All 22 MLAs in Kamal Nath cabinet resign to make way for Scindia camp
New Delhi, Mar 09: All 22 ministers in the Madhya Pradesh cabinet tender their resignations to Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Monday.
The MP CM is set to reconstitute the state cabinet. All ministers repose their faith in him and those present at CM House tender resignation.
Reportedly,
18
Congress
MLAs,
including
five
ministers,
are
currently
in
Bengaluru.
The
mobile
phones
of
the
MLAs
are
switched
off,
and
the
ministers
whose
mobile
phones
are
switched
off
included
health
minister
Tulsi
Silavat,
labour
minister
Mahendra
Singh
Sisodia,
transport
minister
Govind
Singh
Rajput,
women
and
child
development
minister
Imarti
Devi,
food
and
civil
supplies
minister
Pradyumna
Singh
Tomar
and
school
education
minister
Dr
Prabhura
Choudhary.
In the evening, Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with former MP CM Shivraj SIngh Chauhan and Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
Amid this, Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has switched off his mobile phone. Earlier, he reportedly did not respond to fellow party leaders upon being contacted.
CM Kamal Nath met with Congress MLAs and senior leaders like Digvijaya Singh.
The Kamal Nath-led-Congress government has 120 MLAs just four over the majority mark of 116 in the 230member assembly. 114 are from the Congress, two from the BSP, one Samajwadi Party and four are independents.
The BJP has 107 MLAs and two seats are currently vacant. If 17 exit, the Congress will lose its second state since Karnataka.