While the Congress-JD(S) coalition government lost the trust vote on Tuesday, 23 July, BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan deflected attention to the state of Madhya Pradesh, saying it wouldn’t be his party that caused the downfall of the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in the state, but Congress leaders themselves who have been "responsible for the fall of their governments".
“We’ll not cause the fall of the government here (Madhya Pradesh). Congress leaders themselves have been responsible for the fall of their governments. There is an internal conflict in Congress, and support of BSP-SP, if something happens to that, then we can’t do anything [sic].”Shivraj Singh Chouhan, former MP CM, quoted by ANI
Chouhan's comments came as the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in Karnataka lost the trust vote and CM HD Kumaraswamy submitted his resignation on Tuesday, capping days of political drama which started with the resignation of various MLAs.
The coalition got 99 votes against the BJP's 105 in the floor test. Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar announced that the coalition government led by Kumaraswamy has lost the trust vote by six votes.
(With inputs from ANI.)
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