BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Friday (March 20, 2020) resigned from his post and blamed the BJP for betraying the people of his state and triggering a political crisis in the Congress-ruled state.
Adressing a press conferenece, Kamal Nath said, “The people of this country can see the truth behind the incident where MLAs are being held hostage in Bengaluru…The truth will come out. People will not forgive them.”
Nath further said that the BJP is jealous of the progress MP made under the Congress regime.
Kamal Nath had earlier called a meeting of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Legislature Party (CLP) started at his residence where it is believed that he was told by the party high command to resign as his government had lost majority after the resignation of 22 Congress MLAS.
The CLP meeting was called ahead of the special session of Madhya assembly scheduled to start at 2 pm.
The apex court had on Thursday ordered the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker to conduct a floor test by 5 pm on Friday, leaving the fate of the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government hanging by a thread after the resignation of 22 Congress MLAs.
Meanwhile, Congress insiders said that the party was not in favour of filing a review petition in the apex court against its direction given on Thursday.
Late Thursday night, Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker N P Prajapati had accepted the resignation of the remaining 16 MLAs loyal to former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia.
With the resignation of 16 more MLAs, the strength of Congress has come down to 92 from 108. Earlier, six ministers had resigned which brought down the ruling party’s strength from 114 to 108.
Bureau Report
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