Both Congress and opposition BJP held meetings of their legislature wings on Tuesday evening, and decided to move their respective MLAs to unknown locations
After remaining 'incommunicado' for hours, Jyotiraditya Scindia finally resigned from the Congress party. Read live updates on Madhya Pradesh political crisis
Scindia believes in the Congress he did not find the royal road to a position he deserves. So, "it is now time for me to move on", he wrote in his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi
This would also help Rahul's plan for a generational shift in the Rajya Sabha as well, party insiders say
The copy of the letter mentioned the names of Imarati Devi, Tulsi Silawat, Govind Singh Rajput, Mahendra Singh Sisodiya, Pradyumn Singh Tomar and Prabhuram Chaudhari
Speaking to ANI, Chaudhary also claimed that Scindia could have been lured by the offer of ministership given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The Congress is surviving with the support of rebel BSP MLAs who have joined the Congress and have been accepted by the Speaker
Soon after his meeting with Modi, the former Union minister tendered his resignation to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, saying it was now time for him to move on
Noting that the events of the day had been drawing themselves out for a year, Scindia wrote to Gandhi saying it was now best for him to look at a fresh start
The rift between MP CM Kamal Nath and Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia came out in the open with the latter publicly criticising the former on several occasions
Seventeen MLAs, including at least six ministers, known to be Scindia loyalists, are currently in Bengaluru
Nath alleged that the BJP was adopting immoral ways to "destabilise my government" and vowed not to let it happen.
Scindia and Nath have fallen out over the post of the state Congress president, which is currently held by the chief minister
Given its current strength in the Assembly, the Congress can win the third seat as well. But events over the last week with several legislators becoming 'untraceable' have put a question mark on this.
After the meeting, Nath said any decision on the party's nominees for Rajya Sabha polls would be taken unanimously
An ongoing campaign by Jyotiraditya Scindia against the Madhya Pradesh government has seen no action being taken by the central party high command
The state Congress unit, too, appears to be divided on the rift between the two heavyweights - some call it "pressure politics", while others feel Scindia is being sidelined.
The party took a nuanced position on the scrapping of the provisions of Article 370; now it is mulling whether it should start reaching out to Dalits in Bengal
The row began after BJP Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur called Godse a patriot during a discussion on SPG (Amendment) Bill on November 27, though she denied it later
These MLAs are said to be the ones who had been demanding Nath be replaced as the Madhya Pradesh chief minister with Scindia