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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 ...

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...