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MP Crisis Live: CM Kamal Nath Resigns Ahead of Floor test

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MP Chief Minister Kamal Nath announced his resignation on Friday, hours ahead of the Supreme Court-mandated floor test in the Assembly.

Bhopal| The political turmoil in MP moved to Bengaluru today as senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh sat on a protest after he was stopped from meeting the rebel MLAs lodged in Ramada hotel, hours ahead of the Supreme Court hearing a petition filed by the BJP seeking an immediate floor test of the Kamal Nath government.

MP Chief Minister Kamal Nath, whose government fell into crisis after 16 MLAs believed to be close to senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia have whisked away to Bengaluru with their phones turned off, today tried to placate his miffed colleagues by sending feelers to the Guna royal.

Speaking to News18, Nath said there was no problem if Scindia was appointed PCC chief or even sent to the Rajya Sabha. тАЬThere will not be any problem and there was not an issue on possible assignment to Scindia earlier too,тАЭ the chief minister said.

State BJP sources told The Indian Express that тАЬthe party is now ready to play the gameтАЭ and that тАЬthe national leadership is in the loopтАЭ. But a senior party leader said it was too early to say whether the state government would fall.

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March 20, 4:00 PM:

March 20, 3:48 PM:

 

March 20, 3:13 PM:

The BJP minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan , “If a government topples due to their own internal conflict then we can’t do anything. You can see that we were not in the game to form or topple a govt. They (Congress) should do some self-introspection that what gave rise to such situation”.

March 20, 3:36 PM:

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March 20, 2:56 PM:

Speaker Prajapati refers to the petition filed in the Supreme Court and says that there is no need for a floor-test as Chief Minister Kamal Nath has already tendered his resignation.

March 20, 2:54 PM:

All the BJP MLAs reach the Madhya Pradesh assembly. No Congress MLA is present at the House. Following the Supreme Court’s order, the Speaker had called the House for the floor test at 2 pm.

March 20, 2:24 PM:

This afternoon Kamal Nath has submitted his resignation to Governor Lalji Tandon at the Raj Bhavan. Nath said, “In my 40-year-long public life, I have always done politics of purity and valued democratic norms and given priority to it. But what transpired in the last two weeks is a new chapter of the devaluation of democratic values”. He also congratulated the new CM of the state.

March 20, 2:06 PM:

The newly join BJP party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said, “The saffron party will form a strong govt under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Madhya Pradesh. We will come back and I believe people will give us an opportunity to serve them. ‘Janseva’ (to work for people) is my aim. I don’t go after any post or position. This is what I have been doing for the last 20 years. The CM will be decided by the party.”

March 20, 1:32 PM:

Kamal Nath has given his letter of resignation to Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon. The letter says “All that has happened in MP in the last two weeks is a new chapter in the weakening of democratic principles”.

March 20, 1:24 PM:

Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan tweets ‘Satyameva Jayate’.

March 20, 1:06 PM:

Jyotiraditya M. Scindia former Congress Leader who has newly join BJP has tweeted People of Madhya Pradesh has Won.

March 20, 12:45 PM:

March 20, 12:06 PM:

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje present in the ongoing BJP meeting in Bhopal.

March 20, 11:52 AM:

Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Sharad Kumar resigns hours ahead of the impending floor-test in Madhya Pradesh. The Speaker of the Assembly, NP Prajapati, accepted the BJP MLAs resignation this morning

March 20, 11:12 AM:

Meanwhile, in Madhya Pradesh, the daughter of a rebel MLA from Jyotiraditya Scindia camp committed suicide. The resignation of Congress MLA Suresh Dhakad was accepted by Speaker Prajapati last night.

March 20, 10:25 AM:

MP Congress leader PC Sharma while talking to a reporter said “Its elephant trading, This was not horse-trading. The BJP is ready to destroy democracy to stay in power. The Supreme Court has given us less than 24hours for floor test but we will prove our majority.”

March 20, 9:19 AM:

Digvijay letter to his rebel party MLAs as they are staying in Bengaluru’s northern suburban resort, “Singh requested Sood to deliver his letter to 18 rebels through his staff as he was not allowed to meet them by the police deployed at the resort and the latter also did not want to meet him,” the party’s official Prakash Rathod said.

March 20, 8:58 AM:

BJP demanded an immediate floor test to test the majority of the Congress government. while the ruling party said it should be deferred till bypolls for the vacant seats arising out of the resignations are concluded.

March 20, 8:23 AM:

Kamla Nath government seeks legal advice and study each aspect of the judgement. Kamal Nath tweeted, “We will study every aspect of the Supreme Court order, discuss it with our legal experts and take a decision on the basis of their advice.”

March 20, 8:19 AM:

Hand show will decide how many MLAs are with Kamal Nath. By 5pm on Friday, the floor test should be conducted. According to the Supreme Court decision which ruled out yesterday, led by Justice DY Chandrachud, asked the MP assembly to reconvene for the trust vote. The court said if the rebel MLAs want to come to the state Assembly, the Director Generals of Police of both Karnataka and MP should provide them security.

March 20, 8:12 AM:

Last night Madhya Pradesh Assembly speaker NP Prajapati accepted the resignation of the 16 remaining rebel MLAs who resigned along with former Congress leader Jyotiaditya Scindia. Prajapati while addressing media said, “I have accepted the resignation of the 16 MLAs who have filed a petition in the Supreme Court. Based on what they have stated there, I am accepting the resignation of these 16 MLAs also”. Earlier the Speaker accepted the resignation of six ministers who resigned from their membership.

March 19, 6.13 PM:

Supreme Court has ordered a floor test in 24 hours. It has ordered a special session for floor test only. The floor test should be concluded before 5 PM tomorrow. SC has also ordered videography of the floor test.

March 19, 1.50 PM:

MP assembly speaker asks Supreme Court for two weeks time to conduct the floor test. Speaker said he will need to talk to MLAs. He said that MLAs are holed up in Bengaluru and floor test cannot be conducted until they return to Bhopal. SC suggests that the speaker can have a video conference with MLAs in Bengaluru. SC will appoint an observer to ensure the process is done smoothly and no horse-trading takes place.

March 18, 3.30 PM:

March 18, 1.27 PM:

Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath has said that if the need arises, he too will go to Bengaluru. 22 rebel MLAs of Congress from MP are holed up in Bengaluru. Congress has accused BJP of abducting its MLAs.

March 18, 12.27 PM:

22 rebel Congress MLAs holed up in Bengaluru write a letter to Karnataka Police. They have demanded protection in light of the recent events.

March 18, 9.00 AM:

March 17, 10 AM:

The Supreme Court will today hear a BJP plea seeking urgent floor test in MP assembly. The Madhya Pradesh Assembly was adjourned till March 26 yesterday amid the demand by BJP MLAs to hold a floor test as directed by Governor Lalji Tandon.

March 16, 11.40 AM:

Amid uproar over MLAs resignation, the speaker N. P. Prajapati left the Assembly after adjourning the budget session till March 26.

March 16, 8 AM:

March 15, 9 AM:

Governor Lalji Tandon Saturday ordered a floor test in the state Assembly on Monday, setting the stage for the Kamal Nath-led Congress government to attempt to prove its majority.

The Governor said the test would take place immediately after his address in the House. The voting would take place via division and the proceedings would be recorded by an independent videographer, he said. The Governor also said no other business would take place in the Assembly.

March 10, 3.30 PM:

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March 10, 2.23 PM:

March 10, 1.18 PM

March 10, 1.03 PM

March 10, 1.00 PM

Congress spokesman and Scindia supporter Pankaj Chaturvedi also left Congress, He will be joining BJP.

Congress District Executive President Krishna Ghadge also resigned.

After Jyotiraditya Scindia’s resignation from Congress, Scindia supporters in Shivpuri started their resignation from Congress. State Congress Secretary Rakesh Jain Amol, City Congress President Siddhant Ladya resigned from the primary membership of Congress.
State Congress General Secretary Harvir Singh Raghuvanshi also resigns with Scindia

March 10, 12.40 PM

‘I believe it is best that I look ahead at a fresh startтАЛ’, Scindia Announces Resignation on Twitter

March 10, 12.13 PM

March 10, 11.59 AM

March 10, 11.51 AM

Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh said, “no idea why Scindia met PM and Shah” after Jyotiraditya Scindia met Amit Shah in the national capital on Tuesday. BJP is lying about no role in the crisis, they are trying to topple Madhya Pradesh government, he added.

March 10, 11.30 AM

Congress General Secretary to Meet Sonia Gandhi

March 10, 11.15 AM

Cong leadership making hectic efforts to woo back Scindia as crisis looms in Madhya Pradesh

Seventeen MLAs, including at least six ministers, known to be Scindia loyalists, are currently in Bengaluru. Chief Minister Kamal Nath promised to reconstitute the state Cabinet after an emergency meeting late on Monday night. Meanwhile, Scindia is meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi right now.

March 10, 11.00 AM:

A sulking Jyotiraditya Scindia, today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Union Home Minister Amit Shah. This development amid the ongoing political crisis in Madhya Pradesh crisis seems to signal his entry into BJP.

March 10, 10.45 AM:

Addressing the ongoing political crisis in Madhya Pradesh, Vishvas Sarang, MP BJP leader said тАФ “There is no Operation Lotus. But there is no problem if Holi and Diwali are celebrated together. We will happy to have Scindia in our party.”

March 10, 10.30 AM:

March 10, 10.00 AM:

Jyotiraditya Scindia can now be seen leaving from his residence in a range rover, amid the ongoing political crisis in Madhya Pradesh.

March 10, 9.38 AM:

Soon after BJP MLA Shivraj Singh Chouhan remembered Madhavrao Scindia тАФ father of Jyotiraditya Scindia тАФ the official twitter handles of Congress also paid tribute to the former leader.

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