Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and cabinet resign; Here's all you need to know-
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Chandigarh, Mar 12: In a significant development, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his cabinet ministers, including Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, resigned on Tuesday. Khattar, and his cabinet colleagues, have handed over the resignation letter along with his cabinet to the Haryana governor Bandaru Dattatreya.
It is pertinent to mention that the BJP had rushed two leaders - Union Minister Arjun Munda and party General Secretary Tarun Chugh - to Chandigarh as central observers to Chandigarh to resolve the crisis.
Notably, the BJP had won all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the 2019 elections. The BJP and JJP came together after the 2019 assembly polls as the BJP fell short of majority - 46 seats in the 90-member Haryana Assembly. Currently, the BJP has 41 MLAs and enjoys the support of five independent MLAs. The JJP has 10 MLAs while the Congress has 30 MLAs in the house. The BJP says it has the required numbers - 41 MLAs plus five independents, that can help it cross the halfway mark in Haryana Assembly.
The resignations come amid a speculated split in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) coalition in Haryana over seat-sharing agreements for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The crisis worsened after BJP's Hisar MP Brijendra Singh joined Congress.
#WATCH | BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar leaves from Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh after resigning as CM of Haryana
— ANI (@ANI) March 12, 2024
CM Khattar and his cabinet submitted their resignations to state Governor Bandaru Dattatreya. pic.twitter.com/UaGDECkk5L
It is pertinent to mention that the BJP had rushed two leaders - Union Minister Arjun Munda and party General Secretary Tarun Chugh - to Chandigarh as central observers to Chandigarh to resolve the crisis.
How Numbers Stack Up for BJP in Haryana
Notably, the BJP had won all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the 2019 elections. The BJP and JJP came together after the 2019 assembly polls as the BJP fell short of majority - 46 seats in the 90-member Haryana Assembly. Currently, the BJP has 41 MLAs and enjoys the support of five independent MLAs. The JJP has 10 MLAs while the Congress has 30 MLAs in the house. The BJP says it has the required numbers - 41 MLAs plus five independents, that can help it cross the halfway mark in Haryana Assembly.