BJP to seek floor test in MP Assembly on March 16

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    Bhopal, Mar 12 (PTI) The BJP in Madhya Pradesh will
seek a floor test on March 16 in the wake of 22 Congress MLAs
resigning in the state, a senior BJP leader said on Thursday.
    The 15-month-old Kamal Nath-led government has been
facing deep crisis following the resignation of 22 Congress
MLAs after former Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the
party on Tuesday.
    "Since the government is in minority, we are going to
request the governor and the Assembly speaker for a floor test
on March 16 when the state budget session begins," BJP's chief
whip in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Narottam Mishra told
reporters here.
    The governor and the speaker have the resignations of
22 MLAs. Now it is up to them to take a call, he said.
    "This government has lost majority," senior BJP leader
former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said here.
     The Congress has a wafer thin majority in the 228-
member Assembly. Before the rebellion, its tally was 114.
    It also has the support of four Independents, two BSP
MLAs and one from the SP, but some may now switch sides to the
BJP.
    If the resignations of the 22 MLAs are accepted, the
strength of the Assembly will fall to 206.
    The Congress, on its own, will then be left with 92
seats, while the BJP has 107 seats with the magic number for a
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