BJP-Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) alliance will form govoernment in Haryana

Friday,25 October 2019 05:40 PM IST

New Delhi: The BJP will form the government in Haryana in alliance with the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) of Dushyant Chautala, Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah declared on Friday, 

"Bearing in mind the people's mandate, the leaders of BJP and JJP have decided that the two parties will form a government in Haryana together, with the BJP chief minister and the JJP deputy chief minister," Amit Shah announced at a news briefing, flanked by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Kahttar and Dushyant Chautala.

Incumbent chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar is likely to be elected the leader of the BJP legislative party at a meeting in Chandigarh on Saturday, and then claim to form the government before the governor.