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Amid the speculations about the possible shift of senior Congress leader Kamal Nath to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Sajjan Verma, a leader of the Grand Party, said that he has a discussion with Nath. Singh added that right now the focus is on how the caste equations will be on 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh. The former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Kamal Nath, said that he has not thought about leaving Congress.

"I had a discussion with him (Kamal Nath). He said that right now his focus is on how the caste equations will be on 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh. He said that he has not thought about anything like that (of leaving the party)...," Sajjan Singh said as quoted by news agency ANI.

Amid the buzz over possible shift, Nath's party colleague Digvijaya Singh said on Sunday that the veteran leader started his political journey from the the grand old party and he won't leave it. Singh said he and other Congress leaders were in contact with former MP chief minister Nath.

“We all used to consider Kamal Nath the third son of late prime minister Indira ji (after Sanjay Gandhi and ex-PM Rajiv Gandhi),” the Rajya Sabha member told reporters here.

“Kamal Nath ji has always been with the Congress. He is a true Congress leader... He has got all posts, including chief minister, union minister, AICC general secretary and MP Congress chief,” Singh said as quoted by news agency PTI.

On Sunday, according to news agency ANI, several media reports claimed that Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP from Punjab's Anandpur Sahib, Manish Tewari, is in touch with the BJP and can jump ship. However, there was no official word or communication in this regard.

A source close to Manish Tiwari said the speculations linking the Congress old-timer to the BJP were all 'rubbish' as he was busy working for the people of his constituency.

"He is working for the people of his constituency and the speculations of him joining the BJP are false and unfounded. They are all rubbish and shouldn't even be diginified with a response or clarification," the Congress source said as quoted by news agency ANI.