Jyotiraditya Scindia named BJP Rajya Sabha candidate from MP
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Jyotiraditya Scindia named BJP Rajya Sabha candidate from MP

Congress' prominent youth leader Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the party on Tuesday and appeared set to join the BJP amid a rebellion in Madhya Pradesh by his supporters, pushing the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government to the brink of collapse. Later, 22 MLAs from Congress also resigned.

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 06:49 PM IST
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11 March 2020 10:10 AM IST

Congress government will remain in MP: Congress MLA Arjun Singh

Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Arjun Singh: Congress & Kamal Nath's government will remain. You will see on 16th, numbers (of MLAs) will stay the same. Him (Jyotiraditya Scindia) leaving doesn't affect anything, days of Rajas-Maharajas are long gone.

11 March 2020 10:10 AM IST

We will prove majority on the floor of the house: Congress leader Shobha Oza

Shobha Oza, Congress: We will prove majority on the floor of the house. All the Congress MLAs who are in Bengaluru were being misled; they are with us. Even BJP MLAs are in touch with us.

11 March 2020 10:10 AM IST

Scindia was not at all sidelined, says Digvijaya Singh

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Taking to Twitter, Singh said that nothing in the Gwalior Chambal division moved without his consent in the last 16 months.

"No question he was not at all sidelined. In fact, please ask any Congress Leader from MP particularly from Gwalior Chambal Division and you would come to know nothing moved in this area without his consent in the last 16 months. Sad. But I wish him well under ModiShah Tutelage!" Singh tweeted.

11 March 2020 10:10 AM IST

Crisis-hit Cong to shift its MLAs out of Madhya Pradesh

In a bid to keep its flock together, the crisis-hit Madhya Pradesh Congress has decided to shift its 92 MLAs either to Jaipur or some other place. The move comes after 22 Congress MLAs loyal to former Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned on Tuesday, pushing the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government to the brink of collapse. "We are going to take our 92 MLAs and those supporting our Madhya Pradesh government to a hotel," a senior Congress leader said on Wednesday. The legislators would be taken either to Jaipur or some other Congress-ruled state like Chhattisgarh, a party source said.

(Source: PTI)

11 March 2020 11:36 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi blames PM Modi for ‘destabilising an elected Congress govt’

11 March 2020 11:36 AM IST

Digvijaya Singh arrives at Kamal Nath's residence in Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh arrives at Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's residence in Bhopal.

11 March 2020 12:03 PM IST

MLAs who have gone to Karnataka will soon return to Congress: Nakul Nath

Congress MP Nakul Nath (son of Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath): MLAs who have gone to Karnataka will soon return to the Congress fold. I am very confident the government will survive.

11 March 2020 12:42 PM IST

Nobody is ready to go with Scindia ji: Congress leader Sajjan Singh Verma

Senior Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Sajjan Singh Verma on his meeting with 19 party MLAs who tendered their resignations: Nobody is ready to go with Scindia ji. They said they were misled and taken to Bengaluru, most of them said they are not ready to join BJP.

11 March 2020 12:42 PM IST

Youth Congress workers protest outside Prestige Golfshire in Bengaluru

Karnataka: Youth Congress workers protest outside Prestige Golfshire in Bengaluru, where 19 Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs, who tendered their resignations yesterday are staying.

11 March 2020 12:42 PM IST

Congress sends it's MLAs to Jaipur

Congress sends it's MLAs to Jaipur to keep them safe from poaching. Congress has booked rooms in the Buena Vista resort on Jaipur Delhi Highway. It is the same place where Maharashtra MLAs had been put up.

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Posters of Jyotiraditya Scindia with PM Modi and Amit Shah come up in Bhind.

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

BJP leader Zafar Islam arrives at Jyotiraditya Scindia's residence.

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Nameplate of Jyotiraditya Scindia was removed from Congress office in Bhopal yesterday

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Jyotiraditya Scindia leaves from his residence in Delhi.

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

BJP tried to form govt in Maharashtra too but failed: Sanjay Raut

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Congress party gave Scindia so much for 18 years. People will teach him a lesson, says Ashok Gehlot

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Jyotiraditya Scindia to join BJP in the presence of party president JP Nadda at party headquarters

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Jyotiraditya Scindia joins Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in presence of BJP President JP Nadda

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Jyotiraditya Scindia joins BJP at party headquarters, in the presence of party president JP Nadda.

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Would like to thank JP Nadda ji, PM Narendra Modi, HM Amit Shah that they invited me to their family: Scindia

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

2 life changing events for me - one, the day I lost my father and the second, yesterday when I decided to choose a new path for my life: Scindia

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

I can say with confidence that the aim of public service is not being fulfilled by Congress: Scindia

I was hurt and distressed as I was not able to serve the people in my previous organisation, said Jyotiraditya Scindia. Dream we saw for Madhya Pradesh has been shattered in 18 months, added Scindia.

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Country's future totally secure in PM Narendra Modi's hands: Scindia

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh will be strengthened by Jyotiraditya Scindia's arrival in BJP, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

If Rajmata Sahab was here today, she would be elated: Vasundhara Raje

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Sambit Patra welcomes Jyotiraditya Scindia to BJP

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

It felt odd seeing Jyotiraditya Scindia with the saffron party scarf: Sanjay Jha 

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Best wishes to my nephew, hope we'll have a good aunt-nephew combination: Yashodhara Scindia

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

I'll always stay with Jyotiraditya even if I had to jump in a well: Imarti Devi

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Scindia is the only chap in Congress who could walk into my house anytime: Rahul Gandhi 

11 March 2020 05:38 PM IST

Jyotiraditya Scindia named BJP Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh

11 March 2020 06:49 PM IST

'BJP saw him as talent...': Author Chetan Bhagat tweets on Jyotiraditya Scindia's exit from Congress

11 March 2020 06:49 PM IST

Congress MLAs welcomed at Jaipur airport by party leaders; sent to two resorts

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