Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath is mulling to contest the Assembly bypoll from Chhindwara, during April-May, 2019 along with the Lok Sabha elections.
Congress party sources said that Nath wants his eldest son Nakul to contest the upcoming general elections from the Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency.
Nath, a nine-time MP from Chhindwara, has almost made up his mind to contest from Chhindwara Assembly seat. Earlier, he was thinking of contesting the by-election from Sausar, sources added.
The chief minister changed his mind as he thought that if he contests from Sausar, a little known assembly seat in Chhindwara district, the BJP may run a campaign to defame him saying that he was running away from his home turf, they added.
Nath wants Congress to field his son Nakul (37), a graduate from Boston University, as the party's candidate from Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming general elections.
Congress leader and Chhindwara MLA Deepak Saxena said, "As soon as Nath ji decides to fight from my seat, I will resign to clear the way for him. We all want him to fight from here."