Jyotiraditya Scindia: Leader who has put Congress on Notice

New Delhi/Bhopal: The Congress high command is on tenterhooks as the ongoing power struggle between Madhya Pradesh Congress leaders Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kamal Nath and Digvijay Singh over the selection of a new state party president threatens the very existence of the party in the state. A rebellion has broken out in the state party ranks and sources told that chances of Scindia leaving the grand old party cannot be discounted if he doesn’t get the post himself or for a leader of his choice.

When Congress came to power in Madhya Pradesh after 15 years, Scindia was confident of being called in to helm the new government. But state Congress chief Kamal Nath prevailed over the party leadership, which made him the Chief Minister. A dejected Scindia was left licking his wounds. But now with the Congress looking for a new state party president, Scindia sees a chance for himself. Only that Kamal Nath wants his man in that seat.

Scindia has met Sonia Gandhi twice in this regard. Following his last meeting with the interim Congress chief, Kamal Nath was called to Delhi. Meanwhile pro-Scindia factions — including Datia district Congress president Ashok Dangi and Morena district chief Rakesh Mavai — are openly threatening a revolt if Scindia is overlooked in the state party chief’s selection. “Some state Congress leaders are finding it hard to digest Scindia’s popularity and conspiring to keep him out of Madhya Pradesh,” said Dangi.

State Congress leaders are holding dharnas and posters have cropped up across MP demanding Scindia as Madhya Pradesh PCC chief. In all these posters, Jyotiraditya Scindia photo overwhelms miniature images of Sonia and Rahul. Though state Congress spokesperson Deepak Vijayvargiya has gone on record to claim that the party is going through a phase of intense dissatisfaction and imbalance, this unilateral rebellion by district party chiefs against the Congress high command is unfathomable without the backing of a leader (read Scindia). (IANS)

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