Overview

• On August 16, the AICC appointed 71 district Congress presidents in Madhya Pradesh under Rahul Gandhi’s Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan.
• The selection features a deliberate mix of OBC, SC/ST, women and minority leaders along with six sitting MLAs, ten former legislators and three ex-ministers.
• Protests, effigy burnings and resignations have broken out in Guna, Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Satna and Burhanpur over perceived demotions and exclusion of grassroots aspirants.
• Supporters of Jaivardhan Singh in Guna district burned an effigy of state party chief Jitu Patwari, accusing the leadership of sidelining local voices.
• Party insiders say appointments reward loyalists of Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh, underscoring enduring factional influence that could undermine organisational unity.