Jyotiraditya Scindia Resignation

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and RCP Singh on Wednesday resigned from the Union Cabinet, a day before the completion of their Rajya Sabha term.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi played an "important role" in the fall of Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh in March, Kailash Vijayvargiya, the BJP's National General Secretary, claimed at a public event in Indore on Wednesday

Kamal Nath resigned on Friday as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister without facing a test of strength that his Congress government was certain to lose after the exodus of MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia, who crossed over to the BJP last week. "Everyone saw how crores of rupees were spent. How a democratically-elected government was brought down by th...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath today accused the BJP of "murdering democracy" in what appeared to be his resignation speech ahead of a Supreme Court-ordered trust vote that his Congress government was certain to lose. Top Congress sources say with the party's wafer-thin majority gone after the resignation of 22 MLAs, Kamal Nath was asked ...

The Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh - that plunged into crisis after exit of 22 MLAs followed by former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's crossover from the Congress to the BJP - will take a floor test at 2 pm today.

Dramatic scenes unfolded outside a five-star hotel in Bengaluru this morning as senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh was lifted and dragged away by the police and taken into preventive custody. Mr Singh sat in protest outside the hotel in Bengaluru hotel where 22 rebel Madhya Pradesh MLAs have been staying for over a week. He was allegedly stoppe...

Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon sent a letter to Assembly Speaker NP Prajapati in the early hours of Wednesday, saying that the latter an "impartial and courageous" decision in accepting the resignations of six ministers.

Madhya Pradesh assembly speaker Narmada Prasad Prajapati has written to Governor Lalji Tandon to take concrete steps for safe return of the 16 MLAs who are at a resort in Bengaluru. The Congress claims that the MLAs - all Jyotiraditya Scindia loyalists who sent their resignation letters last week - have been "kidnapped" and "kept in captivity" at t...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath and the secretary of the state assembly have been asked by the Supreme Court to explain their stance on the BJP plea for an immediate floor test. The BJP approached the top court after the assembly was adjourned for 10 days yesterday. The Congress said the move was a precautionary measure against coronaviru...

The Madhya Pradesh Speaker is expected to take a call on today's trust vote after the resignation of the 22 loyalists of Jyotiraditya Scindia last week brought the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government on the brink of collapse. Mr Scindia, sidelined since the 2018 assembly polls, has changed camp and joined the BJP.

There is no "motion of confidence" listed for today at the Madhya Pradesh assembly, raising questions about whether the trust vote will be held as per the directions of Governor Lalji Tandon. On Sunday, the state cabinet had asked Chief Minister Kamal Nath to take a call on the issue, contending that the letter by the Governor holds no constitution...

A senior leader close to Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday claimed "8-10 MLAs held captive in Bengaluru" do not want to resign from the Congress.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath discussed floor test with Governor Lalji Tandon this morning three days after 22 Congress MLAs resigned, pushing the state government into crisis. The resignations were followed by former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's high-profile crossover from the Congress to the BJP.

After Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from the Congress, many others have started abandoning the party as well. Resignations have come from almost every part of Madhya Pradesh. So far hundreds of workers and party officials have put in their papers.

Referring to Jyotiraditya Scindia's resignation from the Congress party, senior party leader Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said that it is not the first time when the party is in bad times but people tend to leave the sinking ship and return when the time changed.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and RCP Singh on Wednesday resigned from the Union Cabinet, a day before the completion of their Rajya Sabha term.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi played an "important role" in the fall of Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh in March, Kailash Vijayvargiya, the BJP's National General Secretary, claimed at a public event in Indore on Wednesday

Kamal Nath resigned on Friday as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister without facing a test of strength that his Congress government was certain to lose after the exodus of MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia, who crossed over to the BJP last week. "Everyone saw how crores of rupees were spent. How a democratically-elected government was brought down by th...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath today accused the BJP of "murdering democracy" in what appeared to be his resignation speech ahead of a Supreme Court-ordered trust vote that his Congress government was certain to lose. Top Congress sources say with the party's wafer-thin majority gone after the resignation of 22 MLAs, Kamal Nath was asked ...

The Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh - that plunged into crisis after exit of 22 MLAs followed by former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's crossover from the Congress to the BJP - will take a floor test at 2 pm today.

Dramatic scenes unfolded outside a five-star hotel in Bengaluru this morning as senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh was lifted and dragged away by the police and taken into preventive custody. Mr Singh sat in protest outside the hotel in Bengaluru hotel where 22 rebel Madhya Pradesh MLAs have been staying for over a week. He was allegedly stoppe...

Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon sent a letter to Assembly Speaker NP Prajapati in the early hours of Wednesday, saying that the latter an "impartial and courageous" decision in accepting the resignations of six ministers.

Madhya Pradesh assembly speaker Narmada Prasad Prajapati has written to Governor Lalji Tandon to take concrete steps for safe return of the 16 MLAs who are at a resort in Bengaluru. The Congress claims that the MLAs - all Jyotiraditya Scindia loyalists who sent their resignation letters last week - have been "kidnapped" and "kept in captivity" at t...

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath and the secretary of the state assembly have been asked by the Supreme Court to explain their stance on the BJP plea for an immediate floor test. The BJP approached the top court after the assembly was adjourned for 10 days yesterday. The Congress said the move was a precautionary measure against coronaviru...

The Madhya Pradesh Speaker is expected to take a call on today's trust vote after the resignation of the 22 loyalists of Jyotiraditya Scindia last week brought the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government on the brink of collapse. Mr Scindia, sidelined since the 2018 assembly polls, has changed camp and joined the BJP.

There is no "motion of confidence" listed for today at the Madhya Pradesh assembly, raising questions about whether the trust vote will be held as per the directions of Governor Lalji Tandon. On Sunday, the state cabinet had asked Chief Minister Kamal Nath to take a call on the issue, contending that the letter by the Governor holds no constitution...

A senior leader close to Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday claimed "8-10 MLAs held captive in Bengaluru" do not want to resign from the Congress.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath discussed floor test with Governor Lalji Tandon this morning three days after 22 Congress MLAs resigned, pushing the state government into crisis. The resignations were followed by former union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's high-profile crossover from the Congress to the BJP.

After Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from the Congress, many others have started abandoning the party as well. Resignations have come from almost every part of Madhya Pradesh. So far hundreds of workers and party officials have put in their papers.

Referring to Jyotiraditya Scindia's resignation from the Congress party, senior party leader Salman Khurshid on Wednesday said that it is not the first time when the party is in bad times but people tend to leave the sinking ship and return when the time changed.