Over 15 months after he took over as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Kamal Nath resigned from the top post on Friday.
His move comes a day after the Supreme Court directed that a floor test be conducted in Madhya Pradesh Assembly to prove that the Congress government led by him enjoys majority in the House following the rebellion by 22 MLAs of his party.
Nath submitted his resignation to Governor Lalji Tandon at the Raj Bhawan here this afternoon.
"He submitted his resignation to the governor," a Raj Bhawan official told PTI.
In his resignation letter, Nath said, "In my 40-year- long public life, I have always done politics of purity and valued democratic norms and given priority to it. But what transpired in the last two weeks is a new chapter of devaluation of democratic values."
Blaming Scindia for the ongoing political crisis in the state, Nath said "BJP colluded with Maharaj (Scindia) for killing democracy and my government."
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