Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday was made the chairman of the Congress campaign committee for Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh.
This is seen as his virtual projection as the party’s chief ministerial candidate. While the state CLP leader Ajay Singh, son of Arjun Singh, has been made the head of the chargesheet drafting committee against the BJP government, PCC chief Kantilal Bhuria is heading the election committee in the state where the faction ridden party has suffered defeat in the last two Assembly elections.
The 22-member election committee has all the senior leaders from the state, including Mr Digvijay Singh, Mr Kamal Nath and Mr Scindia.
Forty two-year-old Jyotiraditya Scindia, the scion of the royal Scindia family of Gwalior and son of the late Congress leader Madhavrao Scindia, is a three-time MP from Guna.
The Harvard graduate, who is Union minister of state for power, was first elected to Lok Sabha in 2002, months after the death of his father in a helicopter crash.
Mr Kamal Nath will coordinate among various election related committees, party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said in the announcement.
While former PCC chief Suresh Pachauri has been made the chairman of the state manifesto committee, party MP Arun Yadav heads the Assembly election management committee. Another MP Premchand Guddu is leading the Committee to took after publicity, publication and media committee.
Party leaders Indrajeet Patel and Meenakshi Natrajan have been made convenors of the campaign committee.
The committees were approved by party chief Sonia Gandhi.
Meanwhile, the Congress tonight set up manifesto implementation committees for 16 states including poll-bound Delhi, Rajasthan and Mizoram bringing uniformity in their constitution.