Madhya Pradesh Government Crisis Live Updates: BJP Names Jyotiraditya Scindia For Rajya Sabha

Bhupesh Baghel: Those Who Leave Congress With Hue And Cry Return Silently
A day after Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from the Congress, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said those who quit the party after raising a hue and cry, eventually return silently."

Will Stay With Jyotiraditya Scindia Even If I Had To Jump In A Well: Imarti Devi
Former Madhya Pradesh Minister Imarti Devi said that all 22 MLAs are in Bengaluru out of their own choice.

"All 22 MLAs are here (in Bengaluru) on their own will. We are happy Scindiaji has taken this decision. I will always stay with him even if I had to jump in a well. Kamal Nathji never heard us," she said.

Another leader dismissed talks of being in touch with anyone and said that they are happy with the decision of Mr Scindia, who joined the BJP earlier today. He had resigned from the Congress on Tuesday.

Kamal Nath betrayed Jyotiraditya Scindia, say party MLAs
Jyotiraditya Scindia has not betrayed the Congress, but he has been betrayed by the Congress and Kamal Nath, said on Wednesday Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs who are camping here after tendering the resignations.

"It is not Jyotraditya Scindia who has betrayed. Instead, he has been betrayed by the Congress and Kamal Nath. Despite the fact that it was his hard work that enabled Congress to form the government in MP after 15 years, yet he was being sidelined. His people were sidelined," Mahendra Singh Sisodia was heard saying in a video.

Taking a veiled jibe at Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Mr Sisodia said: "On one hand, you claim that treasury is empty and on the other, works worth Rs 12,000 crore is done in Chhindwara constituency. Are the rest of MLAs and ministers just killing time?"

He also warned other Congress MLAs that the party would be decimated in the state in the future.

"Did not the Congress trick people in MP? What happened to the farm loan waiver announced? When we go to our region, people ask us what happened to loan-waiver. What happened to curb corruption, Vyapam? Whichever party Scindia joins, we will go with him," he said.

No one can destroy Congress, says DK Shivakumar amid political uncertainty in Madhya Pradesh
Amid the prevailing political uncertainty in Madhya Pradesh with Jyotiraditya Scindia's exit, Congress leader DK Shivakumar on Wednesday asserted that "leaders may come and go but no one can destroy Congress."

"No one can destroy Congress. Leaders may come, leaders may go, that doesn''t make any difference," said Mr Shivakumar while speaking to ANI on the current political scenario for Congress in Madhya Pradesh.

Speaking about the Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs, who are lodged in Bengaluru, he said: "All the Madhya Pradesh MLAs who are here do not want to lose their membership. I am sure they will understand, go back and save the government."

BJP in serious business of "poaching, abducting" MLAs and stealing governments: Congress
"It is against political morality, mandate of people and against principles and precedents of parliamentary democracy," he said.

Rich Praise For PM Modi From Jyotiraditya Scindia As He Joins BJP
Jyotiraditya Scindia, on joining the BJP this afternoon, said the Congress, his party of 18 years, was "no longer the party it used to be". The country's future is "totally secure" in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's hands, said the four-time MP and former minister."

Jyotiraditya Scindia Joins BJP, Says Congress No Longer The Party It Was
Jyotiraditya Scindia, once among Rahul Gandhi's closest aides, joined the BJP today, ending his 18-year association with the Congress, the party of his father. He will be one of the two BJP Rajya Sabha candidates from Madhya Pradesh. His exit along with 21 Madhya Pradesh MLAs endangers the Congress in a major state where it had come to power just 15 months ago. On Tuesday, as Holi was celebrated across the country, Jyotiraditya Scindia drove his SUV to Home Minister Amit Shah's home, from where the two together went to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home. Immediately after the meeting, he tweeted his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, talking about a "fresh start".

In my life, two dates were very important... First was when I lost my father (Madhav Rao Scindia)  - September 30, 2001... it was a life-changing moment for me. And then it was March 10, 2020 -- it was his 75th birth anniversary. "My respected father and in the last 18-19 years, whatever time I got we have done all that we could (for Congress)," says Jyotiraditya Scindia.

"It's an occasion of immense happiness for us. Today we remember Rajmata, who was instrumental in laying the foundation for our party," says JP Nadda

Jyotiraditya Scindia joins BJP
Jyotiraditya Scindia joins Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in presence of BJP President JP Nadda.

Will Go By Rules: Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker On Resignation Of 21 MLAs
Madhya Pradesh Speaker NP Prajapati said he will go by the rules and meet the 21 rebel Congress MLAs, before he takes a call on their resignation. Read here. 

NDTV Speaks To Congress MLA Being Taken To Jaipur

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