BJP topples Cong Govt in MP – A Timeline

On 23rd March 2020 BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan took oath as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh (MP) after former CM Kamal Nath resigned on 20th March 2020.

Crux of the Matter

Timeline of Toppling of the Government

9th March 2020

1. 17 MP MLAs close to Jyotiraditya Scindia fly to Bengaluru and are kept in an undisclosed location.

2. Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns from Congress.

3. 19 other Congress MLAs resign.

10th March 2020

1. Scindia meets PM Modi and HM Amit Shah in Delhi.

11th March 2020

1. Scindia joins BJP.

13th March 2020

1. BJP leader Scindia files Rajya Sabha nomination.

14th March 2020

1. MP Legislative Assembly Speaker NP Prajapati accepts resignations of other MLAs.

2. BJP leaders meet the Governor and request him to ask the ruling party Congress to prove its majority in the House through floor test.

15th March 2020

1. CM Kamal Nath claims he has majority in the House and that he cannot prove it while Congress MLAs are in captivity.

16th March 2020

1. No floor test conducted. House adjourned till 26th March over Coronavirus concerns.

2. BJP moves to Supreme Court to challenge Speaker’s decision.

3. Governor, in response to CM’s letter, asks him to conduct a floor test on 17th March. He adds that if the test is not conducted then it will be presumed that the government does not have majority in the House.

17th March 2020

1. CM Kamal Nath restates that a floor test is impossible in the absence of captive MLAs.

2. He dares the Opposition to rather file a no confidence motion.

19th March 2020

1. Supreme Court accepts BJP’s plea made by Shivraj Singh Chouhan and orders floor test on 20th March 2020.

20th March 2020

1. Kamal Nath resigns ahead of floor test.

23rd March 2020

1. BJP leader and former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan takes oath as CM once again.

Curiopedia

Kamal Nath is an Indian politician who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for approximately 15 months and resigned after a political crisis. As a leader of the Indian National Congress he has served as the Minister of Urban Development. He is one of the longest serving and most senior members of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s bicameral Parliament. He was appointed the Pro Tem Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha. He has been elected nine times from the Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency of Madhya Pradesh. Nath was elected president of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee in May 2018, leading the party in the November–December 2018 assembly election. He assumed the office of Chief Minister on 17 December 2018 and resigned on 20 March 2020 due to lack of majority in government. More Info

Shivraj Singh Chouhan is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is currently the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and also a member of the legislative assembly of the State of Madhya Pradesh. He previously served as the Chief Minister of the Madhya Pradesh, between 2005 and 2018, and holds the record as the state’s longest serving Chief Minister. He is often referred to as Mamaji (Maternal Uncle in Hindi). As a leader of the BJP, Chouhan served as its general secretary and president of its Madhya Pradesh state unit. He is a five-time Member of Parliament, having represented Vidisha in the Lok Sabha, the lower House of the Indian Parliament, between 1991 and 2006. More Info

Curated Coverage

1. Times of India – Shivraj Singh Chouhan takes outh as MP CM, Scindia vows to stand by him

2. Hindustan Times – Madhya Pradesh crisis: Timeline of events leading up to trust vote

3. Livemint – MP govt crisis: 17 MLAs loyal to Scindia fly to Bengaluru; 20 ministers resign

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