After Chhattisgarh, the Congress has started search for a new party chief in Madhya Pradesh with focus on a clutch of leaders from the tribal community whose support was crucial in propelling it to power last year.
At present, Chief Minister Kamal Nath is also the president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC).
Late last month, the Congress appointed tribal leader Mohan Markam as president of its Chhattisgarh unit.
Since then, speculation is rife that the MPCC, too, will get a tribal leader as its head.
The Nath camp is pitching for Home Minister Bala Bachchan, a tribal leader, as the MPCC chief, party sources said.