OBC leader Nayab Saini is new Haryana chief minister
Nayab Singh Saini was sworn in as Haryana chief minister on Tuesday replacing Manohar Lal Khattar. The state also saw the break up in the ruling alliance as BJP and JJP parted ways just a month ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.
All this happened a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Khattar at a public event in Gurgaon while recalling his old association with the leader and how they used to ride on the Haryana leader's motorbike to different parts of the state.
The break up between the BJP and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) happened as the saffron party denied two Lok Sabha seats to the Dushant Chautala's party.
Chautala, who was deputy chief minister in the Khattar-led government, was demanding two seats — Hisar and Bhiwani-Mahendragarh for his party for the Lok Sabha polls and had also met BJP's top brass-- Amit Shah and JP Nadda.
In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, BJP had won all the ten Lok Sabha seats in the state.
The day started with reports of BJP-JJP parting ways and Khattar holding meetings with six Independent MLAs to assure their support to the BJP government in Haryana.
In the fast folding events, around 12pm, Khattar along with his entire cabinet of ministers tendered resignations to the governor. And thereafter, Saini was unanimously elected as BJP's pick for chief ministerial post. Khattar proposed the name of Saini. However, home minister in the Khattar government and six-time-MLA Anil Vij left the meeting in anger, sources said.
In the evening, Saini took oath as the CM along with four MLAs —
