Rebel MLAs scheduled to leave for Bhopal return to Bengaluru resort
The rebel Congress MLAs who were scheduled to leave for Bhopal have now returned to the Bengaluru resort they were earlier staying at.
Further information in the matter is awaited.
MP Political crisis: Rebel MLAs scheduled to leave for Bhopal return to Bengaluru resort
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21:45 March 13
20:03 March 13
Rebel MP Congress MLAs leave Bengaluru
All 19 rebel Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs left Bengaluru on Friday after spending four days at a resort on the city's outskirts, a source said on Friday.
According to sources, the rebel MLAs are being flown to Delhi from where they are likely to be taken to a hotel in Gurugram.
"The 19 Madhya Pradesh legislators left Bengaluru in three chartered aircraft on Friday. We don't know in whose aircraft they flew, but they have left," a Karnataka Congress source said.
The rebel lawmakers were staying at the Prestige Golfshire resort on the city's northern outskirts since Monday night after they flew from New Delhi and Bhopal in two separate aircraft and stayed put at the resort since then under heavy security.
The rebel lawmakers sent their resignation letters in Hindi to the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker on Wednesday through an emissary.
Of the rebels, six are ministers in the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh. The Chief Minister has recommended their removal from the state cabinet to Governor Lalji Tandon for reportedly revolting against his 15-month old government and for identifying with former party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who jumped ship from the Congress to the BJP on Wednesday.
17:09 March 13
MP Governor expels 6 ministers from Cabinet on Kamal Nath's recommendation
Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon on Friday expelled 6 ministers, namely Imarti Devi, Tulsi Silawat, Govind Singh Rajput, Mahendra Singh Sisodia, Pardyuman Singh Tomar and Dr Prabhuram Chaudhary from Cabinet on recommendation of Chief Minister Kamal Nath.
17:03 March 13
BJP-Congress MLAs clash at Bhopal airport
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress MLAs gathered at Raja Bhoj airport in Bhopal on Friday after they got to know that MLAs supporting Jyotiraditya Scindia were returning from Bengaluru.
MLAs of both the parties shouted slogans and even a scrimmage was reported.
Twenty two MLAs resigned from the Congress soon after Scindia quit the primary membership of the party. Out of these, 19 were in Bengaluru. The resignation letters of all the MLAs were submitted to Assembly speaker N.P. Prajapati by a BJP delegation.
Thirteen of these MLAs were returning to Bhopal after Prajapati asked them to report here.
Ministers Tulsi Silawat, Govind Singh Rajput, Prabhuram Choudhry, Imarti Devi, Pradyumna Singh Tomar and Mahendra Singh Sisodia along with MLAs Hardeep Singh Dang, Rajyavardhan Singh, Brajendra Singh Yadav, Jaspal Jajji, Suresh Dhakad, Jaswant Jatav, Santram Sironia, Munnalal Goyal, Ranveer Singh Jatav, OPS Bhadoria, Kamlesh Jatav, Giriraj Dandotiya, Raghuraj Kansana, Aidalsingh Kansana, Biasahulal Singh and Manoj Chaudhary have quit after Scindia resigned from the Congress.
16:43 March 13
Section 144 imposed at Bhopal airport ahead of rebel MLAs arrival
Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) was imposed at Bhopal airport after supporters of Congress and BJP gathered at the airport today.
Rebel Congress MLAs from Bengaluru are scheduled to arrive in Bhopal shortly.
15:43 March 13
Most of 19 MP Cong MLAs to reach Bhopal from Bengaluru
Most of the 19 rebel Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh, including six ministers, who have been camping in Bengaluru, are expected to reach Bhopal on Friday evening, party sources said.
After former Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the Congress, 22 party MLAs, including six ministers - most of them said to be his supporters - resigned from the assembly earlier this week, pushing the Nath government in major crisis.
Of the 22 rebel MLAs, 19 lawmakers, including half a dozen ministers, had e-mailed their resignation letters to Governor Lalji Tandon.
