Congress government in Madhya Pradesh has absolute majority

NEW DELHI: The Congress government in Madhya Pradesh has an “absolute majority” and it has proved this in the state Assembly on a number of occasions, Chief Minister Kamal Nath said on Wednesday.nnHe said the BJP “faced defeat every time” and this time also, its plans will prove to be like “Mungerilal’s dream”, referring to the famous fictional character from a television serial.nnNath also accused the BJP of plotting a conspiracy to come back to power in the state in an “undemocratic manner”.nnHis comments came after some Congress leaders accused the BJP of attempting to bring down his government in Madhya Pradesh using money and power.nn”The Congress government has an absolute majority. We have proved this in the election of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker in the Assembly and also while passing the budget,” Nath said in a statement.nn”The BJP faced defeat every time and this time also its plans will prove to be like Mungerilal’s dream,” Nath said on the saffron party’s alleged attempts to topple his government.nnHe alleged that the BJP, along with mafias, has been unsuccessfully trying to destabilise the state Congress-led government for the past several days.nn”The land mafia, organised crime mafia, spurious drugs and adulteration, which were thriving since the last 15 years under the patronage of the BJP, are being effectively curbed,” he said.nnThe campaign to make the state ‘mafia-free’ is not going down well with the BJP, the chief minister said.nn”On the strength of money power of these mafias, the BJP is plotting a conspiracy for coming back to power in an undemocratic manner. The BJP does not believe in democracy, they believe in conspiracy and money power,” he said.nnNath said it can be recalled that the BJP has done the work of “killing democracy and constitutional values” in many states, including Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Haryana, and it is trying to replicate the same in Madhya Pradesh.nn”We have full faith in all our MLAs, we have no doubt on their integrity, honesty. The truth of this blackmoney earned from corruption and scams has been revealed and all BJP’s conspiracies will fall flat on its face only,” he added.nnEarlier, Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Jitu Patwari alleged that BJP leaders in the state allegedly took eight MLAs to a hotel in Haryana as part of a conspiracy to topple the Kamal Nath government.nnSource: Press Trust of India