Madhya Pradesh Congress Chief Kamal Nath Resigns as LoP in State Assembly

Nath resigned as the LoP as per the Congress party's 'one-person-one-post' policy.

Former Madhya Pradesh Congress Chief Minister Kamal Nath resigned as the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the state Assembly on Thursday, 28 March, as per the party's 'one-person-one-post' policy. He will continue as the chief of the party's MP unit.

The Congress leadership accepted Nath's resignation, and instated Congress MLA Govind Singh as the leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP).

KC Venugopal, the general secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), had written to Nath on Thursday, saying, "The Congress president has accepted your resignation from the post of Leader, Congress Legislature Party (CLP), Madhya Pradesh with immediate effect."