If party wishes, it may project CM face in MP: Ajay Singh

  • | Sunday | 23rd April, 2017

"The party projected Amarinder Singh as CM candidate ahead of assembly polls in Punjab due to certain reasons and a part of strategy. ?But I am unable to believe that BJP won Bandhavgarh bypoll by 25,000 votes, which even BJP did not expect," he said.? The Congress victory in Ater reveals that complaints regarding tampering of EVMs at certain places were true. Bhopal: Projecting someone as a chief ministerial candidate isn't in Congress tradition but if the party wishes then it can change this custom, ?Madhya Pradesh Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh said on Saturday when asked about party MP Jyotiraditya Scindia's statement that Congress must build on the Ater model and have a CM face in the 2018 assembly election.The tactic had worked in Punjab, Singh said. Normally, there is no such tradition and Congress never projects any face before assembly elections," Singh told reporters.??When asked about rumours of a change of guard in MP Congress, he said such talks were the "creation of media?".

Bhopal: Projecting someone as a chief ministerial candidate isn't in Congress tradition but if the party wishes then it can change this custom, ?Madhya Pradesh Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh said on Saturday when asked about party MP Jyotiraditya Scindia's statement that Congress must build on the Ater model and have a CM face in the 2018 assembly election.The tactic had worked in Punjab, Singh said. "The party projected Amarinder Singh as CM candidate ahead of assembly polls in Punjab due to certain reasons and a part of strategy. Normally, there is no such tradition and Congress never projects any face before assembly elections," Singh told reporters.??When asked about rumours of a change of guard in MP Congress, he said such talks were the "creation of media?". "I have not heard any such thing in the party?. At present, Arun Yadav is the state Congress president and the party will contest ?the assembly ?elections under his leadership," Singh said.The LOP wants an investigation into rumours that senior Congress leader Kamal Nath ?may switch to BJP. "We have been hearing such rumours for a few days and it should be probed thoroughly to find out who is spreading these rumours and why," said Singh.Attacking the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government, Singh accused BJP of being involved in "smart scams instead of building smart cities". The Congress victory in Ater reveals that complaints regarding tampering of EVMs at certain places were true. "?The results ?in Ater were fair as the ?Election Commission d ?replaced every EVM machine at all booths after Congress lodged a complaint. ?But I am unable to believe that BJP won Bandhavgarh bypoll by 25,000 votes, which even BJP did not expect," he said.?

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