Before this exchange, Nath had shot off a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. "Please use your power as the Union Home Minister so that Congress MLAs held captive can safely reach Madhya Pradesh"
'Heavens are not going to fall if Congress government is allowed to continue till by-polls,' said senior advocate Dushyant Dave
The development came as a booster for the Congress rebels and weakened Chief Minister Kamal Nath's position in the ongoing tussle for power in Madhya Pradesh
A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said that it will issue the notice to the state government and others, including the secretary of the legislative assembly, for tomorrow at 10.30 am
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has claimed that the Kamal Nath government lacks a majority
As soon as Tandon started addressing the House, Congress legislators raised slogans of "bring back Congress MLAs" to the Assembly
As soon as Tandon started addressing the House, Congress legislators raised slogans of "bring back Congress MLAs" to the Assembly
The plea has been filed against the recent political developments
"I have clarified that in such a situation holding any floor test has no meaning and it will be undemocratic and unconstitutional," Nath stated.
The LoB has mentioned only about the Governor's customary address on the first day of the Budget session and the motion of thanks
Nath said he has already communicated to the governor in writing that his government is ready for the floor test but the MLAs held "captive" should be released first.
To add to the ruling Congress' woes, it is yet uncertain whether it will continue getting the support of four Independents, two BSP MLAs and one MLA from the SP.
Narendra Tomar, Narottam Mishra and Kailash Vijayvargiya are among his challengers in CM race
Referring to the governor's directions, BJP chief whip in the Assembly Narottam Mishra said the ruling Congress has lost its majority
The rebel Congress MLAs, who have been camping in Bengaluru, are also scheduled to return to the Madhya Pradesh capital by Sunday night, sources said
A letter from the governor was sent to the chief minister in this regard around midnight
Scindia and Digvijay Singh are expected to comfortably win in the polls. The BJP's Sumer Singh Solanki and Phool Singh Baraiya of the Congress are likely to slug it out for the third seat.
The chief minister submitted to the governor a three-page letter in which he accused the BJP of being involved in horse-trading and holding the rebel Congress MLAs in captivity
The government on Friday extended the deadline for submitting bids for buying 100 per cent stake in Air India till April 30. The deadline was originally set at March 17
Nath met Tandon in the midst of political crisis in the state triggered by the resignation of the 22 Congress MLAs three days ago