Madhya Pradesh Assembly

Madhya Pradesh Assembly March 15 Question Hour Dedicated To 1st-Time MLAs

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday March 5, 2021

In a novel initiative in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly to "raise the confidence" of first time MLAs, all starred questions on which discussion will take place during the Question Hour on March 15 would be from them, Speaker Girish Gautam said on Friday.

Anti-Conversion Bill Introduced In Madhya Pradesh Assembly

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 2, 2021

The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh on Monday introduced in the assembly a Bill that replaced an ordinance brought to check religious conversions through marriage or by any other fraudulent means.

Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs Ride Bicycles In Protest Against Fuel Prices

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday February 22, 2021

Legislators of the opposition Congress on Monday reached the Madhya Pradesh Assembly complex in Bhopal on bicycles as a mark of protest against the rise in fuel prices.

BJP's Girish Goutam Elected Speaker Of Madhya Pradesh Assembly

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday February 22, 2021

BJP MLA Girish Gautam was unanimously elected as Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on the first day of the state budget session on Monday.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Session Cancelled. Covid Blamed, But...

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary | Thursday January 21, 2021

The Shivraj Singh government in Madhya Pradesh had called off the winter session of the assembly citing coronavirus, weeks after conducting a successful campaign for by-elections. The Vidhan Sabha was scheduled to be held from December 28 and the decision to call it off was taken at the all party meeting. The reason cited was a sudden explosion in ...

Madhya Pradesh Assembly's Winter Session Postponed After 5 MLAs Test COVID-19 Positive

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday December 27, 2020

The winter session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, which was scheduled to begin on December 28, has been postponed in view of the "COVID-19 situation", an official said on Sunday, hours after protem speaker disclosed that 61 employees and officials of the Assembly secretariat and five MLAs have tested coronavirus positive.

70.27% Polling In Madhya Pradesh Assembly Bypolls

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 4, 2020

Despite the coronavirus scare, a 70.27 per cent voter turnout was recorded in Tuesday's byelections to 28 Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, an official said.

Kamal Nath Spreading "Rumours", Says Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 1, 2020

On the last day of campaigning for Madhya Pradesh assembly bypolls, state Congress chief Kamal Nath accused the BJP dispensation in the state of reducing the retirement age of Class-IV government employees, which Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan dubbed as a "rumour".

Bypolls Not About Power But Respect For Gwalior-Chambal: Jyotiraditya Scindia

India News | ANI | Sunday November 1, 2020

The battle in bye-elections for Madhya Pradesh assembly is not about power but respect for the Gwalior-Chambal region, BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Saturday.

Madhya Pradesh By-Polls A Test For Both Congress And Jyotiraditya Scindia

India News | Written by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday October 31, 2020

The Election Commission may have put the brakes on the Congress's Madhya Pradesh by-polls plans by dropping Kamal Nath from the party's "star campaigner" list, but there is a bigger story brewing - the performance of Jyotiraditya Scindia

Jyotiraditya Scindia Loyalists Dominate BJP List For Madhya Pradesh Assembly Bypolls

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 7, 2020

The BJP on Tuesday declared its much-awaited list for the crucial assembly bypolls in Madhya Pradesh, fielding all loyalists of former Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, including six Congress ministers, who quit with him to join the saffron party in March.

Top Court Asks Madhya Pradesh Speaker About Pending Disqualification Petitions

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 22, 2020

The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker to apprise it by next week as to when he would decide the disqualification petitions against 22 Congress MLAs who switched sides to the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party.

On Madhya Pradesh MLAs' Disqualification, Top Court Deadline To Speaker

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday September 22, 2020

A date has to be announced by next week regarding the decision on the disqualification of 22 defectors in the Madhya Pradesh assembly, the Supreme Court said today. A decision on the matter has been pending since March, when the MLAs changed camp from the Congress to the BJP, leading to the collapse of the Kamal Nath government. Many of the defecto...

Covid-Wary Madhya Pradesh Assembly Adjourns In 90 Minutes, 8 Bills Passed

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary | Monday September 21, 2020

Eight bills were passed in 90 minutes by the Madhya Pradesh Assembly today, which held a one-day session amid the Covid pandemic, for which 78 MLAs were present in the House and 23 attended via video conference - a first for the state

Sachin Pilot To Campaign For Congress In Madhya Pradesh Assembly Bypolls

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday September 20, 2020

The Madhya Pradesh Congress has roped in its Rajasthan leader Sachin Pilot to campaign for the party candidates in the by-elections for 28 Assembly seats in the state, a party spokesman said on Sunday.