Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath said he had the numbers to prove the majority of the Congress government hours after the governor...
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath said he had the numbers to prove the majority of the Congress government hours after the governor ordered a floor test by Tuesday, reported News18. “Those who claim that we don’t have a majority should move a no-confidence motion against my government to get the floor test done,” Nath told reporters outside Raj Bhavan after meeting the governor on Monday. “I told the governor that we are ready for everything as per constitutional provisions, rules and procedures.”
The state has catapulted into political chaos following former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia’s exit from the party. Governor Lalji Tandon had ordered the floor test after at least 22 MLAs sent their resignations to him. However, the Assembly was on Monday adjourned without a floor test till March 26 as a preventive step to contain coronavirus. In the evening though, the governor warned the chief minister that if the state government “fails to prove majority in the floor test on March 17, it would be deemed that your government is not in majority.”
After receiving news of the governor’s diktat, Congress leader PC Sharma said: “The letter from the Governor is surprising and it seems that he is under pressure.”
Until early last week, the state government, which was formed in...
