Responding to the BJP’s jibes over the age of Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath (71), Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said the party will get a taste of Mr. Kamal Nath’s abilities in the coming Assembly election.
Mr. Scindia, the chief of his party’s campaign committee in Madhya Pradesh, also announced that the Congress would issue a separate manifesto for the youth.
Speaking at the Indore Press Club, the Guna MP said: “The BJP probably does not know how much energy Kamal Nath possesses. He is an international-level leader, and the BJP will experience his abilities in the Assembly elections. It has been often seen that many youngsters behave like 90-year-olds while elderly people are as brisk as a person of 25.”
Finance Minister Jayant Malaiya recently said it would be difficult for a bujurg (elderly) man like Mr. Kamal Nath to take on Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (59).
Mr. Scindia is considered a prominent contender for the Chief Minister’s post if the Congress, out of power in Madhya Pradesh for 15 years, makes a comeback.
