MP: Congress demands that Gaur prove majority
'Govindacharya has held meetings with senior bureaucrats of the state on at least four occasions,' MPCC spokesman Manak Agarwal told the press.
Chourasia, a former Congressman who had joined the Hindu Mahasabha, returned to the party fold on February 25, ahead of local body elections.
Khandwa MP Nandkumar Singh Chauhan had also stirred up a controversy earlier this year when he claimed Pakistan's hand in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl at Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Bhopal seat is currently held by Alok Sanjar of the BJP.
The Congress, out of power in Madhya Pradesh for nearly 15 years, has also expressed its willingness to align with like-minded parties to take on the BJP.
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