Senior BJP leaders like Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, besides Prime Minister Narendra Modi, attended the swearing-in ceremony of Manohar Lal Khattar as Haryana'a first BJP Chief Minister Sunday.
Modi seemed to have departed from protocol to be able to attend the swearing-in of Khattar, who had worked with him when he was in charge of the BJP's affairs in Punjab and Haryana in the '90s.
Union ministers Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh as well as chief ministers of the BJ-ruled states were also present at the ceremony.
Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Venkaiah Naidu, Harsh Vardhan, Menaka Gandhi and V.K. Singh were also present at the event.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah and general secretary Jagat Prakash Nadda were also present.
The chief ministers of BJP ruled states - Shivraj Chouhan of Madhya Pradesh, Anandiben Patel of Gujarat, Raman Singh of Chhattisgarh and Vasundhara Raje of Rajasthan - as well as Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) leaders attended the event.
The BJP created political history last Sunday by winning 47 seats in the Haryana assembly polls.
