Date | 5–20 March 2020 |
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Location | Madhya Pradesh, India |
Also known as | 2020 Madhya Pradesh government formation |
Type | Parliamentary crisis and government formation |
Cause | Resignation of Jyotiraditya Scindia and other Indian National Congress MLAs |
Participants | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Indian National Congress (INC) Other political parties and Independents |
Outcome | Fall of the Kamal Nath government and formation of fourth Shivraj Singh Chouhan government. |
In March 2020, a political crisis took place in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, due to the resignation of 22 sitting MLAs of the Indian National Congress party from the state's Legislative Assembly.[1] It eventually led to the fall of the Kamal Nath government and the subsequent formation of the fourth Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh.