Haryana: Manohar Lal Khattar hints at being fielded by BJP in Lok Sabha polls
Haryana chief minister along with his cabinet ministers, senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar Tuesday hinted that he may be fielded by the party in the coming Lok Sabha polls. Khattar also said he has come to know that the JJP has decided to contest the coming Lok Sabha polls separately.
Speaking to the media, Khattar said the party leadership has told him that another responsibility will be given. «It may be decided soon.»
«Maybe it is about Lok Sabha polls. I think it is possible...whatever the parliamentary board (of BJP) decides, I will abide by it,» he said.
There are speculations that Khattar may be asked to contest from Karnal Lok Sabha seat.
Earlier in the day, Khattar and all 13 other members of the BJP-led council of ministers submitted their resignations to the governor as a team of the party's central observers arrived in Chandigarh.
The switch in Haryana came amid the ruling BJP-JJP coalition coming apart, though party leaders from both sides did not make immediate comment.
The BJP replaced Khattar with OBC leader Nayab Singh Saini who was later sworn in as Haryana's new chief minister.
Khattar said that it was a matter of happiness that youth face Saini, an MP from Kurukshetra, was made the CM. He said Saini is his old friend.
Replying to a question, Khattar spoke about the JJP's demand for the Lok Sabha seats for the upcoming polls.
He said BJP's target is to fight all the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana and give them to «Modi ji's kitty».
The JJP must have spoken to the BJP's central
