MP Crisis: CM Kamal Nath Calls On Governor; BJP MLAs Arrive In Bhopal Ahead Of Assembly Session

Asked if the floor test will be conducted on Monday as directed by the governor, the chief minister said the speaker will take a decision on this.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath met Governor Lalji Tandon at Raj Bhavan late Sunday night amid a deepening political crisis in the state. (PTI)

New Delhi: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath met Governor Lalji Tandon at Raj Bhavan late Sunday night amid a deepening political crisis in the state. Nath came out of the Raj Bhavan around 12.20 am and told reporters that the governor had called him for a discussion. "The governor told me that the proceedings of the state assembly should be carried out smoothly. So I told him that I will talk to the speaker in this regard on Monday morning," he was quoted as saying to the media. Asked if the floor test will be conducted on Monday as directed by the governor, the chief minister said the speaker will take a decision on this. Nath said he has already communicated to the governor in writing that his government is ready for the floor test but the MLAs held "captive" should be released first. Watch | Kamal Nath: Ready for floor test, will speak to Speaker about it Earlier in the day, BJP leaders had also met Tandon. Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Gopal Bhargava and Narottam Mishra had met the Governor for not mentioning the floor test in the list of business of state Assembly's first day of the Budget session on Monday. Meanwhile, after staying at a hotel in Gurugram's Manesar for five days, the BJP MLAs from Madhya Pradesh reached Bhopal on a special flight in the wee hours of Monday. The MLAs were taken to a hotel from the airport. Ahead of the budget session of the state Legislative Assembly scheduled to begin on Monday, the MLAs reached the state capital at around 2 a.m. After 22 Congress MLAs submitted their resignations last week, Tandon had on Saturday directed Nath to seek a trust vote just after his (governor's) address on the first day of the Budget session beginning Monday. Also Watch | Will Kamalnath's govt prevail or dissolve today? The Governor had, on late Saturday, written to Chief Minister Kamal Nath, asking him to prove his majority in the house. After that, the BJP had told him that the electronic voting system in the house was not functioning and the Governor, in another letter on Sunday, told Kamal Nath that if the electronic system was not working, then the members vote by raising their hands.