'Will Win Over 150 Seats In Madhya Pradesh': Rahul Gandhi Confident Of Recreating Karnataka Magic

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday claimed that his party will secure victory on more than 150 seats in the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections later this year.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that the party will win over 150 of 230 assembly seats in the state in elections this year. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi met with the party leaders of Madhya Pradesh including Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh to discuss poll strategy on Monday. After the meeting, Gandhi said that there internal says since they got 136 seats in Karnataka, they will win more than 150 seats in MP.

"We had a detailed meeting right now and our internal assessment says that since we got 136 seats in Karnataka, we are now going to get 150 seats in Madhya Pradesh," Rahul Gandhi said.

The leaders deleberated on the straegy for the upcoming elections in the state. Notably, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are two of the several crucial states going to polls this year. While Congress eyes to secure a majority in MP, it has the tough task of saving Rajasthan amid the infighting between CM Ashok Gehlot and party leader Sachin Pilot.

A meet of the top Congress leaders with the Rajasthan CM and Sachin Pilot is also set to take place. Speaking on the meeting, party president Mallikarjun Kharge said, "They are coming. We will discuss and decide whatever is in the interest of the party."

The proposed meeting comes close on the heels of Pilot's ultimatum that if his three demands from the state government were not met by the end of this month, he would launch a state-wide agitation.  

Pilot has also asked for a high-level inquiry into the alleged scams that took place during the tenure of the former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje government, as one of his demands, reported PTI. The meeting was earlier scheduled on May 26 but was later postponed.    

According to PTI, a senior Congress leader said that the high command will meet Gehlot and Pilot separately to bring them on one platform ahead of the assembly elections.  

Kharge was successful in bringing Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar together in Karnataka and the party now wants to try the same formula in Rajasthan, the senior leader said, as quoted by PTI. After its massive victory in Karnataka, Congress is full of confidence and aims to cash in with the energy and support it got in the southern state by dethroning the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).