A senior Congress MLA who too was a minister in the 15 months long Kamal Nath-led regime in MP between 2019 and 2020, told this newspaper, “Though it’s yet not clear whether Nath or his son will actually join the BJP or not, even if it happens, just handful of MLAs, particularly from Chhindwara, Pandhurna and Balaghat districts of Mahakoshal region will follow their leader into the BJP.”

Meanwhile, four-times former Congress MLA from Chhindwara seat Deepak Saxena, who is considered very close to Nath, made it clear that the possible big move by Nath will happen, largely due to the veteran politician’s repeated insults and ignorance from the party. He has served for nearly five decades in Congress.

“Congress lost assembly polls in Chhattisgarh (which was ruled by Rahul Gandhi’s man Bhupesh Baghel), Rajasthan and MP, but only Kamal Nath was being targeted and blamed by the Congress’s top brass. The humiliation was continuous since the polls were over, including removing him as MP Congress chief and then not naming him the RS polls candidate from MP. He (Nath) has always stood by the Gandhi family, right since the days of Indira Gandhi. Earlier, he (Nath) was part of all key committees of the Congress, but it’s not the same now. Given the current situation, the big move by Nath and his son might happen in the next one or two days,” Saxena told this newspaper.

Continuing to put on a brave face, former MP CM Digvijaya Singh told journalists in Bhopal, “We all have always regarded him as Indira Gandhi’s third son and he too has always been committed to the Congress and has been among the prime pillars of the party. Spanning from posts of union minister, and AICC secretary to MP Congress chief and MP CM, he has been given all major responsibilities. The pressure of ED, income tax and other agencies is on him also, just like it’s on the others. But I’m still confident that he’ll not leave the party.”