The Congress party has chosen old guard over young blood in the run up to the general elec tion in 2019, as it picked veteran leader Kamal Nath as Madhya Pradesh's next chief minister. The decision came on late Thursday night after marathon consultations by party chief Rahul Gandhi with senior leaders including UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, even as hectic parleys continued for the other two newly-won Hindi heartland states - Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. After the meeting of the MLAs, Nath said he would meet the governor, Anandiben Patel, on 10.30 am on Friday to take forward the government formation process.