Kamal Nath to take charge in Madhya Pradesh
The HinduThe Congress on Thursday announced that nine-term Member of Parliament from Chhindwara, 72-year-old Kamal Nath, will be the next Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. Continuing a day of marathon meetings, party president Rahul Gandhi met former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot for the second time late on Thursday. CLP meeting The formal announcement for Madhya Pradesh was made late in the evening in Bhopal at a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party of newly elected MLAs, where Mr. Nath thanked Jyotiraditya Scindia for supporting him. Earlier in the day, after two rounds of meetings with the two top contenders from the State — Mr. Nath and Mr. Scindia — Mr. Gandhi posted a smiling photo of himself with the two leaders on Twitter.