The Assembly election in Madhya Pradesh is set to take place on November 17 and the counting of votes is scheduled for December 3 along with the results of four other states. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress party will be in direct contest in the upcoming polls.
With 114 seats, the Congress party, emerged as the single largest party in the 230-member Assembly.
Nath took the oath of office at 1:30 pm and the ceremony was preceded by an all-religion prayer meeting.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi put a stamp on Kamal Nath's name as Madhya Pradesh CM after hours of hectic parleys.
Congress party president Rahul Gandhi is likely to announce the names of chief ministers in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh on Friday.
The Congress is set to form the government in Madhya Pradesh. Kamal Nath was removed as the Congress in-charge for Punjab in 2016 following objections from Congress leaders in the Sikh-majority state.
Rahul Gandhi is meeting observers appointed for the three states and other senior leaders and a decision is expected only after this meeting.
It would be naïve to conclude that a defeat in the Assembly polls would easily translate into similar outcome in these states when the electorate cast their votes for choosing the government at the Centre in 2019.
The BSP put up 227 candidates while the SP 51. The Aam Aadmi Party, contesting the state election for the first time, fielded candidates on 208 seats.
In Rajasthan, the Congress is projected to return to power, according to exit poll survey, It may win 100 to 110 seats in a House of 200, while the ruling BJP headed by CM Vasundhara Raje, may slip to 80 to 90 seats.
The party has also requested the Election Commission to provide details of the EVMs replaced during the polling.
The capital of MP is Bhopal. Indore is its largest city. The state has 52 districts.
In August 2015, he married to Rajya Sabha TV anchor Amrita Rai.
The Congress also alleged an organised attempt by the BJP to try and subvert the mandate of the people and urged the poll panel to take congnisance of these extremely alarming incidents.
While the BJP is seeking a record fourth term under Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla is seeking a third consecutive term in Mizoram.
PM Modi who is on a campaign trail in the poll-bound states of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh will return to Rajasthan on Monday after winding up his campaign in Madhya Pradesh.
Rahul Gandhi said that the fear of losing the 2019 general elections has created “hatred” in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mind against the Congress.
PM Modi came down hard on Congress for dragging his mother's name in politics and challenged the main Opposition party to contest him rather than stooping to such a low level.
Campaigning for the BJP for the November 28 polls, he accused the Congress of engaging in divisive politics.
Citing official data, Gandhi said that in India only 450 youths get jobs every day while in China, 50,000 people get employed every 24 hours.
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