Kamal Nath Writes To PM Modi, Says 'Undemocratic Pandemic' Is Prevailing In The Country

The former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging the federal structure of the country is being hit with attempts to topple governments in opposition ruled states.

New Delhi:  In an indirect attack on BJP Leader Jyotiraditya Scindia after he took oath as a Rajya Sabha MP on Wednesday, former Madhya Pradesh Cheif Minister Kamal Nath wrote a letter to PM Modi and said that he hopes the defectors will be not be given a place in the cabinet and asked him to save the democratic values.

Attacking the Central government, Kamal Nath said, “It’s not a matter of the Congress government only, but the whole democratic setup has been shaken. There is a kind of earthquake in the democratic setup and I doubt that at the centre of this is the Centre (Union government). I hope my doubts are baseless.”

"I am sure...you will come forward to save the declining credibility of Indian democracy by not giving any place in your government and the party to such opportunist leaders who are facing charges of trading democratic values, so that India's established identity as a nation having democratic neutrality, transparency and maturity will remain intact," the letter said.

The "toppling" of his government was among the most abominable act in the history of Indian democracy,  Nath said.

When the whole world was fighting coronavirus, "a senior BJP leader along with...MLAs went away to Bengaluru to topple my government," he alleged.

He further alleged that there is always an attempt to destabilise the government through unfair means wherever the opposition is in power.

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“The Indian republic has a special place in the world due to its federal structure but for some time now, Baba Saheb’s (Ambedkar) feelings are getting hurt as India’s federal structure is being attacked. The governments in opposition ruled states are being brought down immorally,” the letter put out by ANI said.

Undemocratic Pandemic is prevailing: Kamal Nath

 Amid the ongoing Rajasthan political crisis, and after 3 Congress MLAs resigning in Madhya Pradesh in the last two weeks, Kamal Nath said there was an "undemocratic pandemic" prevailing in the country in which the BJP was luring away MLAs to topple elected governments in states ruled by opposition parties. The Congress government headed by Nath lost power in Madhya Pradesh in March when 22 party MLAs joined the BJP.

Congress is facing a similar revolt in Rajasthan where 18 MLAs along with former Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot have rebelled and the Rajasthan High Court will announce a decision on the matter today.

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, too, had written to PM Modi last Sunday suggesting senior BJP leader and Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was involved in attempts to overthrow his government with the help of Congress rebels.