ANI | Updated: Mar 9, 2020, 21: 04 IST
Kamal Nath (File photo)
BENGALURU: The Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh plunged into a crisis on Monday as several party MLAs and 6 ministers left the state for Bengaluru.
The development comes amid factional differences in the party unit and at a time when the party has to finalise its Rajya Sabha candidates from the state.
Sources said the number of Congress MLAs who were in Bengaluru had gone up to 19 and one more was MLA expected to reach Bengaluru by Monday night. They said the MLAs have come in batches and include six ministers from Madhya Pradesh.
The developments came on a day state chief chief minister Kamal Nath met party chief Sonia Gandhi and discussed the political situation in the state.
The sources said that MLAs are likely to be shifted to a resort on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
According to sources, BJP Mahadevpura MLA Arvind Limbavali has been in touch with the Congress MLAs. They said 16 MLAs were brought at HAL airport Bengaluru by a special fli