NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh Assembly, which assembled on Monday morning for the beginning of the Budget session, was adjourned immediately after the governor’s address till March 26, in view of coronavirus even as BJP demanded that the government take a floor test to prove its majority in the legislative assembly.
The demand for the floor test came as sources in Jyotiraditya Scindia camp claimed that the 22 Congress MLAs who had resigned last week might not return from Bengaluru to Bhopal.
Here is a look at the developments that have taken place so far —
BJP moves Supreme Court
Following the adjournment, the BJP filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking floor test in Madhya Pradesh assembly. Former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and nine other BJP MLAs moved SC seeking a direction to assembly speaker to hold floor test within 12 hours.
Governor directs state government to conduct floor test
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