For a flooring test first: On Madhya Pradesh crisis

Propriety and law need the Kamal Nath-led Congress federal government in Madhya Pradesh to show its bulk on the floor of the legislature at the earliest. Delaying tactics by Mr. Nath with more than a little assistance from the Speaker, who has adjourned the Assembly until March 26, break democratic concepts. Similarly, Guv Lalji Tandon’s position that the government will be presumed to have lost the majority unless it takes a flooring test instantly is illogical. The scenario in the State raises other concerns of morality and legality also, as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) innovates questionable paths to power that it did not win in the election. The Congress had actually won a narrow triumph in the State in 2018, after a 15- year gap. The resignation of 22 party MLAs has actually pressed its government into a crisis. These MLAs had w