Noting that the events of the day had been drawing themselves out for a year, Scindia wrote to Gandhi saying it was now best for him to look at a fresh start
The rift between MP CM Kamal Nath and Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia came out in the open with the latter publicly criticising the former on several occasions
Seventeen MLAs, including at least six ministers, known to be Scindia loyalists, are currently in Bengaluru
Nath alleged that the BJP was adopting immoral ways to "destabilise my government" and vowed not to let it happen.
Scindia and Nath have fallen out over the post of the state Congress president, which is currently held by the chief minister
Given its current strength in the Assembly, the Congress can win the third seat as well. But events over the last week with several legislators becoming 'untraceable' have put a question mark on this.
After the meeting, Nath said any decision on the party's nominees for Rajya Sabha polls would be taken unanimously
An ongoing campaign by Jyotiraditya Scindia against the Madhya Pradesh government has seen no action being taken by the central party high command
The state Congress unit, too, appears to be divided on the rift between the two heavyweights - some call it "pressure politics", while others feel Scindia is being sidelined.
The party took a nuanced position on the scrapping of the provisions of Article 370; now it is mulling whether it should start reaching out to Dalits in Bengal
The row began after BJP Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur called Godse a patriot during a discussion on SPG (Amendment) Bill on November 27, though she denied it later
These MLAs are said to be the ones who had been demanding Nath be replaced as the Madhya Pradesh chief minister with Scindia
Scindia has been taking potshots at the state government ever since he was ignored for chief ministership
It all started when Nath, who is also MP Congress committee president, asked the leadership to appoint a new PCC chief
Earlier this month, Scindia openly disagreed with the Congress position on scrapping provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution
Leaders like Jyotiraditya Scindia, R P N Singh, Avinash Pande, and some others told the CWC that the public mood was in favour of the govt's move
Telecom Minister Ravishankar Prasad and BJP MP from Bihar, Rajiv Pratap Rudy sparred publicly in Parliament although they are from the same state and party
Scindia, Deora and Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot are close to outgoing Congress president Rahul Gnadhi and party general secretary (in-charge of Uttar Pradesh) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
The names of leaders including Jyotiraditya Scindia, Home Minister Bala Bachchan, Umang Singhar and Ajay Singh have been making the rounds for some time now
Scindia told the media that they discussed the way forward for the state, as Chouhan had been at the helm for 15 years and his opinion on the well being of the state was important