Twenty ministers of the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh resigned on Monday and requested the chief minister to reconst...
Twenty ministers of the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh resigned on Monday and requested the chief minister to reconstitute the Cabinet, PTI reported. The government faced a fresh political threat after 17 lawmakers, who are supporters of party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, went incommunicado, and several of them are reportedly in Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Karnataka.
The development came after Nath was forced to return to Bhopal after meeting Congress President Sonia Gandhi. He convened a late night urgent meeting with party leaders at his residence, where ministers tendered their resignations and expressed faith in his leadership.
Scindia is said to be upset as he was neither made the state Congress unit chief – a post still held by Nath – nor assured of a Rajya Sabha berth.
Sajjan Singh Verma, who resigned as the Public Works and Environment minister, told reporters that around 20 ministers have resigned to express solidarity with Nath. He added that they wanted to stop efforts made by the saffron party to topple the government.
“The government will last its full five-year term and there is no political crisis,” Public Relations Minister PC Sharma claimed.
The chief minister, meanwhile, accused the BJP of trying to destabilise the government in connivance with mafia. He said they would not...
