Nath also said that no one in the history of the world has undertaken such a long 'padayatra'.
The Madhya Pradesh chief minister skirted the issue of whether senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia can be nominated for the Rajya Sabha seat from the state.
The Congress leadership is caught in a peculiar situation and wants to find a middle path to the issue, party sources said.
The Congress has a wafer-thin majority in the Madhya Pradesh assembly whose current effective strength is 228.
Three Congress MLAs -- Hardeep Singh Dang, Bisahulal Singh and Raghuraj Kansana -- are reportedly still untraceable.
In an effort to give a final shape to the much-awaited aviation policy, Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel on Tuesday held discussions with Commerce Minister Kamal Nath
Kamal Nath said Sonia Gandhi spoke with him again after she received the letter and told him that 'well if this is your reason, fine'.
His outburst has to rank among the most bizarre episodes of two arms of the government fighting in public.
The United States has made "no determination" on the question of diplomatic immunity for Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath against the backdrop of the summons issued against him by a US court on a lawsuit alleging his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Nath said talking about "mandir-masjid" will not generate employment.
On September 14, the government allowed 51 per cent foreign holdings by multi-brand retail chains with two caveats -- one foreign retail chains like Wal-Mart, Tesco, etc will be allowed to set up shops only in those cities with over 1 million population; and secondly, they can operate only in those states, which allow FDI in retail.
Kamal Nath will need to watch his back because given the slender majority, there is no doubt that the BJP will try to topple his government.
'Roads are important as they provide domestic economic stimulus.'
"Nathji should take the moral responsibility for the defeat as he is chief minister and mostly importantly the state party chief as well," a Congress leader said.
Nath's comment came amid the exodus from Congress and four days after eight MLAs of the Grand Old Party from Goa switched allegiance to BJP.
The United Nations Media Department on Thursday made a faux pas when it identified Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma as his Cabinet colleague Kamal Nath.
Amid talk of a special session of Parliament on the Food Security Bill, government said all options are open on the issue.
Some ministers have a different point of view from the current conventional wisdom in the Congress party and the UPA government.
A petition has been filed in the Madhya Pradesh High Court challenging the election of Union Minister for Surface Transport Kamal Nath from Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency for allegedly suppressing actual expenditures incurred on helicopter rides during campaign.
Nath's resignation was accepted by party president Sonia Gandhi keeping in view the party's 'one person-one post' policy.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday held discussions with Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath and is believed to have reviewed the Satyam issue, a day after the minister came out in support of extending financial help to the beleaguered IT firm.
The wooden structure at Rehatgaon near Timarni in this district was erected for the election campaign in favour of Sukhdev Panse, Congress candidate for Lok Sabha by-election in Betul constituency.
"We have decided to build 20 km of roads every day and then take it to 7,000 km a year. Therefore, if we lose more days (in terms of putting foreign investment in place), it will be a great loss," Union Minister of Surface Transport Kamal Nath told a gathering of 100-odd potential investors and entrepreneurs at the Indian Consulate in New York on Tuesday.
As Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in New Delhi, India made it clear on Monday that the proposed regulations on security aspects of foreign direct exchange would not be loaded against any specific country, including China.
Nath's resignation brought an end to the 18-day-long political drama which also played out in Haryana, Bengaluru and the national capital.
The searches are linked to suspected movement of hawala money during the ongoing polls season and tax evasion, they said.
Under attack from Members of the Parliament, Surface Transport Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday sought to blame the excess rains this year for bad condition of roads in some parts of the country.
Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath on Thursday claimed that the `G-23' group of Congress dissidents never demanded that a leader from outside the Gandhi family head the party.
With a comprehensive SEZ Act in place, the Union Commerce and Industry minister Kamal Nath said his ministry would go ahead with the plans to develop SEZs across the country, despite oppositions from the finance ministry.
Ruling out any compromise on developing countries' stance on agriculture, India on Wednesday made it clear that it would not mind even if Hong Kong WTO Ministerial next week collapses on this count
'So far, no court has found any evidence against Kamal Nath to convict him. It is wrong to make a judgement based on unsubstantiated and unproven allegations'
Ahead of the UNCTAD XI meeting at Sao Paulo, Brazil, from June 13-18, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath on Monday held substantive discussions with Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to fine tune India's strategy on farm issues including livelihood concern
Bypolls to 28 assembly constituencies in the state will be held on November 3. In order to return to power in the state, the Congress has to win all 28 seats, while the ruling BJP only needs nine seats to reach the majority mark of 116 in the 230-member House.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi had announced his party would waive farm loans within 10 of coming to power in the state.
On Monday, the leader of the opposition in the state assembly said, The day, the people of Chhindwara wish that I should retire from politics, I will call it quits."
"We are building 20 km roads a day. But is this enough?"
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