https://t.co/DWSKdYO0jG — Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) 1583822401000

BHOPAL: Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from Congress on Tuesday – the 75th birth anniversary of his father, Congress stalwart Madhavrao Scindia – after 24 hours of stunning developments that plunged MP's Kamal Nath government into crisis.AICC leader K C Venugopal said Scindia had been expelled from the party.Scindia posted his resignation, dated March 9 and addressed to AICC chief Sonia Gandhi, on Twitter around noon, soon after meeting PM Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah in Delhi. In his letter, he said he was unable to work in the party anymore and suggests that Sonia was aware of his difficulties for the past year.With his joining BJP, it fulfils the lifelong dream of BJP founder and his grandmother Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia, who had wished Madhavrao would return to the saffron fold and Jyotiraditya join BJP.Sources say BJP will nominate him to Rajya Sabha and give him a berth in the Union cabinet. Scindia had been feeling sidelined after his shock defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha election and was desperate to stay relevant in Congress politics. Although he had repeatedly made his resentment clear, his rebellion, when it came, took his party by surprise.A day ago, 17 MLAs and ministers of the Scindia faction had flown to Bengaluru, leaving the Nath government in MP teetering on the edge just when it felt that it had weathered an alleged poaching bid by BJP.Scindia’s resignation letter said: “Having been a primary member of Congress for the last 18 years, it is now time for me to move on… As you well know, this is a path that has been drawing itself out over the last year.” He writes that he is unable to “serve people within this party (Congress).”Scindia met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi along with home minister Amit Shah around 10.30 am. Scindia was seen driving his vehicle into 7 Race Course Road where Shah was already present. The meeting lasted around 30 minutes after which Scindia drove to Shah’s house without speaking to mediapersons.In Bhopal, the state Congress was hoping against what seemed inevitable. Scindia loyalist and state Congress working president Ram Niwas Rawat claimed that Scindia had met AICC president Sonia Gandhi late Monday night. “Congress national president Sonia Gandhi, AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Sachin Pilot were present. The Congress government will stay. Everything will be good,” Rawat, a former minister, said. Scindia’s resignation would come just a couple of hours after this.Former CM Digvijaya Singh said: “It is a conspiracy to bring down the Kamal Nath government because of the action taken against mafia. Fifteen years of scams and the honeytrap scandal were getting exposed. They are frightened and, therefore, want to bring down the Congress government. Shivraj Singh Chouhan is lying if he says BJP has no hand in this.”In New Delhi, Sonia Gandhi called an emergency meeting regarding the political turmoil in Madhya Pradesh.Former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan returned to Bhopal week by an early morning flight and was accompanied by BJP chief whip Narottam Mishra, who is accused by Congress of planning last week’s political crisis.Mishra, however, said: “As per my knowledge, this government is falling. I can personally see it going.” Asked if Scindia will join BJP, Mishra said, “Scindia is a big leader. Everyone is welcome to BJP.”The state Congress has called a legislative party meeting at 5pm and BJP has also called its MLAs for a meeting at 7pm.