"Most of the 19 MLAs have left Bengaluru where they were staying. They will travel by air and are expected to reach here," a Scindia loyalist said.
In view of their expected arrival, security at the Bhopal airport has been beefed up.
The ruling Congress has alleged that 19 of the rebel Congress MLAs, including ministers, have been held 'captive' by the BJP in a resort in Bengaluru, a charge denied by the opposition party.
14:48 March 13
Scindia files nomination for Rajya Sabha elections
Former Union minister and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia otoday filed his nomination here for the March 26 Rajya Sabha elections.
From the Madhya Pradesh BJP office, Scindia reached the state Assembly secretariat around 2 pm and submitted his papers to the returning officer, Vidhan Sabha principal secretary A P Singh.
Former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, state BJP President V D Sharma, outgoing Rajya Sabha MP Prabhat Jha and other party BJP leaders were present on the occasion.
Before reaching the BJP office, Scindia had a lunch at the residence of former minister Narottam Mishra along with other party leaders.
The former Lok Sabha MP from Guna also called on his paternal aunt and BJP MLA Yashodhara Raje Scindia in the morning.
13:54 March 13
MP rebel MLAs likely to fly Mumbai today
Madhya Pradesh rebel MLAs residing at the Prestige Golf Shire resort in Devanahalli are likely to head to Mumbai today.
Six rebel MLAs will travel to Maharashtra via Kempegowda International Airport.
Sources said that those six rebel MLAs are in touch with Congress trouble shooter DK Shivakumar.
13:39 March 13
Our government is stable, no need to worry: MP CM
Only he can say why he has gone. Our government is stable, no need to worry, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister said on Jyotiraditya Scindia joining BJP.
13:39 March 13
13:15 March 13
Kamal Nath's letter to Governor Lalji Tandon requesting 'floor test
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's letter to Governor Lalji Tandon requesting 'floor test in the forthcoming session of the assembly on a date fixed by the Speaker'
12:36 March 13
Ready for floor test; 22 MLAs held captive: Nath to governor
Expressing the readiness of his government for a floor test in the Assembly, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Friday accused the BJP of holding
22 Congress MLAs in captivity.
Nath met Tandon and submitted a letter to him accusing the BJP of being involved in horse-trading and holding the Congress MLAs in captivity.
Nath met Tandon in the midst of political crisis in the state triggered by the resignation of the 22 Congress MLAs three days ago. He met the governor at around 11 am and submitted the three-page letter to him.
In the letter, released by a Congress spokesman to the media, Nath expressed his readiness to hold the floor test during the budget session beginning from March 16.
Nath also mentioned the sequence of events from the intervening night of March 3 and March 4 to March 10, and claimed there were incidents of horse-trading during this period.
In these circumstances, the very edifice of democracy is in danger, Nath wrote in the letter.
Nath also told the governor to use his office to ensure the release of Congress MLAs held in captivity in Bengaluru.
The chief minister briefed the governor about the current political situation in the state, Congress sources said. (PTI reported)
12:10 March 13
Kamal Nath calls on Governor amid political crisis in MP
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath is meeting Governor Lalji Tandon here in the midst of political crisis in the state triggered by the resignation of 22 rebel Congress MLAs three days ago.
Nath, whose government is teetering on the brink of a collapse following the rebellion, reached Raj Bhavan late Friday morning to meet Tandon, who arrived here on Thursday night from Lucknow.
The chief minister is expected to brief the governor about the current political situation in the state, Congress sources said.
The ruling Congress has alleged that 19 of the rebel Congress MLAs, including ministers, have been held "captive" by the BJP in a resort in Bengaluru, a charge denied by the opposition party.
Nath's meeting with the governor comes amid unconfirmed reports that six ministers, said to be close to former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, will be coming to Bhopal from Bengaluru to hand over their resignation letters in person to the Assembly speaker.
Attempts to contact these ministers proved futile. Scindia joined the BJP on Wednesday, a day after quitting the Congress.
21:45 March 13
Rebel MLAs scheduled to leave for Bhopal return to Bengaluru resort
The rebel Congress MLAs who were scheduled to leave for Bhopal have now returned to the Bengaluru resort they were earlier staying at.
Further information in the matter is awaited.
20:03 March 13
Rebel MP Congress MLAs leave Bengaluru
All 19 rebel Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs left Bengaluru on Friday after spending four days at a resort on the city's outskirts, a source said on Friday.
According to sources, the rebel MLAs are being flown to Delhi from where they are likely to be taken to a hotel in Gurugram.
"The 19 Madhya Pradesh legislators left Bengaluru in three chartered aircraft on Friday. We don't know in whose aircraft they flew, but they have left," a Karnataka Congress source said.
The rebel lawmakers were staying at the Prestige Golfshire resort on the city's northern outskirts since Monday night after they flew from New Delhi and Bhopal in two separate aircraft and stayed put at the resort since then under heavy security.
The rebel lawmakers sent their resignation letters in Hindi to the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker on Wednesday through an emissary.
Of the rebels, six are ministers in the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh. The Chief Minister has recommended their removal from the state cabinet to Governor Lalji Tandon for reportedly revolting against his 15-month old government and for identifying with former party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, who jumped ship from the Congress to the BJP on Wednesday.
17:09 March 13
MP Governor expels 6 ministers from Cabinet on Kamal Nath's recommendation
Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon on Friday expelled 6 ministers, namely Imarti Devi, Tulsi Silawat, Govind Singh Rajput, Mahendra Singh Sisodia, Pardyuman Singh Tomar and Dr Prabhuram Chaudhary from Cabinet on recommendation of Chief Minister Kamal Nath.
17:03 March 13
BJP-Congress MLAs clash at Bhopal airport
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress MLAs gathered at Raja Bhoj airport in Bhopal on Friday after they got to know that MLAs supporting Jyotiraditya Scindia were returning from Bengaluru.
MLAs of both the parties shouted slogans and even a scrimmage was reported.
Twenty two MLAs resigned from the Congress soon after Scindia quit the primary membership of the party. Out of these, 19 were in Bengaluru. The resignation letters of all the MLAs were submitted to Assembly speaker N.P. Prajapati by a BJP delegation.
Thirteen of these MLAs were returning to Bhopal after Prajapati asked them to report here.
Ministers Tulsi Silawat, Govind Singh Rajput, Prabhuram Choudhry, Imarti Devi, Pradyumna Singh Tomar and Mahendra Singh Sisodia along with MLAs Hardeep Singh Dang, Rajyavardhan Singh, Brajendra Singh Yadav, Jaspal Jajji, Suresh Dhakad, Jaswant Jatav, Santram Sironia, Munnalal Goyal, Ranveer Singh Jatav, OPS Bhadoria, Kamlesh Jatav, Giriraj Dandotiya, Raghuraj Kansana, Aidalsingh Kansana, Biasahulal Singh and Manoj Chaudhary have quit after Scindia resigned from the Congress.
16:43 March 13
Section 144 imposed at Bhopal airport ahead of rebel MLAs arrival
Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) was imposed at Bhopal airport after supporters of Congress and BJP gathered at the airport today.
Rebel Congress MLAs from Bengaluru are scheduled to arrive in Bhopal shortly.
15:43 March 13
Most of 19 MP Cong MLAs to reach Bhopal from Bengaluru
Most of the 19 rebel Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh, including six ministers, who have been camping in Bengaluru, are expected to reach Bhopal on Friday evening, party sources said.
After former Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the Congress, 22 party MLAs, including six ministers - most of them said to be his supporters - resigned from the assembly earlier this week, pushing the Nath government in major crisis.
Of the 22 rebel MLAs, 19 lawmakers, including half a dozen ministers, had e-mailed their resignation letters to Governor Lalji Tandon.
"Most of the 19 MLAs have left Bengaluru where they were staying. They will travel by air and are expected to reach here," a Scindia loyalist said.
