Bhopal, March 18 (IANS): Amid the crisis over the 16-month-old Kamal Nath-led Congress government in Madhya Pradesh, former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other party leaders spent time playing cricket.

Chouhan along with Madhya Pradesh BJP chief V.D. Sharma and other party MLAs played cricket at the Grace resort in Sehore. Chouhan and Sharma batted and bowled in the resort to spend the time. The BJP has demanded a floor test for the Congress government in the state following the resignation by 22 rebel MLAs.

The Speaker has accepted the resignation of six ministers. The 22 Congress MLAs owing allegiance to Gwalior royal Jyotiraditya Scindia had resigned after he quit the party and joined the BJP on March 10, on Holi. The BJP has earlier moved its MLAs to Haryana's Gurugram to avoid reverse poaching, while the Congress rebel MLAs were shifted to a hotel in Karnataka's Bengaluru.

Earlier in the day, even as Chief Minister Kamal Nath was seen busy trying to ensure his government's survival, a scuffle between activists of the ruling party and opposition BJP was reported in Bhopal.

In the morning, Congress leader and former MP Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh was detained in Bengaluru when he went there to meet the rebel MLAs lodged there in a resort.