While talks of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra eyeing a nomination for Rajya Sabha gaining momentum, demands of sending her to the Upper House of the parliament are heard in Madhya Pradesh.
Three Rajya Sabha seats of Madhya Pradesh quota are going to be vacant in April this year and the ruling party is hopeful of retaining two of them.
The sitting RS Member of Parliament, Digvijay Singh, is eager to have another term in office while his close rival Jyotiraditya Scindia too is vying for a berth in the Upper House. Both lost the Lok Sabha polls in year 2019.
In case, Priyanka Gandhi opts for the RS route via Madhya Pradesh, either Singh or Scindia might have to opt for any other State to get elected for the Rajya Sabha.
Meanwhile, Congress leaders in the past have demanded Gandhi be brought to the State at the time of several elections in the past have started to reiterate the demand.
State PWD minister Sajjan Singh Verma who is considered close to Chief Minister Kamal Nath, on Sunday openly claimed that Gandhi be brought to Madhya Pradesh for RS nomination.
Saying that late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had brought CM Kamal Nath to Chhindwara 40 years ago and got him elected as an MP, so in the current political scenario, it was high time Nath brings Priyanka Gandhi to the state.
This would start a fresh politics in Madhya Pradesh, he claimed.
Parliamentary Affairs minister Govind Singh commenting on RS nominations claimed that the party had the required majority to bag two of the three seats and the party high command would finalise the names.
Verma’s statement came a day after CM Kamal Nath visited New Delhi and called on senior party leaders including interim president Sonia Gandhi.
Sources claim that Scindia who had suffered shocking defeat in his parliamentary seat Guna in 2019 lok sabha polls is eager to each Rajya Sabha.
However, if at all, the party fields Priyanka Gandhi from MP for Rajya Sabha, his road to the Upper House of the parliament could be an uphill task.