Wednesday’s announcement of Ashok Singh’s name as the Congress candidate from Madhya Pradesh for the February 27 biennial Rajya Sabha elections ended days of speculations that former Chief Minister Kamal Nath could be sent to the Upper House.
Speculations on his push for a Rajya Sabha berth, going on for days, had paced up after he had met former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on February 9.
There were also reports that Mr. Nath had the support of several of the 66 Congress MLAs and if he did not get a Rajya Sabha ticket, he could shift loyalties. Various statements from BJP leaders that their “doors were open for everyone” further added to the buzz suggesting that Mr. Nath could end his decades-old association with the grand old party and join the BJP.
