The Kamal Nath led congress government is teetering on the brink of collapse after 22 Congress MLAs rebelled and resigned.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker to conduct a floor test on Friday that has left the fate of the 15-month-old Kamal Nathled congress government hanging by a thread after the resignation of 22 Congress MLAs.
The numbers are stacked heavily against the Congress government which teetered to brink of collapse after the resignations of the 22 rebel MLAs stated to be supporters of Jyotiraditya Scindia, who quit the Congress in a coordinated revolt on March 10. Scindia later joined the BJP.
Observing that the state of uncertainty in MP must be “effectively resolved”, the court ordered Speaker N P Prajapati to reconvene a special session with the “single agenda” before the assembly whether the present government continues to enjoy the confidence of the House.
Further directing that voting shall take place by “show of hands”, the court said the proceedings must conclude by 5 pm.
The ruling Congress and the opposition BJP on Thursday night issued whips to their respective legislators ahead of the Supreme Court-directed floor test of the Kamal Nath government in the Madhya Pradesh assembly on Friday.
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In the whip issued here, BJP’s chief whip Narottam Mishra told party MLAs to vote against the 15-month-old Nath government during the trust vote.
On the other hand, Congress chief whip and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Govind Singh told all party MLAs to remain present in the Assembly and vote in favour of the Nath government.
All the party MLAs should essentially be present during the proceeding (in the Assembly) on March 20 and vote in favour of the trust vote of the government, said the three -lone Congress whip.
The legislators of Madhya Pradesh assembly, through a show of hands, will decide the fate of the Kamal Nath government by 5 pm today, a day after the Supreme Court set the deadline. The proceedings of the floor-test will be video graphed and telecast live.
“The session of the MP Assembly that has been deferred shall be reconvened on March 20. A single agenda for the Assembly — to hold floor test on March 20. Citing by show of hands,” read a part of the order passed by the apex court.
(Input from agencies)
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