Chandigarh: After much deliberation, former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh member Manohar Lal Khattarwas on Tuesday elected as Haryana’s new Chief Minister. Khattar is the first non-Jat Chief Minister of Haryana in 18 years.
Having got a majority on its own for the first time in Haryana, the BJP legislative party meeting concluded here after electing Khattar as legislature party leader.
I have been chosen by the party legislators and the BJP leadership for this responsibility. I can assure you that we will work for the welfare of the people of Haryana,” Khattar said after being elected the leader of the BJP legislative group.
Khattar said it was PM Narendra Modi’s vision that helped the party in winning Assembly Elections. The BJP leaders have met Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki and requested him to invite to form the next government, he said.
The swearing-in of the new chief minister and other ministers is likely to take place on October 26. The ceremony could take place at a sports stadium in Panchkula town, 15 km from here, instead of the Haryana Raj Bhavan here.
This is the first time that the BJP will form its own government in the state. The party had won only four Assembly seats in the 2009 polls. Results of the Haryana Assembly Elections were historic for the BJP as the party romped home with 47 legislators.
The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) followed with 19 legislators while the Congress, which was in power since March 2005, managed to get only 15 seats. Two seats went to the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC), one each to Shiromani Akali Dal and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Five independent candidates were also elected.
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