Congress President Election: Digvijaya Singh To File Nomination for Party Chief Post

New Delhi, Sep 28: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has decided to file nomination for the post of the party president for which election is scheduled to be held on October 17. He is expected to arrive in the national capital on Wednesday night.

Sources close to Singh on Wednesday said the decision to contest the polls is his personal one, adding nobody from the Gandhi family has asked him to do so. Congress President Election: Kamal Nath Says 'Not Keen on Becoming Party Chief, Want to Focus on Madhya Pradesh'.

The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister may file the nomination by September 30.

Congress' initial plan was to field Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for the top party post but the high-octane drama in Rajasthan has miffed the Gandhis. Karnataka Shocker: Three Held Over Minor Girl’s Forceful Marriage in Chamarajanagar.

Sources in the know of things said "Gehlot has not been ruled out from the race yet".

Congress treasurer Pawan Kumar Bansal has taken a nomination form from the party's Central Election Authority (CEA). On his part, Bansal said he is only a proposer, not the candidate.

CEA chairman Madhusudan Mistry on Tuesday had said: "Till now, Shashi Tharoor and Pawan Bansal have taken nomination forms from the CEA."

Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath whose name had also come up and had met Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday, said that he does not want to become the party chief, and wants to continue to work for the party in Madhya Pradesh.

The drama in Rajasthan has made the Congress leadership think about a 'Plan B' for the top party post for which Gehlot was being seen as a contender. However, the open defiance by his MLAs loyal to him brought him under a cloud.

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