Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeks names for chief minister

India's Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has gone to the grassroots to select chief ministers for Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

The process which works like a secret ballot and is a democratic process, reports Indian news channel NDTV.

Over the last 24 hours, an audio message from Rahul Gandhi has gone to 2.4 lakh party workers across the three states, in which they have been asked to respond, indicating their choice, the news channel reported.

They were also promised complete confidentiality through the process.

The Congress had not named any candidate for the chief minister's post in any state in the run-up to the elections. It had allowed leaders at odds with each other to focus on the strategy and the campaigning. For the party, the challenge now is to ensure there are no more divisions, which are already threatening to emerge.

In Rajasthan, two-thirds of the newly-elected Congress lawmakers want Sachin Pilot to be the Chief Minister. Others are batting for two-time Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.