Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon, late Saturday night, ordered a trust vote in the state Legislative Assembly to be held on Monday, the...
Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon, late Saturday night, ordered a trust vote in the state Legislative Assembly to be held on Monday, the first day of the Budget Session, to test the support for the Kamal Nath-led Congress government, PTI reported. The trust vote will take place soon after Tandon’s address to the Assembly at 11 am.
Until earlier this week, the state government, which was formed in late 2018, had the support of 121 MLAs in the 230-seat Assembly – 114 MLAs of the Congress, and the rest being from the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party and Independents. However, the resignations of as many as 22 Congress MLAs on Tuesday has made the government’s collapse imminent. The Bharatiya Janata Party has 107 MLAs, while two seats are vacant.
The order for the floor test, which was sent to Nath’s office around midnight, came hours after Assembly Speaker NP Prajapati accepted the resignations of six former ministers who were expelled on the chief minister’s recommendation. He said he would take a call on the other 16 MLAs later.
In his letter to Nath, the governor said: “I came to know that 22 MLAs have sent their resignations to the MP Assembly speaker and they have also informed about it...
