After MP, rebellion in Gujarat Congress As 4 MLAs deserted party

By, thefocus_admin - March 16, 2020 09:09:54

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AHMEDABAD/BHOPAL : In sudden development, which caught Congress on backfoot, its Four MLAs in Gujarat have tendered their resignation to assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi ahead of the election to the four Rajya Sabha seats to be held on March 26. This sent shockwaves to Congress, which is struggling with “revolt” in MP led by Jyotiraditya Scindia.

Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi confirmed that four Congress MLAs had tendered their resignations on Saturday & all of which had been accepted; but refuse to disclose their names. He said, he will disclose names in the Assembly session only on Monday.

Gujarat BJP claiming that several Congress MLAs are not happy with their party & several such MLAs are likely to join the ruling party in coming days.

KAMAL Khilega?

On the other hand, the political drama in Madhya Pradesh shifted to the Assembly on Monday after the Governor directed Chief Minister Kamal Nath to seek a trust vote and Speaker NP Prajapati said he will first give a ruling on whether to hold the floor test.

As the rebellion led by Jyotiraditya Scindia threatened the survival of its government, the Congress appeared keen on putting off the trust vote and asserted that it is the Speaker’s prerogative to decide about the proceedings of the House, but a buoyed BJP maintained that he was bound by the governor’s direction.

After the Speaker accepted the resignation of six Congress MLAs on Saturday, the party now has 108 legislators. These include 16 rebel legislators who have also put in their papers but their resignations are yet to be accepted.

The BJP has 107 seats in the House which now has an effective strength of 222, with the majority mark being 112. 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.