Kamal Nath

The families of some of the ailing children were paying from their own pockets for treatment, Kamal Nath said while urging the BJP government in the state to fully cover all medical expenses.

Sources said this is a result of Income Tax searches in April 2019 that showed cash receipts by Congress from Megha Engineering and a company said to be close to aides of Kamal Nath

The former BJP general secretary was reacting to queries over speculation that Kamal Nath might join his party.

Nath and other leaders virtually attended a meeting to review preparations for the yatra earlier in the day, sources said.

Ahead of his visit to Bhopal on Tuesday, AICC in-charge Singh dismissed as “misinformation” the speculation of Kamal Nath’s possible switch to the BJP and asserted that the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister will join in the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in the state.

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In MP capital Bhopal, Nath’s Congress colleague Digvijaya Singh expressed confidence that his old friend won’t forsake the party from where he began his political journey.

The speculation was fanned by comments from both Congress and BJP leaders claiming that Nath was in talks with senior BJP leaders in the Capital, but there was no confirmation from either side.

Amid speculation that he could cross over to the BJP, Kamal Nath arrived in New Delhi on Saturday afternoon and said if there would be any such thing, he would inform the media first.

On being asked if he is joining BJP, Kamal Nath said, "Why are you all getting excited? It is not about denying. I will inform you all if there is something like that..."

Sources said Kamal Nath was asked to tender his resignation soon after the poll results were out.

Congress should have sacked Kamal Nath as PCC president for the Jyotiraditya Scindia fiasco that lost the party the state. Instead he was given untrammelled powers in deciding candidates and strategies for this election. Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh tightly supervised and executed everything, leaving little room for involvement from younger leaders

Goyal referred to the spat between Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath over seat sharing for the Assembly polls here, as well Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's statement that the Congress was more interested in polls than setting the course for the INDIA bloc.

Some of the prominent names against whom the action was taken include former MP Premchand Guddu (Alot), former MLA Antar Singh Darbar (Mhow), former MLA Yadvendra Singh (Nagod), state party spokesman Ajay Singh Yadav (Khargapur), Nasir Islam (Bhopal North) and Amir Aqueel (Bhopal North).

He claimed Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath was on a sticky wicket in his home turf Chhindwara from where he is in the fray for the November 17 assembly polls.

Hanuman had become the talking point of the Karnataka election after Congress said it would ban the Bajrang Dal in the state. The party plans to recite the Sundar Kand in all 230 assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh.

Nath, who has maintained his strong hold in the constituency for nearly four decades, reposes his faith in Chhindwara residents. The Congress state chief has been showcasing his development model in his rallies to woo voters.

The Centre has tasked former president Ram Nath Kovind with the responsibility of heading a committee to explore the feasibility of "one nation, one election", opening the possibility of Lok Sabha polls being advanced so that they could be held with upcoming assembly elections in many states, including MP.

As the Madhya Pradesh polls nears, Congress grapples with a key contradiction. Kamal Nath is trying hard to position Congress as a competitor for BJP’s Hindutva vote while Digvijaya Singh is attacking religious preachers aligned with the Hindutva ideology. How their camaraderie survives is a mystery, or a dead giveaway of strategy

Kamal Nath along with Congress general secretary in-charge organisation K C Venugopal met Pilot on Thursday to discuss his side of arguments and the former Rajasthan deputy CM conveyed to them that his fast was only directed at action against corruption and was not "anti-party" at all, sources said.