leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Ajay Singh said here on Saturday that projecting chief ministerial candidate in Punjab was a strategy by the Congress confined only to that State.
While talking to media persons, Singh said, “The party projected Captain Amrinder Singh as the Chief Ministerial candidate ahead of assembly polls in Punjab as a strategy for that State. But there is no such tradition in the party as far as other States are concerned.” He was speaking at the Meet The Press programme organised by the Central Press Club.
However, he clarified that if the party wishes then it can change this tradition also. Singh was responding to the demand raised by the Chief Whip in the lok Sabha and senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia that Congress should project a face in the poll-bound States as it had done in Punjab, which paid rich dividends.
When asked about reports of change of guard in MP Congress, he said that such talks were created by media. “I have not heard any such thing and at present Arun Yadav is the State Congress President and the party would contest the elections in his leadership only,” he said.Answering a question, Singh said that he is personally in favour of conducting elections through ballot papers only. “As far as I know elections are being conducted world over through ballot papers only,” he said, adding that if the Election Commission still insists on conducting elections through Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) enabled EVMs, then it should tally the results of ballot unit with that of paper slips to ensure accuracy and avoid any doubt.