Two BJP MLAs Vote In Favour Of Congress Government In MP During Voting On Bill

Two BJP MLAs on Wednesday voted in favour of the Congress-led government in Madhya Pradesh, during voting on a bill.

Two BJP MLAs on voted in favour of the Congress-led government in Madhya Pradesh, during voting on a bill. PTI Photo: File

BHOPAL: Two BJP MLAs on Wednesday voted in favour of the Congress-led government in Madhya Pradesh, during voting on a bill. The development came amid reports that after the success of "Operation Lotus" in Karnataka, the BJP may turn its guns on the central Indian state where it lost power to the Congress, which enjoys a slender majority in Assembly.

Two BJP MLAs vote in favour of Kamal Nath Govt during voting on criminal law(amendment) in Madhya Pradesh assembly pic.twitter.com/TEALmXA4g0

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Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath: Everyday BJP says we are a minority govt and one which could fall any day. Today in voting in assembly(on criminal law amendment), two BJP MLAs voted in favour of our Govt pic.twitter.com/4rN6pFzCbB

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Reacting to the voting, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath said, "The BJP says daily that we are a minority government and one which could fall any day." "However, during voting in the Assembly on criminal law amendment bill, two BJP MLAs voted in favour of our government," Nath said. This comes days after the ruling Congress dared the BJP to seek a division of votes in the Legislative Assembly if it has "courage" to do so and appealed to the opposition party to stop spreading  misinformation" about the survival of the coalition government in the state. The attack by the Congress came after the saffron party boycotted the proceedings of the ongoing session of the House when the financial bill was taken up. "Instead of seeking a division of votes on financial matters, the BJP has been boycotting the assembly session at crucial times. The saffron party knows that in case of voting, its defeat is certain," state Congress spokesperson Shobha Oza had said on Monday. She said BJP leaders, who are "day-dreaming to form the saffron government in the state", have been spreading misinformation about the survival of the Kamal Nath-led government. Oza alleged instead of seeking vote division on the financial bill, which was cleared comfortably, the BJP chose to stay away from the proceeding on a "lame excuse" that the House should first pay tributes to departed Congress leader Sheila Dikshit. "The business committee of the House on Sunday morning decided to pay tribute to Dikshit on Monday morning," she said while waving some papers, which she said are of the proceedings in the House. (With inputs from PTI)