In view of their expected arrival, security at the Bhopal airport has been beefed up.
The ruling Congress has alleged that 19 of the rebel Congress MLAs, including ministers, have been held 'captive' by the BJP in a resort in Bengaluru, a charge denied by the opposition party.
14:48 March 13
Scindia files nomination for Rajya Sabha elections
Former Union minister and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia otoday filed his nomination here for the March 26 Rajya Sabha elections.
From the Madhya Pradesh BJP office, Scindia reached the state Assembly secretariat around 2 pm and submitted his papers to the returning officer, Vidhan Sabha principal secretary A P Singh.
Former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, state BJP President V D Sharma, outgoing Rajya Sabha MP Prabhat Jha and other party BJP leaders were present on the occasion.
Before reaching the BJP office, Scindia had a lunch at the residence of former minister Narottam Mishra along with other party leaders.
The former Lok Sabha MP from Guna also called on his paternal aunt and BJP MLA Yashodhara Raje Scindia in the morning.
13:54 March 13
MP rebel MLAs likely to fly Mumbai today
Madhya Pradesh rebel MLAs residing at the Prestige Golf Shire resort in Devanahalli are likely to head to Mumbai today.
Six rebel MLAs will travel to Maharashtra via Kempegowda International Airport.
Sources said that those six rebel MLAs are in touch with Congress trouble shooter DK Shivakumar.
13:39 March 13
Our government is stable, no need to worry: MP CM
Only he can say why he has gone. Our government is stable, no need to worry, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister said on Jyotiraditya Scindia joining BJP.
13:39 March 13
13:15 March 13
Kamal Nath's letter to Governor Lalji Tandon requesting 'floor test
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's letter to Governor Lalji Tandon requesting 'floor test in the forthcoming session of the assembly on a date fixed by the Speaker'
12:36 March 13
Ready for floor test; 22 MLAs held captive: Nath to governor
Expressing the readiness of his government for a floor test in the Assembly, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Friday accused the BJP of holding
22 Congress MLAs in captivity.
Nath met Tandon and submitted a letter to him accusing the BJP of being involved in horse-trading and holding the Congress MLAs in captivity.
Nath met Tandon in the midst of political crisis in the state triggered by the resignation of the 22 Congress MLAs three days ago. He met the governor at around 11 am and submitted the three-page letter to him.
In the letter, released by a Congress spokesman to the media, Nath expressed his readiness to hold the floor test during the budget session beginning from March 16.
Nath also mentioned the sequence of events from the intervening night of March 3 and March 4 to March 10, and claimed there were incidents of horse-trading during this period.
In these circumstances, the very edifice of democracy is in danger, Nath wrote in the letter.
Nath also told the governor to use his office to ensure the release of Congress MLAs held in captivity in Bengaluru.
The chief minister briefed the governor about the current political situation in the state, Congress sources said. (PTI reported)
12:10 March 13
Kamal Nath calls on Governor amid political crisis in MP
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath is meeting Governor Lalji Tandon here in the midst of political crisis in the state triggered by the resignation of 22 rebel Congress MLAs three days ago.
Nath, whose government is teetering on the brink of a collapse following the rebellion, reached Raj Bhavan late Friday morning to meet Tandon, who arrived here on Thursday night from Lucknow.
The chief minister is expected to brief the governor about the current political situation in the state, Congress sources said.
The ruling Congress has alleged that 19 of the rebel Congress MLAs, including ministers, have been held "captive" by the BJP in a resort in Bengaluru, a charge denied by the opposition party.
Nath's meeting with the governor comes amid unconfirmed reports that six ministers, said to be close to former Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, will be coming to Bhopal from Bengaluru to hand over their resignation letters in person to the Assembly speaker.
Attempts to contact these ministers proved futile. Scindia joined the BJP on Wednesday, a day after quitting the Congress.
Last Updated : Mar 14, 2020, 7:21 AM IST
