Twenty-oneout of the 22 rebel Congress MLAs, whose resignations from the Madhya PradeshAssembly had led to the fall of the Kamal Nath government, joined the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) on Saturday.

Therebel MLAs, including six ministers, joined the BJP in the presence of partychief JP Nadda and national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.

The rebel MLAs had tendered their resignations amid a politicalcrisis in Madhya Pradesh as Jyotiraditya Scindia jumped ship to the BJP. Thedevelopment has come a day after Kamal Nath resigned as Madhya Pradesh chiefminister on Friday ahead of a crucial floor test.

Jyotiraditya Scindia was present at the moment when the rebel MLAsmet JP Nadda and later joined the BJP.