Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh on Tuesday dismissed speculation about the possibility of him entering the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra.
“Till 2013, I am out of electoral politics. No and that too in capital letters,” he said when asked about speculation that he could be the “outsider” taking the Upper House seat vacated by Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan.
Reports had it that with Mr Chavan entering the state legislature unopposed, the Congress circles are abuzz with speculation that an “outsider” like Mr Digvijay Singh could take his place in the Rajya Sabha.
Mr Singh is a former Madhya Pradesh chief minister who is currently looking after the party’s affairs in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh where Assembly polls are due next year.
A senior Maharashtra leader said possibilities for anyone from the state being nominated for the seat in the Upper House are thin.
Central leaders of the party are making it known that the Congress needs more experienced and competent leaders in the Rajya Sabha as the UPA is short of majority in the House.
The name of former Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Suresh Pachauri was earlier also doing the rounds for the Rajya Sabha seat from Maharashtra but Mr Pachauri had ruled that out.