Madhya Pradesh Political Crisis LIVE Updates: The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly was on Monday adjourned till March 26 in view of the coronavirus pandemic. Many legislators could be seen wearing protecting masks in view of the novel coronavirus scare. Chief Minister Kamal Nath now has plenty of time to try and save his government.
On Saturday, the governor had directed Nath to seek a floor test, four days after the Congress-led government was pushed to the brink following the resignation of 22 MLAs, who are believed to be loyalists of former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who has since joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). On Tuesday, 19 MLAs had e-mailed their resignations to the governor.
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The Congress MLAs who had been camping in Jaipur amid the political crisis faced by the government returned to Bhopal on Sunday and BJP Legislature Party issued a whip to all its MLAs to remain present in the House on Monday, and vote in favour of the party during the trust vote. The BJP MLAs, who had been staying at a hotel in Haryana, returned to Bhopal in the early hours of Monday. They had been flown to Haryana a few days back.
On Saturday, the Speaker had accepted the resignations of six ministers, who are among the 22 rebel MLAs. With this, the strength of the House has come down to 222 and the majority mark now is 112.
