Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath on Saturday met Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi at 11 am.
Sources said that Nath informed Sonia Gandhi about the recently concluded by-elections in Madhya Pradesh and its results in which BJP bagged two Assembly seats while Congress managed to secure victory in the Raigaon constituency as the bypolls were conducted on three seats in the state.
BJP candidates emerged victorious on Jobat and Prithvipur constituencies. BJP's Sulochana Rawat from the Jobat constituency won by 6,104 votes against Congress's Mahesh Rawat Patel.
In Prithvipur, BJP candidate Shishupal Yadav bagged the seat by a margin of 15,687 votes. Nitendra Singh Rathore from Congress finished second.
Congress's Kalpana Verma bagged the Raigaon constituency while defeating BJP's Pratima Bagari, with a margin of 12,290 votes.
Following the results of three Lok Sabha and 30 Assembly bypolls, Congress general secretary (Organization) KC Venugopal on Friday sought a report from the in-charge of all the election states and the state presidents for the reasons for the party's victory as well as defeat.
Sources claimed that Nath also spoke to Sonia Gandhi regarding the farmers' protest, which has been going on for almost a year across the country.
"They also discussed issues ranging from three agricultural laws to the nationwide fertilizer crisis and the problems faced by the farmers, coal crisis, electricity crisis, rising inflation. Discussions were also held regarding the 2022 Assembly elections to be held in many states and also about the topics related to the organization of the party and the ongoing Congress membership campaign," sources added.