Madhya Pradesh Government Crisis Live Updates:
14:44 PM: Delhi: Jyotiraditya Scindia leaves from his residence. He had met PM Narendra Modi and HM Amit Shah earlier today and had tendered his resignation to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
14:14 PM: MLA Bisahulal Singh resigns from the Congress party. He is the 20th MLA to resign.
12:44 PM: KC Venugopal, Congress issues statement affirming Congress President approving Jyotiraditya Scindia’s expulsion
KC Venugopal, Congress: The Congress President has approved the expulsion of Jyotiraditya Scindia from the Indian National Congress with immediate effect for anti-party activities.
12:40 PM: Jyotiraditya Scindia’s office staff leaves after handing over a hard copy of his resignation at Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s residence.
12:38 PM: 14 MLAs have deserted Congress along with Jyotiraditya Scindia
Massive jolt to Kamal Nath Govt in Madhya Pradesh. 14 MLAs have deserted the Congress party along with Jyotiraditya Scindia
12:23 PM: Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia tenders resignation to Congress President Sonia Gandhi
12:15 PM: Sources: Jyotiraditya Scindia all set to join BJP. Official announcement to be made shortly. Scindia is currently at HM Amit Shah’s residence.
12:08 PM: Sonia Gandhi holds an emergency meeting with top Congress leaders as Jyotiraditya Scindia met with PM Narendra Modi & HM Amit Shah.
11:58 AM: Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia leave from PM Narendra Modi’s residence, reports ANI
11:55 AM: Sachin Pilot tried reaching out to Jyotiraditya Scindia, but failed: Sources
11:25 AM: Jyotiraditya Scindia joins BJP
In a big development, Congress leader and Kamal Nath’s rival Jyotiraditya Scindia is learnt to be at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg to meet PM Narendra Modi at his official residence.
10:42 AM: Govt stable, will last full term: Congress MLA
09:02 AM: Jyotiraditya Scindia may join BJP: Sources
Madhya Pradesh seems to have seeped into a political crisis after 17 MLAs of the ruling Congress party apparently went missing Tuesday. The missing legislators have owed allegiance to Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, a rival of the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath.
The developments of Tuesday forced Kamal Nath to call for a late-night meeting of his cabinet, during which around 20 ministers of the state government resigned in an attempt to allow the chief minister to reconstitute the cabinet and placate the ‘rebel’ MLAs.
