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CHANDIGARH:
Manohar Lal Khattar was today unanimously elected as the leader of BJP legislative party ahead of his meeting with Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya during which he will stake claim to form the government. The announcement was made by Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad who along with BJP general secretary Arun Singh, attended the legislative party meeting as central observers.
Mr Khattar will now visit Haryana Governor and stake claim to form the government. According to reports, Mr Khattar will take oath as Chief Minister of Haryana for a second straight term tomorrow. The post of deputy chief minister will be held by Dushyant Chautala’s party, which has agreed to support the BJP to form the government in the state.
The announcement of the alliance was made by BJP president Amit Shah at a press conference on Friday.
“Keeping in mind the mandate of the people, leaders of BJP and JJP have decided that the two parties will form a government in Haryana together. The Chief Minister will be from the BJP and the deputy chief minister will be from JJP,” BJP President Amit Shah announced at a news briefing, flanked by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Kahttar and Dushyant Chautala.
As per the current strength, the coalition government will have 57 seats in the 90-member assembly – apart from JJP which has 10 seats, seven Independents have also lent support to the BJP, which ended up with 40 seats this time.
“In order to provide a stable government, we have decided that BJP and JJP will ally in Haryana. Haryana has seen coalitions earlier too. The work on this coalition government will begin on Saturday,” ML Khattar said.
Mr Chautala said his party believed the alliance was necessary for stability in Haryana.
“Haryana needs transformation. BJP and JJP will have to work together to ensure that Haryana moves ahead in a ‘progressive’ manner. Further decisions would be taken after meeting the Governor. Progress and development of state the objective,” said Mr Chautala, who is likely to be deputy chief minister in the new government.
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