Kamal blooms in Madhya Pradesh, Congress makes official announcement

Bhopal : Congress on Thursday officially announced that veteran leader Kamal Nath will take over as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. The decision was taken after a late-night meeting of MLAs in Bhopal.

Ashok Gehlot is likely to take charge of top post in Rajasthan, Congress is still brainstorming between him and Sachin Pilot; an official announcement on the same is likely to be made on Friday.

Kamal Nath said he will be meeting the governor at 10:30 am of Friday to take forward the government formation process.

"I assure people of Madhya Pradesh that we will fulfil our promises. A new beginning has been made," Mr Nath told reporters.