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Gains confidence in house, gets a new chief secretary Amidst the upheaval caused by the COVID-19, Shivraj Singh Chouhan was sworn in as the 19th chief minister of Madhya Pradesh on Monday night. The oath ceremony was held at the governor’s house at 9 pm. Minutes after taking oath as the CM he reached the state secretariat and held a meeting with the top officials of the state including the chief secretary and the DGP along with principal secretaries of all the departments. Marking, combat against the COVID-19 as the utmost priority he ordered for Bhopal located gas tragedy memory hospital to be turned into specialty hospital exclusively for Corona patients and declaring curfew in two districts. He also ordered strict enforcement of the lockdown in other districts of the state. On Tuesday morning the Shivraj Singh Chouhan led the BJP government to secured an easy trust vote in the state assembly with 107 MLAs of his own party. With 2 independent, 1 Samajwadi and 2 Bahujan Sama...

“The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh” BJP veteran and fondly known as Mama Ji, Shivraj Singh Chouhan was sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on Monday, days after the Congress government of Kamal Nath fell after losing its majority. Shivraj Singh Chouhan took oath for the fourth time as Chief Minister. The oaths of post and confidentiality were administered by the governor Lal Ji Tandon. Soon after taking oath as the CM, Chouhan changed his bio as “The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh” on his personal twitter handle at  https://twitter.com/ChouhanShivraj Outgoing CM Kamal Nath resigned on Thursday just before the Supreme Court’s deadline to prove his majority in a trust vote. The Congress lost its majority after 22 MLAs loyal to Jyotiraditya Scindia took a flight to Bengaluru and resigned. The MLAs joined BJP on Sunday, tweeted Jyotiraditya Scindia, now a BJP leader who quit his party of 18 years and joined the BJP last week. The Congress tried to reach out ...

Oath ceremony on Monday evening Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan is likely to take oath as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister on Monday evening said party sources. A legislature party meeting is scheduled for 6 pm today, in which Chouhan is likely to be elected as the party’s chief ministerial candidate, tweeted leader of opposition Gopal Bhargava. If he takes the oath today, this will be Chouhan’s record fourth term as chief minister. The BJP legislature party is meeting today, after the fall of the Congress government on Friday afternoon when Kamal Nath resigned barely two hours before the floor test he was supposed to face in the state assembly as per the Supreme Court verdict. During the political crisis the Congress faced in the state, Chouhan took the lead and continued to attack the government. It was he who filed the petition in the Supreme Court last Monday along with nine other MLAs seeking directions to issue an order to the Speaker of the state a...

Kamal Nath quits as Madhya Pradesh CM BJP BECOMES SINGLE LARGEST PARTY Kamal Nath on Friday resigned as Madhya Pradesh chief minister in a heavy-hearted press conference which he held at the official residence of Madhya Pradesh CM at the Shyamala hills in Bhopal. With the resignation BJP is left as single largest party in the state and has cleared the deck for the return of the former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. MP governor Lal Ji Tandon has asked outgoing CM Kamal Nath to remain as interim CM till the new government is formed. Addressing the press conference Nath said: Everyone saw how crores of rupees were spent. How a democratically-elected government was brought down by the BJP who lured a power-hungry, ambitious “Maharaj” rejected by voters and 22 greedy MLAs influenced by him.” He said on December 17, 2018 I took oath as CM of Madhya Pradesh. In 15 months, my effort was to give a new direction to Madhya Pradesh. “What was my mistake? Where did I do wrong. Publ...

Kamal Nath writes to MP Guv, reiterates demand for rebel Congress MLAs to be brought back Bhopal. Amid the continued power crisis in the state, Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday wrote to Governor Lalji Tandon reiterating the demand for the rebel Congress MLAs to be brought back to Bhopal from Bengaluru, where they are currently lodged. The Madhya Pradesh CM further said that the MLAs being brought to Bhopal would ensure they are decision will be ‘independent’. “Let the 16 MLAs, who have been held captive, be released. Let them live in their respective houses for 5-7 days without any fear so that they can take an independent decision,” Kamal Nath’s letter read. Through the letter, Nath further said the Governor’s order of conducting the floor test on Tuesday itself, failing which it would be considered that his government lacks a majority, would be ‘unconstitutional because of it being baseless. “Your belief that I should conduct a floor test in MP Assembly on March 17...

BJP demands immediate floor test All eyes are on the Supreme Court on Madhya Pradesh political crisis as both the BJP and Congress have approached the apex court. Ex-CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan along with 9 other MLAs of BJP has demanded an immediate floor test in Madhya Pradesh. A bench of justices DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta to hear the matter in a short while from now. Yesterday the court had sent notices to CM Kamal Nath and Speaker Prajapati on the petition from Chouhan. The Madhya Pradesh Congress has also approached the SC pleading for the release of its MLAs “held captive” by the BJP at a resort in Bengaluru. The votes of these rebels are vital for the Kamal Nath government to survive in the floor test. Kamal Nath’s lawyer Dushyant Dave demanded before the court that any trust vote should be held only in the presence of the 16 MLAs. If 22 MLAs belonging to INC have resigned and if seat fell vacant, a trust vote cannot be held without representation of the electorate ...

Amidst the political turmoil in Madhya Pradesh with BJP trying to wrest power from Congress the chief minister Kamal Nath has written a heart-felt letter to the residents. He said I live to serve the people of Madhya Pradesh and not to serve power. Kamal Nath said that I have dedicated my entire public life to the service of the people. For me, having a government means not hunger for power, the sacred purpose of public service. For fifteen years, the BJP had retained power as a means of not serving, which still wants to destabilize the government of Madhya Pradesh in an immoral manner. Nath said bargaining politics is a shock to the interests of Madhya Pradesh. He said that in 15 years, the BJP’s rule had become a mafia parallel government in every sector. The people of the state were suffering and handed over power to the Congress to get rid of the mafia. I launched a campaign against the mafia on the expectation of the people. In collaboration with the Mafia, the BJP is trying...

Congress MLAs not for sale in MP Former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijaya Singh has once again accused BJP of destabilising the Congress government in MP. The Congress veteran in Delhi once again claimed that BJP is indulging in horse-trading and is offering Rs 25 to 35 crore to Congress MLA’s to topple the Chief Minister Kamal Nath led government. Addressing reporters at a press conference in Delhi the Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh claimed that former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and former minister Narottam Mishra are offering the money to Congress MLA’s by calling them over phone. Those in opposition in Madhya Pradesh are not ready to accept the fact. He went on and alleged that “I don’t charge without facts, Shivraj Singh and Narottam Mishra have reached a consensus, one is dreaming to becoming CM and the other is eyeing the deputy CM post.” Chouhan and Mishra are calling up Congress MLA’s and blatantly offering them Rs 25-35 crore with o...