Before the Lok Sabha elections, five Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh are falling vacant. It is believed that out of these five seats, 4 will go to BJP’s account and one seat can go to Congress’s share. There is competition among Congress leaders for this one seat. In this sequence, former Chief Minister of the state Kamal Nath has also presented his claim.
Met Sonia Gandhi
According to sources, Kamal Nath has expressed his desire to meet Sonia Gandhi on Friday. Let us tell you that Kamal Nath has been an MP from Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat of the state and at present his son Nakul Nath is an MP from here. This time also his son Nakul Nath will contest the elections from this seat. He has also made an announcement in this regard. And he himself wants to go to Rajya Sabha.
Elections are to be held on 27th February
For your information, let us tell you that there are five Rajya Sabha seats vacant in Madhya Pradesh, elections for which are to be held on 27th February. These seats are going to become vacant on 2nd April. In such a situation, the Election Commission has released the schedule of a total of 56 seats including these five seats. For this, nominations will be taken on 15th February, scrutiny of nomination papers on 16th February, withdrawal of nominations by 20th February and results will be declared after 27th February.
There was a crushing defeat in the assembly elections.
Let us tell you that the Congress party had to face defeat in the assembly elections held last year. In these elections, Bharatiya Janata Party had won 163 seats. Whereas Congress was limited to only 66 seats. Along with this, one seat went to someone else’s account. Congress had contested the elections in the state under the leadership of Kamal Nath and it was believed that after winning the elections, he would be made the CM but it could not happen.