20 ministers submit resignations to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath

BHOPAL: Around 20 Madhya Pradesh ministers resigned during a cabinet meeting convened late Monday night following a political crisis in the state, reposing faith in Chief Minister Kamal Nath.nn

मंत्रियों ने सामूहिक त्यागपत्र सौंपें,
—मंत्रिमंडल के पुनर्गठन का अनुरोध:

आज मुख्यमंत्री निवास पर हुई मंत्रिमंडल की बैठक में मंत्रियों ने अपने सामूहिक त्यागपत्र मुख्यमंत्री कमलनाथ जी को सौंपें।

मंत्रियों ने मुख्यमंत्री कमलनाथ जी से मंत्रिमंडल के पुनर्गठन करने का अनुरोध किया है। pic.twitter.com/WC5P7k5SC7

— MP Congress (@INCMP) March 9, 2020

nn”We have resigned. Now it is up to the chief minister to take a call, MP Forest Minister Umang Singhar told PTI after emerging from the meeting.nnAnother minister, Sajjan Singh Verma, told reporters that around 20 ministers have resigned to express solidarity with the Chief Minister.nn”The government will last its full five-year term and there was no political crisis, Public Relations Minister P C Sharma asserted.nnThe ministers have requested the chief minister to reconstitute the cabinet.nnEarlier, Nath told the cabinet meeting, “I will not allow (anyone) to destabilise my government with the help of mafia.”nn”I have dedicated all my life to serving the people, but the BJP has indulged in immoral ways to destabilise my government. My biggest strength is people’s faith and their love showered on me. I will not allow any-one to destabilise the government elected by the people,” he said.nnNath had earlier cut short his Delhi visit and rushed to Bhopal where he had called an urgent cabinet meeting at around 10 PM after intense speculation about a possible revolt by a faction led by senior leader Jyotiraditya Scindia who, along with at least 17 legislators, went incommunicado.nnMany of these legislators had flown to Bengaluru earlier in the day.nnSource: Press Trust of India