<p>The BJP in Madhya Pradesh will seek a floor test on March 16 in the wake of 22 Congress MLAs resigning the state, a senior BJP leader said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The 14-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.</p>.<p>"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.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/madhya-pradesh-govt-crisis-live-jyotiraditya-scindias-poster-being-removed-by-mps-municipal-corporation-812237.html"><strong><span><span><span>Madhya Pradesh govt crisis: Follow latest updates here</span></span></span></strong></a></p>.<p>The governor and the speaker have the resignations of 22 MLAs. Now it is up to them to take a call, he said.</p>.<p>"This government has lost majority," senior BJP leader former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said here.</p>.<p>The Congress has a wafer thin majority in the 228- member Assembly. Before the rebellion, its tally was 114.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>If the resignations of the 22 MLAs are accepted, the strength of the Assembly will fall to 206.</p>.<p>The Congress, on its own, will then be left with 92 seats, while the BJP has 107 seats with the magic number for a majority being 104.</p>
<p>The BJP in Madhya Pradesh will seek a floor test on March 16 in the wake of 22 Congress MLAs resigning the state, a senior BJP leader said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The 14-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.</p>.<p>"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.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/madhya-pradesh-govt-crisis-live-jyotiraditya-scindias-poster-being-removed-by-mps-municipal-corporation-812237.html"><strong><span><span><span>Madhya Pradesh govt crisis: Follow latest updates here</span></span></span></strong></a></p>.<p>The governor and the speaker have the resignations of 22 MLAs. Now it is up to them to take a call, he said.</p>.<p>"This government has lost majority," senior BJP leader former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said here.</p>.<p>The Congress has a wafer thin majority in the 228- member Assembly. Before the rebellion, its tally was 114.</p>.<p>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.</p>.<p>If the resignations of the 22 MLAs are accepted, the strength of the Assembly will fall to 206.</p>.<p>The Congress, on its own, will then be left with 92 seats, while the BJP has 107 seats with the magic number for a majority being 104.</p>