Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker NP Prajapati late night on Thursday accepted the resignations of the 16 rebel Congress MLAs’ who have been ...
Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker NP Prajapati late night on Thursday accepted the resignations of the 16 rebel Congress MLAs’ who have been in Bengaluru since March 9, PTI reported. With this, and the Speaker’s acceptance of resignation of six former ministers – the effective strength of the House comes down to 206. The Kamal Nath-led Congress government will require the trust vote of 104 to survive the floor test later on Friday. The BJP with 107 MLAs is three more than the simple majority.
Prajapati accepted the resignations hours after the Supreme Court ordered a floor test in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly by 5 pm on Friday, agreeing that political uncertainty over whether the Congress government enjoys the confidence of the House cannot go on for even another day.
“I have accepted the resignation of the 16 MLAs who have filed petition in the Supreme Court,” Prajapati told reporters. “Based on what they have stated there, I am accepting resignation of these 16 MLAs also.”
He also added that the legislature is following the judiciary, while the Constitution is silent, according to NDTV. Prajapati did not comment on the floor test to be conducted in the House.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Assembly’s Principal Secretary AP Singh told PTI that a special session of the...
