Madhya Pradesh Floor Test

Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon's move to call for a floor test in assembly after doubts were raised regarding the numbers of the Kamal Nath government was the "right decision", the Supreme Court said today. The court, which was hearing the Congress petition challenging the Governor's direction, said it "rejects the Congress argument that Gove...

A day after taking oath, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan passed the floor test in the state Assembly on Tuesday by voice vote.No member of the opposition Congress was present in the House.

At a lengthy and emotional press conference at noon, Kamal Nath said he was quitting as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, sparing himself the ignominy of a floor test, lined up for two hours later, which he was certain to lose.

Kamal Nath resigned on Friday as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister without facing a test of strength that his Congress government was certain to lose after the exodus of MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia, who crossed over to the BJP last week. "Everyone saw how crores of rupees were spent. How a democratically-elected government was brought down by th...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath today accused the BJP of "murdering democracy" in what appeared to be his resignation speech ahead of a Supreme Court-ordered trust vote that his Congress government was certain to lose. Top Congress sources say with the party's wafer-thin majority gone after the resignation of 22 MLAs, Kamal Nath was asked ...

The Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh - that plunged into crisis after exit of 22 MLAs followed by former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's crossover from the Congress to the BJP - will take a floor test at 2 pm today.

The floor test of the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh will be held at 2 pm on Friday, the assembly secretariat has announced after the Supreme Court set a 5 pm deadline in response to a BJP petition that wanted an immediate resolution of the issue. The Congress government in the state has been on the brink of collapse since last week after ...

Rebel Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs encamped at a five-star hotel in Bengaluru have released videos saying they had been "trying to talk (to senior party leaders for one year" but did not wish to anymore

Earlier this morning, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh reached the Ramada hotel in Bengaluru to visit the party MLAs lodged there. However, he was stopped by the police following which he sat on a dharna outside the hotel. Mr Singh has now been placed under preventive arrest.

The Supreme Court has sent a notice to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister KamalNath on a petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeking an immediate floor test in Madhya Pradesh Assembly. The BJP had on Monday approached the top court seeking a floor test in the Madhya Pradesh assembly after the assembly was adjourned till March 26, in view of ...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Monday said that he had the numbers after his Congress government was asked by the Governor to prove its majority by Tuesday, hours after it appeared to have snagged a 10-day breather with the assembly session being adjourned until March 26 over coronavirus. In a letter to Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Gover...

The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan had a sharp put down for the Kamal Nath government as it got a breather from the floor test with a 10-day adjournment of the state assembly.

The Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh scored a 10-day reprieve today as the assembly session was adjourned without any trust vote until March 26 over coronavirus, after a one-minute address by Governor Lalji Tandon. The opposition BJP, which is confident it now has the majority to take power, paraded 106 MLAs before the Governor ...

The Madhya Pradesh Speaker is expected to take a call on today's trust vote after the resignation of the 22 loyalists of Jyotiraditya Scindia last week brought the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government on the brink of collapse. Mr Scindia, sidelined since the 2018 assembly polls, has changed camp and joined the BJP.

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the Kamal Nath-led state government has lost its majority and is running away from the floor test in the state assembly.

Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon's move to call for a floor test in assembly after doubts were raised regarding the numbers of the Kamal Nath government was the "right decision", the Supreme Court said today. The court, which was hearing the Congress petition challenging the Governor's direction, said it "rejects the Congress argument that Gove...

A day after taking oath, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan passed the floor test in the state Assembly on Tuesday by voice vote.No member of the opposition Congress was present in the House.

At a lengthy and emotional press conference at noon, Kamal Nath said he was quitting as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, sparing himself the ignominy of a floor test, lined up for two hours later, which he was certain to lose.

Kamal Nath resigned on Friday as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister without facing a test of strength that his Congress government was certain to lose after the exodus of MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia, who crossed over to the BJP last week. "Everyone saw how crores of rupees were spent. How a democratically-elected government was brought down by th...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath today accused the BJP of "murdering democracy" in what appeared to be his resignation speech ahead of a Supreme Court-ordered trust vote that his Congress government was certain to lose. Top Congress sources say with the party's wafer-thin majority gone after the resignation of 22 MLAs, Kamal Nath was asked ...

The Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh - that plunged into crisis after exit of 22 MLAs followed by former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's crossover from the Congress to the BJP - will take a floor test at 2 pm today.

The floor test of the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh will be held at 2 pm on Friday, the assembly secretariat has announced after the Supreme Court set a 5 pm deadline in response to a BJP petition that wanted an immediate resolution of the issue. The Congress government in the state has been on the brink of collapse since last week after ...

Rebel Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs encamped at a five-star hotel in Bengaluru have released videos saying they had been "trying to talk (to senior party leaders for one year" but did not wish to anymore

Earlier this morning, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh reached the Ramada hotel in Bengaluru to visit the party MLAs lodged there. However, he was stopped by the police following which he sat on a dharna outside the hotel. Mr Singh has now been placed under preventive arrest.

The Supreme Court has sent a notice to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister KamalNath on a petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeking an immediate floor test in Madhya Pradesh Assembly. The BJP had on Monday approached the top court seeking a floor test in the Madhya Pradesh assembly after the assembly was adjourned till March 26, in view of ...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Monday said that he had the numbers after his Congress government was asked by the Governor to prove its majority by Tuesday, hours after it appeared to have snagged a 10-day breather with the assembly session being adjourned until March 26 over coronavirus. In a letter to Chief Minister Kamal Nath, Gover...

The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan had a sharp put down for the Kamal Nath government as it got a breather from the floor test with a 10-day adjournment of the state assembly.

The Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh scored a 10-day reprieve today as the assembly session was adjourned without any trust vote until March 26 over coronavirus, after a one-minute address by Governor Lalji Tandon. The opposition BJP, which is confident it now has the majority to take power, paraded 106 MLAs before the Governor ...

The Madhya Pradesh Speaker is expected to take a call on today's trust vote after the resignation of the 22 loyalists of Jyotiraditya Scindia last week brought the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government on the brink of collapse. Mr Scindia, sidelined since the 2018 assembly polls, has changed camp and joined the BJP.

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the Kamal Nath-led state government has lost its majority and is running away from the floor test in the state assembly.