A nine-term MP from Chhindwara, Kamal Nath, shared a post on Twitter thanking Sonia and Rahul Gandhi for bestowing trust on him. "As Madhya Pradesh Congress President, I will be committed towards working courageously in defeating BJP and non-secular forces," he wrote.
Meanwhile, Bala Bachhan, Jitu Patwari, Ramnivas Rawat and Surender Choudhary were appointed as Working Presidents of the party.
Former CM and senior party leader Digvijaya Singh had also earlier emerged as a contender for the top party post in the state after completing a gruelling 192 days, 3,325 km long Narmada Parikarma.
The reshuffle is aimed at uprooting Shivraj Singh Chouhan who has been the Chief Minister since 2006. The BJP has been in power in the central Indian State since 2003.
Reports say at present, there are two streams of thought within the Congress. A section of Congressmen led by AICC general secretary Deepak Babaria feels the party should avoid projecting any 'face' for the November polls. Several arguments have been marshalled such as Congress’s age-old convention to let the newly-elected MLAs chose their Chief Minister. In practice, the MLAs authorise the Congress high command to appoint its favourite. For instance, in 2000 Sonia Gandhi chose Ajit Jogi as Chief Minister of newly-created Chhattisgarh who did not have the support of even five party MLAs.