wave.

Congress leader Kamal Nath's meeting with party chief Sonia Gandhi today reinforced talk about his elevation to a top post, even working president, of the party. But top Congress sources said after the meeting that there is no plan to appoint any working Congress president or vice president, as speculated. Organisational elections to pick a new Congress president and members of the Congress Working Committee are likely to be announced soon, said sources, adding that the party leadership was not expected to make any such announcement during this process. The sources also pointed out that Kamal Nath is currently Congress chief in Madhya Pradesh and also the leader of the state legislature party. Last year , his long-running feud with Jyotiraditya Scindia boiled over and led to his government in Madhya Pradesh collapsing after Mr Scindia switched to the BJP, taking a large number of Congress MLAs with him.