As Madhya Pradesh polls near, can Rahul keep Congress flock together?

Report of another dissent in the party's Madhya Pradesh unit emerged on Tuesday when former Congress MP from Mandsaur, Meenakshi Natarajan, resigned from the party's manifesto committee

At a time when Congress is busy placating its senior leaders in Madhya Pradesh to prevent factionalism within the party ahead of upcoming state assembly elections, a new fissure within the party emerged on Wednesday.

Former Congress MP from Mandsaur, Meenakshi Natarajan, resigned from the party's manifesto committee following the induction of her 'bete noire' Rajendra Singh Gautam into a party coordination panel.

Natarajan was appointed chairperson of the Congress' manifesto committee, while Gautam was made a member of the party's state coordination committee.

Several of her supporters, including Congress MLA from Mandsaur's Suvasra constituency, Hardeep Singh