On Friday, the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath, met with interim president of the Congress, Sonia Gandhi, and informed her the need for a new president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee.

Speaking to reporters after meeting Gandhi, he said, "I had a discussion with Sonia Gandhi on various topics. I have been saying this that a new state president for Madhya Pradesh should be made.When I became the Chief Minister, I said it then also that new state president should be made, but since Lok Sabha elections were there, I was asked to continue." Asked about reports of Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia's 'ultimatum' to the party to make him MPCC chief, Kamal Nath said,

"I don't agree with this because I don't believe he's dissatisfied." Kamal Nath was named MPCC chairman in April 2018, while taking over as Madhya Pradesh chief minister in December last year.