The Supreme Court has directed that the floor test in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly must be concluded by 5 PM today by a show of hands.
A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud also directed police chiefs of Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka to provide security to the rebel Congress MLAs if they choose to appear in Assembly for the trust vote.
The Apex court also ordered the video recording of the entire proceedings. The court said that the Assembly should be convened today with a single point agenda of floor test and no hindrance should be created for anyone.
Meanwhile, Assembly Speaker NP Prajapati has accepted the resignations of 16 rebel Congress MLAs, who are staying in Bengaluru and had sent their resignations on March 10 to the speaker.
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