Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan, Kamal Nath in MP likely CMs
New Delhi, Dec 13 (IBNS) : Veteran Congress leader Ashok Gehlot and Kamal Nath are likely to become Chief Ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Preadesh respectively getting preference above the younger contenders even as the Congress is yet to make an announcement in this regard, media reports said.
Sachin Pilot, the Rajasthan Congress chief who refused to back down in the race for the top job, was the first to meet with Rahul Gandhi and it was a "good meeting," sources told NDTV.
In Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath is set to become Chief Minister.CNN-News 18 quoted its sources as saying that Kamal Nath will take oath on December 14 along with dozen other ministers.
In the final results declared on Wednesday morning, the party got 114 seats, two short of simple majority mark of 116 in the 230-member Assembly. 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.
Earlier in the day, speaking exclusively to CNN-News18, Jyotiraditya Scindia said, "It will be a privilege if given the chance to become Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh."
The Congress legislature party has decided that a decision on the Chief Minister of the state will be taken by party president Rahul Gandhi, who has called all the four contenders for the top post in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan to Delhi.
Accepting defeat, Shivraj Singh Chouhan resigned as the Madhya Pradesh chief minster, saying he takes full responsibility for the BJP’s ouster from power in the heartland state.
Leaving from the Raj Bhavan, Chouhan said he was now a “free man” and congratulated senior Congress leader Kamal Nath, though the grand old party was yet to formally announce him as the CM pick.
In Rajasthan, two-time former Chief Minister and General Secretary of All India Congress Committee Ashok Gehlot, and former Member of Parliament and Pradesh Congress Committee president Sachin Pilot are in line for the CM post. One is a party veteran and the other is a popular young leader. The Congress faces the same dilemma in Madhya Pradesh as well.
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