Dissent is brewing among those Congress legislators who could not get berth in the Cabinet of Chief Minister Kamal Nath. Among party MLAs, Aindal Singh Kansana is leading the charge against his own party with his supporters blocking national highway at Morena in the night of December 25 when the cabinet swearing in took place.
Kansana’s staunch supporter and Sumawali block head Madan Sharma had resigned from the party over the treatment meted out to Kansana. Presently Kansana backers are camping in New Delhi demanding ministerial berth for their leader.
Senior Congress leader and the former minister Bisahulal Singh from Anuppur district, where the Congress won all the three seats in assembly polls, had reportedly met Digvijay Singh post cabinet oath taking and was in tears. Another former minister KP Singh too has got in touch with party high command over his exclusion from the cabinet.
One of the Singh supporters in a veiled threat to Scindia has on social media advised him not to pass through Pichhore constituency, which is represented by Singh.
Hardeep Singh Dang, MLA from Suwasra in Mandsaur who is lone Sikh MLA in MP assembly and also the single Congress MLA in Mandsaur too was wishing for a ministerial berth and is reportedly upset.
Jai Adivasi Yuva Shakti (JAYS) national convener and Manwar MLA Hiralal Alawa had made his craving for the ministerial berth even before the cabinet was sworn in. Alawa has reportedly sought an appointment from Congress president Rahul Gandhi over the issue. Alawa has been terming his exclusion from the cabinet as insult to the tribal community which helped Congress return to power.
Sanjay Sharma, three-time MLA from Tendukheda who had joined Congress ahead of assembly polls has claimed he was promised a ministerial berth and won’t accept the post of parliamentary secretary. Burhanpur MLA Surendra Singh Thakur who had rebelled against Congress to fight and contest poll from Burhanpur too has warned Congress over his exclusion from the cabinet.
Among allies—BSP had extended support to Congress from outside while Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has expressed anguish over party’s lone MLA not being given space in Kamal Nath cabinet.
With the fresh trouble looming large over the state government, party troubleshooter Digvijay Singh has swung into action and left for New Delhi on Thursday evening to consult the high command over the political trouble in MP.