Last Updated: February 17, 2024, 19:10 IST
Congress leader Kamal Nath with son Nakul Nath. (File Image: PTI)
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh asked how can someone think a person who started his political journey and stood with the Nehru-Gandhi family when Indira Gandhi was sent to jail would ever leave Congress and the Gandhi family
While Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s “will inform if anything happens” response fueled the speculation about him and his son, Nakul Kamal Nath joining the BJP, fellow party colleagues rejected the reports.
One of his aides, Congress leader Sajjan Singh Verma, however, hinted towards “insult and self-respect” being the driving factor behind the “change in a person’s decision”.
“Three things work in politics- respect, insult and self-respect, when these are hurt a person changes his decisions. When such a top politician who has done a lot for Congress and the nation in the last 45 years, thinks of moving away from his party, then all three factors work behind it. No decision has been taken that Kamal Nath ji is going, right there is just speculation…” Verma said.
#WATCH | Indore: Congress leader Sajjan Singh Verma and close aide of former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath says “Three things work in politics- respect, insult and self-respect, when these are hurt a person changes his decisions…When such a top politician who has done a lot for… pic.twitter.com/BrJnzeV6lv— ANI (@ANI) February 17, 2024
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh asked how can someone think a person who started his political journey and stood with the Nehru-Gandhi family when Indira Gandhi was sent to jail would ever leave Congress and the Gandhi family.
“I spoke to Kamal Nath at 10.30 pm yesterday, he is in Chhindwara. A person who started his political journey and stood with the Nehru-Gandhi family when Indira Gandhi was sent to jail, do you think he will ever leave Congress and the Gandhi family?” Digvijaya Singh said.
Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari called the news “baseless” saying “how can you think Indira Gandhi’s third child will leave us?”
“For the first time when Kamal Nath fought elections, then Indira Gandhi said that Kamal Nath is her third son…in the 45 years of political journey of Kamal Nath, in both our good times and bad times, he has been working with the party for the last 7 years as Madhya Pradesh Congress chief. I still remember when Scindia toppled the Congress govt in MP, all the Congress workers stood with Kamal Nath’s leadership and ideology…the news that’s speculating is baseless…can you imagine Indira Gandhi’s third son leaving Congress? Can’t think about something like that even in dreams…” he said.
#WATCH | Bhopal: On Former MP CM and Congress leader Kamal Nath, Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari says, “…He has always stood with the ideology of Congress…Indira Gandhi used to consider him as her third son. For the past 7 years, he has been working as MP… pic.twitter.com/iandYeOeiB— ANI (@ANI) February 17, 2024
The development came after Congress leader Nakul Kamal Nath removed the party name and symbol from his social media bio.
Nakul Nath’s move sparked rumours that his father and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath could also join the BJP.
BJP’s top sources told News18 that Kamal Nath is likely to join the saffron party in the next 48 hours.
