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Madhya Pradesh Floor Test Update: Kamal Nath's government comes to an end
Bhopal, Mar 19: Days after the Madhya Pradesh Congress and the BJP held a blame game, the political drama in the state has come to an end with the resignation of Kamal Nath from the chief minister post.
Kamal Nath made the announcement on Friday and slammed the BJP for indulging in horse-trading. With this move by Kamal Nath, a floor test will not be necessary. The BJP would not have to prove its majority in the House.
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BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan denies Kamal Nath's claims and said, 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 government. They (Congress) should do some self introspection that what gave rise to such situation."
Ahead of floor test, Madhya Pradesh BJP leaders show victory sign in the Assembly. Earlier, Congress leader Kamal Nath resigned as the Chief Minister of the State.
#MadhyaPradesh: BJP MLAs show victory sign at the state Assembly in Bhopal.
— ANI (@ANI) March 20, 2020
Congress' Kamal Nath has resigned as the Chief Minister of the state, ahead of the floor test which was to take place at the state Assembly today. pic.twitter.com/ZhPxjURFKt
While addressing the media, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath said that the results of the State elections came on December 11. The Congress received the maximum seats and got a mandate for 5 years. He further went on to say that the BJP had 15 years to improve Madhya Pradesh but his government got only 15 months.
The Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Prajapati said that he has also accepted the resignation of BJP MLA Sharad Col. He had earlier said that he forced to resign. But after looking at the documents and the fact that he did not meet me personally it did not appeared forced, the Speaker also said.
The Speaker has not listed the floor test in the list of business for today. This despite the Supreme Court ordering that a floor test be held today. While the BJP has asked if Kamal Nath is above the law, this could have been done as a floor test may not be required today. There are several indications that Kamal Nath may quit after meeting with his MLAs.
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