Ex-MP CM Kamal Nath. (PTI Photo)
BHOPAL: Over 15 months after he took over as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath resigned from the top post on Friday.
His move comes a day after the Supreme Court directed that a floor test be conducted in Madhya Pradesh assembly to prove that the Congress government led by him enjoys majority in the House following the rebellion by 22 MLAs of his party.
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Nath submitted his resignation to governor Lalji Tandon at the Raj Bhawan here this afternoon.
“He submitted his resignation to the governor,” a Raj Bhawan official said
In his resignation letter, Nath said, “In my 40-year- long public life, I have always done politics of purity and valued democratic norms and given priority to it. But what transpired in the last two weeks is a new chapter of devaluation of democratic values.”
आज मध्यप्रदेश की उम्मीदों और विश्वास की हार हुई है , लोभी और प्रलोभी जीत गए हैं । मध्यप्रदेश के आत्मसम्मान को हराकर… https://t.co/y4sqRQPttp
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In the letter, he also congratula