Amid ongoing political crisis, the BJP has moved Supreme Court after the floor test was delayed following the adjournment of the assembly, seeking an order to the Speaker to hold a floor test withing 12 hours as per the directions issued by Governor Lalji Tandon . The Supreme Court is likely to hear the matter, on Tuesday.The petition, filed by former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and nine others, urged that 22 MLAs of ruling Congress have submitted their resignation, thereby reducing the Madhya Pradesh government to minority. They further said that the Governor had ordered floor test to be held on Monday but, the same was not included in the cause list of business in the House on March 16, which shows that the direction has been “intentionally and wilfully defied”."We have filed a petition in the Supreme Court after the House was adjourned till March 26. The Congress government has lost majority in the house and thus, we have urged the court to immediately issue directives for conducting the floor test at the earliest possible," Chouhan told TOI.The petition urged that the respondents, Speaker and Madhya Pradesh chief minister, have violated the constitutional principles and defied the directions issued by the Governor on March 14, requiring the Chief Minister to prove his majority on the floor of the House."The leaders of the main opposition party namely the BJP also on March 14 had addressed a letter to the Madhya Pradesh Governor that the government was reduced into minority. Any deferment of the floor test will further encourage “horse trading” and will be in utter violation of the directions issued by the Governor, law laid down by this court and the spirit and basic structure of the Constitution of India," the petition stated.The plea further said that on account of lack of confidence and resignation of 22 MLAs of Congress party, out of which the resignation of six MLAs having been already accepted by the Speaker, the government led by Kamal Nath has been reduced to a minority."It has no moral, legal, democratic or constitutional right to remain in power even for a single day. All possible attempts are being made by the Hon'ble Chief Minister to convert his minority government into majority by giving all possible threats, allurements to the members of the MP Vidhan Sabha. The horse-trading is at its peak," said the petition.The plea urged the apex court that the floor test should be conducted on March 16, as already directed by the Governor, so that it becomes absolutely clear as to whether the chief minister continues to enjoy the confidence of the majority of the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha.On Saturday night, Governor Lalji Tandon wrote to the chief minister asking him to seek a trust vote in the Assembly soon after the Governor's address on Monday, saying his government was in minority. However, the Speaker adjourned the House till March 26 after the address of Governor without taking the floor test.Apart from Chouhan, nine other BJP MLAs, including Gopal Bhargava and Narottam Mishra , are the petitioners in the case in which the state assembly speaker, chief minister were made party as respondents.