BHOPAL: As the political turmoil intensified in Madhya Pradesh, BJP on Friday said it will seek a floor test on March 16 - the opening day of the budget session.With 22 Congress MLAs breaking away with Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Kamal Nath government is in deep crisis though Congress is determined to battle it out. Senior Congress member Digvijaya Singh has said that the floor test cannot take place as the resignations submitted by 19 MLAs have not been accepted. "They should come before the Speaker. They have been held hostage by BJP," he alleged.Digvijaya has alleged that Congress MLAs are being held confined in Bengaluru, with even their mobile phones taken away, and that they want to return to the fold. The breakaway MLAs have issued video statements to say they will remain loyal to Scindia. Even if some of them do come back, as the Congress hopes, it may not be enough to save the Nath government."The Congress 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," said BJP chief whip Narottam Mishra. "The governor and Speaker have the resignations of 22 MLAs. Now, it is up to them to take the call. The floor test should be conducted ahead of the governor's address since the state government - for whom the governor will address the House - has turned into a minority government. The Kamal Nath government must prove its numbers before the budget session begins on March 16," he said .The numbers seem stacked against the ruling party. Congress's aggressive efforts to save the government may only delay the inevitable, say analysts.