Sixteen Cabinet Ministers of the Congress federal government in Madhya Pradesh resigned on Monday night and requested the Chief Minister to reconstitute the Cabinet. According to the Chief Minister’s Office, the Ministers, consisting of House Minister Bala Bachchan, Financing Minister Tarun Bhanot and Law Minister P.C. Sharma, tendered their resignations to Kamal Nath at a late night Cabinet meeting.
The development topped a day of chaotic political activity with Mr. Nath forced to hurry back to Bhopal from Delhi after 17 Congress MLAs– advocates of Jyotiraditya Scindia— went incommunicado. Numerous of them, consisting of a Minister, reached the BJP-ruled Karnataka by an unique flight later on in the day.
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Talking to reporters outside Mr. Nath’s residence where the conference was held, Sajjan Singh Verma, who resigned as the general public Works and Environment Minister, stated, “Given the vicious atmosphere produced by the BJP, we have actually requested Mr. Nath to reconstitute the Cabinet independently. We want to thwart the efforts of the BJP to topple the government“
Mentioning that the Congress had called a meeting of party MLAs at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Mr. Verma said the government was steady. “We have been offered the required for 5 years by individuals. We will complete our term.”
Umang Singhar, who resigned as Forest Minister stated, “The federal government is safe. New Ministers will be designated.”
Mr. Nath had actually reached Delhi on Sunday to brief Congress president Sonia Gandhi on the political chaos in the State and discuss an imminent growth of the Cabinet and the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from the State. He is thought to have actually left it to Ms. Gandhi to choose the method forward and connect to Mr. Scindia.
The younger Congress leader, after having lost out on the CM’s post, was likewise ignored for the post of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPPCC) chief.
Congress insiders indicated that Mr. Scindia might be provided a Rajya Sabha seat as well as the MPPCC chief’s post as part of a compromise.
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Amid consistent rumours about Mr. Scindia being in touch with sen