Once again there is a stir in the internal politics of Madhya Pradesh Congress. The reason is the Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant in the coming months. In this race, the name of former state president Arun Yadav and former leader of opposition Ajay Singh Rahul is at the top. Both the leaders are making claims on their own behalf.
Recently, the pain of the satrap leader of Vindhya region has come to the fore. In Maihar of Satna district, the Congress had staged a huge sit-in protest over local problems. In this meeting, former Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh Rahul openly demanded responsibility (post) to increase activism. In the 38-second viral video, Ajay Singh is seen saying that if he gets a post, he should increase his activity. Otherwise it will continue like this. The meeting was in Maihar on 29 March. In Maihar’s meeting, these things of Ajay Singh are being seen in connection with the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in the coming days.
Three Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant in MP in June
Let us tell you that in the month of June, three Rajya Sabha seats will be vacant from Madhya Pradesh. Two of these seats are in the account of the Bharatiya Janata Party and one in the Congress. MJ Akbar and Sampatia Uikey from BJP and Vivek Tankha from Congress will vacate the seat. After seeing the majority of the current assembly, there is a possibility of one seat going to the Congress account.
Arun Yadav reminded Sonia the promise!
Here, former Pradesh Congress Committee President Arun Yadav is also engaged in increasing activism in terms of Rajya Sabha. Recently, he met Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi. According to sources, he has also reminded the promise made during the 2018 assembly elections. Then Rahul Gandhi asked Budhni to contest in front of Arun Yadav. On this Yadav came in the field against Shivraj Singh but was defeated. Now Yadav is pressurizing the high command to fulfill the promise on which Rahul Gandhi had asked to send it to the Rajya Sabha in return.
Congress government fell because of this in 2018
Kamal Nath’s government fell two years ago due to a tussle between Jyotiraditya Scindia and Digvijay Singh for the Rajya Sabha seat. Angry Scindia had joined BJP.
Talking about Ajay Singh, he had tried his luck in the 2018 assembly elections from his ancestral seat, Churhat, but lost. Apart from this, the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 were also lost from Sidhi. However, he was elected MLA five times. In 1998, he also became the Minister of Panchayat and Rural Development. Similarly, Arun Yadav was the President of the State Congress Committee from 2014 to 2018. Apart from this, in the Manmohan Singh government, the Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises and later the Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing.
According to sources, if it is bound to be difficult for the Congress in the 2023 assembly elections. Both Ajay Singh and Arun Yadav are ready to go to the Rajya Sabha, but the party has only one seat vacant. At the same time, a big impact of the atmosphere created against Kamal Nath among the party leaders can also be seen.