New Delhi: With the Congress Screening Committee for Madhya Pradesh set to decide on candidates for the Assembly elections soon, the party today said no one will be projected as the Chief Ministerial candidate in the state.

"No one will be projected as the chief ministerial candidate... We are a democratic party and unlike BJP where you have a PM designate and a CM designate," Congress media department chief and Chairman of the MP Screening Committee M Veerappa Moily told reporters here.

Asked whether Union Minister Kamal Nath or former Chief Minister Digvijay Singh will contest the elections, Moily said, "ask them".

When prodded further, he said they had not applied for a party ticket. Moily also refused to reveal whether MPCC chief Suresh Pachauri or Union Minister of State Jyotiraditya Scindia, the other two contenders for the chief minister s post, will contest the Assembly elections.

"Many names will be cleared only at the level of the Central Election Committee. A lot remains to be decided," Moily added.

The Congress leader said that the chief minister will be decided in a democratic manner and would not be imposed like the BJP.

Replying to a question regarding the "face of the party" for the polls, Moily said the Congress itself is a face and the elections will be fought on issues.

Asked whether the Congress will have a tie-up with another party for the MP elections, Moily said, "as of now" there is no tie-up.
Source : PTI