The Congress has the support of 121 MLAs in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly, party spokesperson Narendra Saluja claimed Wednesday. The Congress won 114 seats in the state polls, but was two short of the simple majority mark of 116 in the 230-member Assembly.


"With the support of BSP's two, SP's one and four independent candidates, the Congress' tally is 121 in the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly," Saluja told reporters at the Raj Bhawan after Congress leaders met Governor Anandiben Patel. Senior Congress leaders, including Kamal Nath, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Digvijay Singh, Arun Yadav and Vivek Tankha, met the governor to stake claim to form the government in the state.


Nath, the state Congress chief, requested the governor in the letter to call the Congress to form government in the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party,  which ruled the state for 15 years, got 109 seats in the elections. -- PTI