A cabinet meeting in Madhya Pradesh witnessed a heated exchange between Chief Minister Kamal Nath and Food Minister Pradyumna Singh Tomar, who is a loyalist of party general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia, exposing the bitter factionalism among the Congress' state unit.
During the meet, the argument began when school education minister Prabhuram Choudhary raised the issue of age relaxation in state public service commission exams. Mr Tomar, stood up in between, raised his voice and reportedly said to the chief minister, "You should also listen to us. Officers are being removed without my consent. It can't go on like this."
Taking exception to Mr Tomar, public health engineering minister Sukhdev Panse intervened and reportedly said such a tone against the chief minister would not be tolerated. He also asked Mr Tomar to sit down, which led to an altercation between the two.