Haryana to have BJP-JJP government; Dushyant Chautala gets Deputy CM post

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 25

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The Bharatiya Janata Party will ally with Dushyant Chautala's Jannayak Janata Party to form government in Haryana, BJP national president Amit Shah said on Friday. 

Chautala, whose JJP's surprising showing of 10 seats made him the kingmaker in an otherwise hung house, will be made Haryana’s deputy chief minister, while incumbent Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will head the new government, Shah said after a day of hectic parleys.

Shah said the process of formation of new government will begin after BJP legislative party meeting in Chandigarh on Saturday.  

"Going the nature mandate given by the people of Haryana, the BJP and JJP decided to join hands to provide a stable government in the state,” Shah, who addressed the press after the meeting, said. 

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who will embark upon his second term, said: “We have worked together in the past, and we will do it again to provide a stable government”.

Chautala, who also addressed the press, gave the example of said his great grandfather Devi Lal, a former chief minister of Haryana who was briefly part of the erstwhile Janata Party, to say: "Our leaders have worked with BJP in the past. The coalition government will help development of the state”.

Haryana threw up a hung house in assembly elections held on October 21—BJP won 40 seats, Congress 31, JJP 10, leaving about nine for others, including Indian National Lok Dal, which won only one seat.

JJP is a breakaway party from the INLD, formed in December after infighting within its ranks, particularly its first family—the Chautalas—broke the party into two. 

सच्चाई ये है की खट्टर सरकार को जनता ने जनमत से दरकिनार किया

सच्चाई ये भी है की जजपा भाजपा के ख़िलाफ़ लोगों से जनमत माँग 10 विधायक जीत कर आई

सच्चाई ये भी है की जजपा ने वायदा किया की कभी भाजपा से गठबंधन नहीं करेंगे

सच्चाई ये भी है की सत्ता की ड्योढ़ी क़समों-वादों से बड़ी हो गई⤵️

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The BJP's decision to win over Chautala underlines its quest to placate Jats, a dominant community in the state and who are believed to have voted mostly against the saffron party in the recent polls, to ensure a smooth run of its government. With PTI