Kamal Nath hits out at BJP, alleges Centre played role in toppling Madhya Pradesh government.
Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath has hit out at the Centre's alleging its role in toppling down his government adding the present Shivraj Singh Chouhan has failed to control the rising cases of coronavirus. Kamal Nath said that Madhya Pradesh is the only chief state in the world that does not yet have a home or health minister after the Shivraj-led BJP government took charge in the state. He also alleged that Centre's engagement in toppling down Congress government in Madhya Pradesh led to delay to deal coronavirus.
"Madhya Pradesh is the only state where there is no minister for home and health. Lockdown was imposed 40 days after Rahul Gandhi expressed concerns over COVID19. The Centre's engagement in toppling MP govt led to delay in taking steps to tackle COVID-19," Kamal Nath said.
Kamal Nath announced his resignation as Madhya Pradesh chief minister after his government fell short of numbers in March. The Congress government in MP had to face floor test after Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia and 22 MLAs resigned from the party. Addressing a press conference earlier, Nath had said "I have decided to submit my resignations to the governor. But I will continue to work for the welfare of the people," he said.
Amid "Jai Kamal Nath" slogans from Congress party worker and Before ending his address, Nath said, "I was never part of the politics of trade. No one pointed a finger on me during the 40 years of my political career."
Along with Scindia, twenty-two of his loyalists, all MLAs, pulled out of the Kamal Nath-led government, thus reducing it to a minority in the assembly. All 22 MLAs made a dash for Bengaluru, where they were holed up in a resort as they reportedly feared retaliation from the Congress state government. The 22 rebel Congress MLAs, whose resignations from the Madhya Pradesh Assembly had led to the fall of the Kamal Nath government, joined the BJP on Saturday, national general secretary of the party Kailash Vijayvargiya said.
These leaders, along with Jyotiraditya Scindia, met BJP president J P Nadda, who welcomed their decision to join the saffron party.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan on March 23 took oath as Madhya Pradesh's chief minister for a record fourth time, thus officially bringing back the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power after a hiatus of 15 months.
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