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Rahul Gandhi picks Kamal Nath for the chief minister post in MP

| @indiablooms | Dec 13, 2018, at 09:04 pm

Bhopal, Dec 13 (IBNS): Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday selected senior party leader Kamal Nath for the chief ministerial position in Madhya Pradesh where it defeated the BJP with a marginal margin.

Kamal Nath, who pips young Jyotiraditya Scindia in the race for the coveted post, is at present the President of Congress in Madhya Pradesh.

According to reports, Scindia accepted the decision after marathon meetings.

Scindia will now take care of the national politics.

Just ahead of the decision, Rahul posted a photograph of him with these two leaders.

Posting the photograph, Rahul tweeted: "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. - Leo Tolstoy"

In the final results declared on Wednesday morning, the party got 114 seats in the state, two short of simple majority mark of 116 in the 230-member Assembly.

However, it was a comfortable march past the majority mark with BSP chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav lending support of their 2 and one MLAs, respectively. Four Independents who are Congress rebels are also likely to extend support, consolidating the party’s position further.

Accepting defeat, Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the BJP resigned as the Madhya Pradesh chief minister. He said he takes full responsibility for the BJP’s ouster from power in the heartland state.
 

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