Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Kamal Nath’s Cabinet Asks Him To Decide On Trust Vote

ath to take a call on the proposed floor test tomorrow as the Governor’s letter on the matter was received at midnight. In the letter, Governor Lalji Tandon had asked Speaker Narmada Prasad Prajapati to hold a floor test on Monday. It is not essential that the floor test takes place tomorrow abhi toh corona chal raha hai (the coronavirus is on now),” cabinet minister Pradeep Jaiswal said. A team of BJP leaders, including Jyotiraditya Scindia and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, meanwhile, met Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to find out the legal position regarding the disqualification of the 22 MLAs who resigned last week. The resignation of the Scindia loyalists last week has brought the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government on the brink of collapse. Mr Scindia, sidelined since the 2018 assembly polls, had changed camp and joined the BJP.

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Meet me and explain stand: Madhya Pradesh speaker to Congress rebels

Madhya Pradesh assembly speaker NP Prajapati on Thursday issued notices to 22 rebel Congress members of the legislative assembly (MLAs) who sent in their letters of resignation, asking them to appear before him by Friday and explain whether they had quit voluntarily or under pressure. These legislators are loyalists of former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, and their resignations have triggered a crisis in the MP government.

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