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Governor accepts Kamal Nath's resignation

Bhopal, March 20
Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon has accepted the resignation of Kamal Nath as Chief Minister; however, he has asked Nath to continue to work as acting Chief Minister till an alternative arrangement emerges.

According to information from Raj Bhavan, "Chief Minister Kamal Nath submitted his resignation letter to Governor Lalji Tandon on Friday at Raj Bhavan. The Governor has accepted his resignation and asked him to continue as acting Chief Minister till a new Chief Minister is sworn in."

In his resignation, Nath said, "In my 40 years of political career, I have always abided by the democratic values. Whatever happened in Madhya Pradesh over the last two weeks is against the democracy. A new chapter of democratic devaluation has been drafted."

"I resign as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. I wish all the best to the next Chief Minister. I will continue to extend my support to the development of Madhya Pradesh," he added.

Prior to submitting his resignation, Nath held a press conference and listed the achievements of his 15-month-old government. He said the BJP has been trying to topple the government since the beginning.

BJP mulls over probable CM candidate in MP

BY SANDEEP PAURANIK

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership is mulling over the Chief Minister candidate as the party looks all set to form the government in Madhya Pradesh after the Congress government collapsed following the resignation of Kamal Nath from the Chief Minister's post just ahead of the floor test.

There has been a high voltage political drama in the state for the last 15 days as 22 rebel Congress MLAs resigned after Jyotiraditya Scidia quit the Congress and joined the BJP. After Speaker Narmada Prasad Prajapati accepted the resignations of all the 22 MLAs, it was almost confirmed that the Congress government would fall.

Kamal Nath resigned from the Chief Minister's post as he didn't have the requisite number of MLAs to prove his majority.

Now, the doors are open for the BJP as it has 106 MLAs while the majority mark is 103.

Sources in the BJP said the top leadership is mulling over the name of the Legislative party leader. Former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is among the favourites but some leaders want to bet on a new face due to the bypolls in 25 Assembly seats.

Chouhan would like to step back as he faced the maximum accusations from the Kamal Nath-led government, sources said.

The party might think of someone who comes from the Backward class, sources said.

Former minister Narottam Mishra said the Congress government was in a minority so it had to collapse while the party will decide about the Legislative party leader in the state.