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NEW DELHI: As many as 22 Congress MLAs loyal to former Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned on Tuesday, pushing the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government to the brink of collapse.The resignations came close on the heels of Scindia himself exiting the Congress, telling party chief Sonia Gandhi it was time for him to "move on". There are reports that Scindia could join BJP in Delhi on Wednesday and file his nomination for Rajya Sabha on March 13.Seventeen of the MLAs who have resigned are from the Scindia faction, and two were already incommunicado. Three others joined them, including one brought back from Bengaluru. BJP promptly took the resignations to Speaker NP Prajapati, who said he would take a decision only after legal opinion.In the House of 230, two seats are vacant after the death of Congress MLA Banwarilal Sharma from Jaura assembly seat and BJP MLA Manohar Utwal from Agar-Malwa constituency.If the resignations are accepted, it will reduce Congress's strength in the 230-member assembly to 92, and BJP, with 107 MLAs, could stake claim to form the government. There were also reports of an SP and a BSP MLA - who have so far supported the Congress government - meeting Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the three-time BJP CM.Two BJP MLAs are said to be in touch with chief minister Kamal Nath and have reportedly offered to resign. Upon probable disqualification after defection by these two BJP MLAs, the strength of the House may further reduce to 226. And with the same applied to 22 rebel Congress MLAs, the assembly’s strength will be 204 seats, and simple majority will be at 103. Even in this scenario, the BJP will still have the upper hand.