The State Congress on Saturday added two more names in its 42-member State Election Committee that was announced on Friday. The two names added on Saturday include Mahendra Singh Kalukheda and Mohammed Saleem.
Sources from the Congress informed that the Scindia group was angry over non inclusion of Kalukheda's name in the committee but it was added after interference of former union minister and Guna MP Jyotiraditya Scindia, while there was pressure from the central leadership to include the name of state coordinator of the minorities department Mohammed Saleem.
Central leadership had written to the state Congress president Arun Yadav and AICC general secretary in-charge for the state Mohan Prakash to include Saleem in the state election committee. But when the committee was announced his name was missing, this angered the minority community and it registered protest with the party high command, following that the central leadership instructed to include Saleem's name compulsorily in the committee.
The list announced on Friday initially had 41 names but later name of Govind Singh was added to raise the number to 42. The party termed the non inclusion of Singh's name as typing mistake but the insiders say that he was stayed away he remains vocal against leader of opposition Satyadev Katare. But letter compelling to special conditions his name was included. However, the former party MP Premchand Guddu failed to find place in the committee despite adopting rebel posture.