{"id":2646,"date":"2018-07-26T08:19:45","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T02:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/?p=2646"},"modified":"2018-07-26T08:19:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T02:49:45","slug":"kamal-nath-vs-jyotiraditya-scindia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oyspa.com\/blog\/news\/kamal-nath-vs-jyotiraditya-scindia\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamal Nath Vs Jyotiraditya Scindia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though Congress president Rahul Gandhi had restructured the Madhya Pradesh unit of his party ahead of the Assembly election to be held later this year, the exercise does not seem to be yielding the desired result.<\/p>\n

Rahul Gandhi’s aim of uniting the various regional satraps may be falling flat. Factionalism in the MP unit of the Congress is refusing to end.<\/p>\n

In the latest development, the supporters of MP Congress state president Kamal Nath and campaign committee chairperson Jyotiraditya Scindia have clashed over the chief minister’s post.<\/p>\n

Former chief minister Digvijaya Singh finds himself in the crossfire between the two factions.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, hashtag ‘Chief Minister Scindia’ trended on Twitter. Scindia’s fans tweeted cards and posts saying he was the only one suited to be the next chief minister of MP.<\/p>\n

This was in response to Kamal Nath’s supporters trending hashtag ‘Kamal Nath Next MP CM’ the previous day.<\/p>\n

The tweets in support of the Kamal Nath were posted by one ‘Madhya Pradesh Congress Yuva Mitra Mandal’ while that of Scindia by one ‘Shrimant Scindia Fan Club’.<\/p>\n

The tweets in support of the MP Congress state president were posted on July 6.<\/p>\n

The messages were as follows:<\/p>\n

‘Maharaj (Scindia) aur Raja (Digvijaya Singh) ka hai saath, mukhyamantri baney Kamal Nath (With the support of Scindia and Digvijaya, Kamal Nath will become MP CM)’.<\/p>\n

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‘Kamal Nath hee kamal (BJP) ki kaat hai, Madhya Pradesh ka har yuva aapke saath hai (Kamal Nath is the only antidote to Lotus, each and every youth of MP is with you)’.<\/p>\n

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‘Guna (Scindia’s Lok Sabha constituency) se milega josh, Raghogarh (Digvijaya’s home) se ashirwad, Chhindwara (Kamal Nath’s Lok Sabha constituency), netritva karega, CM banengey Kamal Nath (Kamal Nath will get energy from Scindia, blessings from Digvijaya, he will lead the election and become CM)’.<\/p>\n

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A day later, the Scindia supporters sprung into action to respond to their counterparts in the Kamal Nath faction.<\/p>\n

Their tweets appeared to be targeting Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh besides the BJP government in the state.<\/p>\n

One of them, taking inspiration from the epic Mahabharata, said ‘Digvijaya banein Dron, sarthi banein Kamal Nath, Shrimant (Scindia) banein Arjun, Madhya Pradesh hai aapke saath (Digvijaya is your guide, Kamal Nath is the charioteer, Scindia is the leader, MP supports you)’.<\/p>\n

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Another one, which targeted the BJP, can be construed to hit also at Kamal Nath. It said, “Bahut huyi ‘kamal’ ki maar, ab ki baar Scindia sarkar (Enough of atrocities by the BJP, this time it would be Scindia government).”<\/p>\n

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The other tweets posted were as follows:<\/p>\n

‘Kyon padey ho chakkar mein, koi nahin hai takkar mein (Why are you after the post? No one can compete with Scindia)’.<\/p>\n

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‘Yahi shashwat satya hai, agla CM Jyotiraditya hai (This is the eternal truth, next CM is Jyotiraditya)’.<\/p>\n

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‘Desh mein chalegi vikas ki andhi, pradesh mein Scndia, Kendra mein Rahul Gandhi (India will witness a wave of development, Scindia will be at the helm in the state while Rahul Gandhi will lead at the Centre)’.<\/p>\n

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‘Jayengey Mama (MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan) and BJP ka ant hoga, aaegi Congress, CM will be Shrimant (Chouhan will get defeated, BJP’s rule will come to an end, Congress will come to power and Scindia will be the CM)’.<\/p>\n

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Factionalism has been one of the major reasons why the Congress failed to defeat the ruling BJP in the 2008 and 2013 Assembly elections in the state. The party may lose a chance to return to power if factionalism does not come to an end.<\/p>\n

In the April 26 reshuffle carried out by Rahul Gandhi, while Kamal Nath was made president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC), Jyotiraditya Scindia was appointed as chairperson of the campaign committee for the state.<\/p>\n

About a month later, on May 22, Digvijaya Singh was named as the MP Congress’s coordination committee chief.<\/p>\n

However, this reshuffle has failed to address the real issue of checking factionalism in the state unit.<\/p>\n

The BJP is at its weakest point in the last 15 years that it has been in power. Anti-incumbency against the party as well as Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is at its highest.<\/p>\n

This is the best opportunity for the Congress to return to power in 15 years, provided its leaders remain united.<\/p>\n

Only factionalism can keep the Congress from defeating the BJP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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