Madhya Pradesh political crisis: Key points

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
On Saturday night, governor Lalji Tandon had directed chief minister Kamal Nath to seek a trust vote in the House immediately after he delivers his customary address on the first day of the Budget session beginning Monday.
Decision on floor test rests with Speaker: Kamal Nath
However, Nath, who met the governor on Sunday late night, said that the decision on a floor test will be taken by the Speaker.
Later, Nath held a meeting of Congress legislative party on Sunday evening, where he said: “How can there be a floor test when our MLAs are captive? Would it be constitutional? Congress would overcome the “immoral and unconstitutional political crisis created by BJP”, Nath told legislators.
22 Congress MLAs might not return to Bhopal
The 22 MLAs of the Congress who had resigned might not return to Bhopal on Monday from Bengaluru where they are camping. Their rebellion from the Congress had triggered a political crisis in the state.
These MLAs, including six ministers, have already resigned from the membership of the assembly and there is no point in coming back at this point, they said.
Speaker NP Prajapati had accepted resignations of six of the 22 MLAs. He, however, remained non-committal on holding a floor test.
No mention of floor test in List of Business
Interestingly, the holding of a floor test found no mention in the List of Business (LoB) issued by the state Assembly secretariat on Sunday night.
The LoB mentioned only about the Governor's customary address on the first day of the Budget session and the motion of thanks.
The government should conduct floor test, insists BJP
BJP national vice president Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, "Kamal Nath has very innocently said that it is the job of the speaker to conduct floor test, while the fact is that it is the government which decides the business of the House".
"The governor had ordered the chief minister to seek the trust vote after his customary address. Tandon has written the letter to you (Nath) and not to the Speaker," he told reporters on Sunday late night.
Chouhan said that with the resignations of 22 MLAs, the Nath government was reduced to a minority.
"The government must table a proposal for holding a floor test in the House and the speaker should ensure that it will be conducted," the former chief minister demanded.
The number game
As of Sunday evening, the assembly strength is 222 — after six resignations and death of two MLAs — putting the majority mark at 112. If the 16 other resignations, in the wake of Scindia’s quitting Congress are accepted, Congress would be down to 92 members in the House, which would then have a strength of 206, putting the majority mark at 104.
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