Madhya Pradesh Assembly Session Begins Amid Suspense Over Floor Test

In view of the novel coronavirus scare, many legislators could be seen wearing protecting masks. These masks were provided by the state Assembly Secretariat as announced earlier by Speaker NP Prajapati.

Amid suspense over the holding of a floor test, MLAs of the ruling Congress and opposition BJP arrived for the Budget session at the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Bhopal on Monday morning. (ANI)

Bhopal: Amid suspense over the holding of a floor test, MLAs of the ruling Congress and opposition BJP arrived for the Budget session at the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Bhopal on Monday morning. In view of the novel coronavirus scare, many legislators could be seen wearing protecting masks. These masks were provided by the state Assembly Secretariat as announced earlier by Speaker NP Prajapati. Governor Lalji Tandon is likely to start his customary address to the House shortly. Watch | Spotlight on Governor ahead of floor test in MP  Prominent members who reached the House included Chief Minister Kamal Nath, BJP vice president, and MLA Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Leader of Opposition Gopal Bhargava and others. The Assembly session began after the recitation of Vande Mataram. MLAs also raised slogans of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'. The MLAs of the BJP reached the Assembly in three separate buses along with senior party leaders. They had landed in Bhopal from Manesar in Haryana at around 2 am. The governor on Saturday night directed the chief minister to seek a trust vote in view of 22 MLAs of the ruling Congress resigning from the party on March 10.