Kamal Nath, Lalji Tandon in war of letters over MP political crisis

Before this exchange, Nath had shot off a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah. "Please use your power as the Union Home Minister so that Congress MLAs held captive can safely reach Madhya Pradesh"

In the age of e-mail, two constitutional functionaries of Madhya Pradesh — Chief Minister Kamal Nath and governor Lalji Tandon (pictured) — are probably trying to revive the lost era of letter writing. In the last one week itself, both have written several letters to one another. On Monday, Tandon wrote to Nath, asking him to hold a floor test on Tuesday and stating that failure to do so would mean the chief minister did not enjoy a majority in the Assembly. On Tuesday, Nath replied: “Keeping into account all facts, I have forwarded your direction to me to the