Manohar Lal Khattar resigns today as Haryana CM: What it means for BJP ahead of Lok Sabha polls 2024

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resignations of Manohar Lal Khattar and his cabinet ministers in Haryana have come as the BJP's ties with the JJP is headed for a split ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Does it affect the BJP's prospects in the coming polls? To understand this, let's go back to 2019 elections. To stitch a majority after the 2019 Assembly elections, the BJP struck an alliance with Dushyant Chautala post the 2019 elections after it fell short of five seats.

The BJP had won 41 seats, five short of reaching the majority mark in the 90-member Assembly, while Dushyant Chautala's JJP bagged 10 seats. Post the elections, the BJP, however, also enjoyed support from seven independent MLAs, who pledged their support to the saffron party, and Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) MLA Gopal Kanda. Despite the JJP's exit from the Haryana alliance government following Manohar Lal Khattar's resignation as the chief minister, the situation unfolds no discernible impact on the BJP as it maintains its position above the majority mark with the backing of Independent MLAs.

Since the BJP can still form a government with the support of the Independent MLAs and HLP's Gopal Kanda, it is highly likely that Manohar Lal Khattar will again take oath as the Haryana chief minister. According to the reports, the BJP is in the middle of a huddle to form the government in the evening with the backing of the Independent MLAs, with some might be accommodated in the Cabinet. PTI has quoted sources as saying that a new Cabinet is likely to be sworn in at the oath taking ceremony later in the day.