Digvijaya rules out possibility of floor test

March 12, 2020 16:24

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said that the question of floor test does not arise as the resignations submitted by the legislatures have not been accepted by the Speaker yet.

Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister also accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of holding his 19 party MLAs hostage.

"Floor test can not take place as the resignations submitted by 19 MLAs have not been accepted. They should physically come before the Speaker and speak for themselves. These MLAs have been held hostage by the BJP," he said while speaking to reporters in Bhopal.

The Congress party has been witnessing an internal turf war in Madhya Pradesh since the party formed the government in the state in 2018.

The crisis deepened on Tuesday after Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from the party and at least 22 MLAs close to him announced to withdraw support from the Kamal Nath government. Scindia on Wednesday joined the BJP in the presence of party chief JP Nadda. -- ANI

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

'Dhoni hasn't played his last IPL match'

Ambati Rayudu doesn't feel MS Dhoni has played his last match, puts ball in BCCI's court

Will jailed preacher Amritpal's Khadoor Sahib entry challenge SAD?

Amritpal Singh, the chief of the 'Waris Punjab De' outfit, who is lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail under the National Security Act, has thrown his hat into the ring as an Independent.

Rohit slams broadcasters for recording private talks

Rohit Sharma on Sunday lashed out at the IPL broadcasters for 'breaching' cricketers' privacy

3,300 CISF jawans to replace CRPF in Parliament security starting Monday

The parliament duty group of the CRPF wound up its entire administrative and operational paraphernalia -- vehicles, weapons and commandos -- from the complex on Friday and its commander, a deputy inspector general-rank officer, handed...

Bibhav Kumar sent to 5-day police custody in Maliwal assault case

It noted the prosecution's submissions about the need to take Kumar to Mumbai and other parts of the national capital to collect evidence, which was not possible without the accused's custody.