Digvijaya trying to destabilise Congress govt in MP: Minister

A Madhya Pradesh minister has claimed senior Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh is trying to "destabilise" the Kamal Nath government, indicating factional feud in the state where the party came to power just nine months ago after 15 years in opposition.

Forest Minister Umang Singhar wrote a letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday in this connection.

The explosive letter, which indicates fissures in the Madhya Pradesh Congress, comes in the backdrop of names being propped up for the post of the state unit president, currently held by Kamal Nath, who took over as Chief Minister in December 2018.

However, some other ministers came forward to downplay the issue and affirm that Singh was a senior leader much liked by everyone associated with the party.

Singh recently wrote to state ministers, urging them to give him appointment so that he can know what action has been taken on his recommendations for transfers and other works.

Singhar took strong exception to Singh's letter and without taking his name, said the former chief minister is running the Nath-led government from "behind the curtain".

The tribal MLA from Gandhwani, talking to reporters here, said "When he is running the government from behind the curtain, which is known to everyone, including Congress workers, then what was the need to write a letter (to ministers)".

In his letter to Gandhi, Singhar said, "I am writing to you with a lot of pain to inform you that senior party leader and MP (Singh) is trying to destabilise the Kamal Nath government and trying to establish himself as a power centre."
The letter war gripping various factions of the state Congress and ministers talking in different voices prompted senior BJP leader Shivraj Chouhan to call the situation in MP "unusual"