Months ahead of the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, the two warring camps led by senior Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia have given in writing to party Chief Rahul Gandhi their own winning formula for the state.

The new party president is likely to take a call on it in the next few days, following which either of them will be announced as the chief ministerial candidate.

As several state units of the Congress party remain riddled with factionalism, Rahul plans to take the bull by the horns in a bid to ensure there is clarity while implementing poll strategies in the upcoming assembly polls. After the loss in Gujarat, the party's top leadership has realised that internal conflicts in state units can keep the party from winning by a whisker.

In Madhya Pradesh, which has three tall leaders in Scindia (47), Nath (71) and former CM Digvijay Singh (70), there has been constant bickering between the factions, leaving the local party cadre baffled and directionless. Drawing from the Gujarat example, where the party lost to BJP by a thin margin due to poor organisation building and internal turmoil leading to the departure of former CM Shankersinh Vaghela, Rahul has decided to resolve the differences in Madhya Pradesh.

Top functionaries of the party told Mail Today that both Scindia and Nath have made separate submissions to the party chief recently citing their respective winning formula.

"There are various caste and community equations and each of the leaders have a good understanding of that.

To add to that, both have been working on the ground and know the party's strengths and weaknesses. Now that they have made their submissions, it is solely on the party president to take a call," said a senior party functionary close to the development.

Sources said that either of them will emerge as the CM face depending on which Rahul picks. Party leaders maintained that the announcement is likely to be made 'in a matter of a few days'.

Though Digvijay Singh is actively involved in local politics, he is no longer a contender for the top job. Singh had embarked on a six month 'Narmada parikrama' which will conclude in March and for which he has officially taken leave from party activities.

Though the spiritual yatra is being read as Singh's attempt at reconnecting with the masses, the party leadership is not banking on him for the assembly polls slated for later this year.

Singh has previously pledged support to Nath while the dominant section of the party's local cadre strongly back Scindia.