MP Assembly bypolls: Kamal Nath, Pilot woo voters in Scindia bastion

New Delhi/Gwalior, Oct 27 : Nearly a week ahead of the by-elections to the 28 Madhya Pradesh Assembly seats, the Congress on Tuesday fielded Kamal Nath in Gwalior and Rajasthan leader Sachin Pilot in the Gwalior-Chambal area — considered a bastion of BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Pilot addressed public rallies in Gwalior, Shivpuri and Morena and is scheduled to address four rallies in Bhind-Morena area on Wednesday. Kamal Nath campaigned in two Assembly segments in Gwalior.
Pilot, a former Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan, is considered close to Scindia, who along with 22 Congress MLAs had walked out of the Congress to join the BJP in March.
Even as Scindia was away to Malwa where he is fighting a tough political battle, Pilot opted not to say anything against the erstwhile Gwalior royal family’s scion.
Refered to as “farmer’s son” during the Congress campaign, Sachin Pilot appealed to the voters to vote for the Congress in Jaura. “This election is to save democracy,” he said but refrained from commenting on Scindia even though other speakers dubbed Scindia a “traitor”.
Acharya Pramod Krishnam said: “Sachin Pilot had the choice of becoming the Chief Minister but he stuck to his principles.