It started when MP Congress Spokesperson Siddharth Singh Rajawat was arrested for putting up posters in Gwalior, declaring former parliamentarian Jyotiraditya Scindia was 'missing'
Poor people and those running small-scale industry are suffering due to extended lockdown, he said
Chouhan said that the farm loan waiver scheme of the previous Kamal Nath government was a "trick of phantasm", indicating that his government could review it
The Bharatiya Janata Party government has started curtailing the facilities accorded to him
Following the apex court order, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath had resigned on March 20, after 15 months of taking over as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
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According to sources in the EOW, it closed the case against Scindia and his family on Friday
Senior BJP MLA Jagdish Devda, one of the members of the speaker's panel, was on the chair of Speaker
Jyotiraditya Scindia, who jumped the Congress ship and joined BJP earlier this month, vowed to stand by the new government
Thanks to loopholes in the anti-defection law, the Supreme Court was forced to make the Speaker accept the resignation of rebel MLAs
The departure of Jyotiraditya Scindia, who crossed over to the BJP, was a work in progress since December 2018, when the Congress chose Nath chief minister after its election victory
The resignation came a few hours before the test of strength in the House as directed by the Supreme Court
Kamal Nath, in his resignation letter, states that "All that has happened in Madhya Pradesh in the last two weeks is a new chapter in the weakening of democratic principles."
Amid the political crisis, Kamal Nath is set to address the media here on Friday.
The test, which will be the only agenda item before the Assembly, is to be by raising of hands, said a Bench of judges D Y Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta
Shivraj Singh Chouhan moved the Supreme Court seeking an immediate floor test for the Kamal Nath-led government
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"
'Heavens are not going to fall if Congress government is allowed to continue till by-polls,' said senior advocate Dushyant Dave
The development came as a booster for the Congress rebels and weakened Chief Minister Kamal Nath's position in the ongoing tussle for power in Madhya Pradesh
A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said that it will issue the notice to the state government and others, including the secretary of the legislative assembly, for tomorrow at 10.30 am