The Cabinet formation in Madhya Pradesh will be a tightrope walk for the Congress. Too many aspirants and the challenge of keeping a caste and regional balance could hold up the Ministry-making effort of the Kamal Nath government. Ahead of the Cabinet formation, supporters of Mr. Scindia will be lobbying hard for the party president’s post as well as for ministerial berths. In the past three days, newly elected MLAs met Mr. Digvijaya Singh, Mr. Ajay Singh and Mr. Pachouri, seeking ministerial berths. Mr. Nath and Mr. Digvijaya are different in many ways, but understand each other very well.

Source: The Hindu December 18, 2018 16:44 UTC