With just one-and-a-half years left for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, MP Congress chief Kamal Nath on Thursday resigned as the leader of opposition (LOP) in the state assembly with immediate effect as he was occupying two posts in the party. Speaker Sonia Gandhi has appointed Dr. Govind Singh, MLA from Lehar in Bhind district as the new leader.
In the past, Dr. Singh had wished for this position several times in public forums.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary KC Venugopal in an official letter addressed to Nath said, “You are informed that the Hon’ble Congress President has accepted your resignation from the post of Leader of Congress Legislature Party, Madhya Pradesh. Immediate effect. The party wholeheartedly appreciates your contribution as CLP leader, Madhya Pradesh.”
“The Hon’ble Congress President has also approved the proposal to appoint Dr. Govind Singh as the Leader of Congress Legislature Party, Madhya Pradesh,” it said.
While the state unit of the Congress in a recent meeting unanimously decided that the party would contest the MP Assembly elections under Nath’s leadership, the BJP has always maintained that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan remains the party’s face for the next elections.
“The party has unanimously decided that the 2023 assembly elections will be fought under the leadership of Kamal Nath,” Congress leader Jitu Patwari said after a meeting at Nath’s residence in Bhopal on April 4. Start a big movement from the streets to the assembly to raise the issues of the people.
Nath continues to lead the state unit of the Congress even after the party’s victory in the 2018 assembly elections. Nath had to resign as chief minister in March 2020 after the Congress government lost majority with the exit of 22 MLAs who had joined the BJP along with senior leader Jyotiraditya Scindia.
With 91 MLAs, the Congress became the main opposition party in the house. Nath then became the leader of the Congress Legislature Party in the state assembly.
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