The Congress, JJP and the INLD approached Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, seeking the dismissal of the "minority" government in Haryana.
With the withdrawal of support by three Independent MLAs, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Haryana government was reduced to a minority, still the government is safe because of a rule to bring a no-confidence motion in the assembly.
Following the resignations of Independent MLA Ranjit Chautala and former chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar from the 90-member Haryana Assembly, the BJP now has only 40 MLAs out of 88.
Haryana political crisis: Dushyant Chautala has declared that the party would vote against the Nayab Singh Saini-led government in case a no-confidence motion is moved by the Leader of Opposition, Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
In 2019 Haryana Assembly elections, BJP won a total of 40 seats out of the total 90. To form the government, any party has to show support of 45 MLAs. With three Independents withdrawing their support, the Nayab Singh Saini-led government finds itself on unstable footing.
With the withdrawal of support by three Independent MLAs, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Haryana government was reduced to a minority, still the government is safe because of a rule to bring a no-confidence motion in the assembly.
In 2019 Haryana Assembly elections, BJP won a total of 40 seats out of the total 90. To form the government, any party has to show support of 45 MLAs. As three Independents have pulled their support, the Nayab Singh Saini-led government is on a shaky ground.
Nayab Singh Saini, the Haryana BJP president won the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Kurukshetra seat. After Manohar Lal Khattar’s resignation from both the office of Chief Minister and Karnal assembly seat, he became the CM of the state and is contesting Karnal assembly bypolls.
Haryana news: Saini was sworn in as Haryana’s new chief minister on March 12 (Tuesday). Four BJP MLAs and one Independent also took the oath as members of the new council of ministers along with Saini on the same day.
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The development has come just a day after Manohar Lal Khattar-led Haryana Cabinet resigned from their posts and a new BJP-led government under the leadership of Nayab Singh Saini took the oath of office.
On Wednesday, Saini, the new CM, won the vote of confidence in the assembly by a voice-vote.
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Nayab Singh Saini, the 54-year-old OBC leader, was administered oath by Governor Bandaru Dattatreya at the oath-taking ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan.
As the official tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha session led by the NDA is slated to conclude in June 2024, political parties across the country have initiated their election campaigns. The upcoming elections will see a face-off between ruling alliance NDA and the recently established I.N.D.I.A bloc.
Earlier, Khattar and all 13 other members of the BJP-led council of ministers submitted their resignations to the Governor prompting the party to form a new government without JJP on board.
Today Naib Singh Saini took oath as the new Chief Minister of Haryana... Former Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar proposed the name of Naib Singh Saini as the leader of the legislative party... Saini is close to Khattar. ....is the President of Haryana BJP....currently BJP MP from Kurukshetra.
As the new leadership takes charge, expectations are high for addressing key issues and driving progress across various sectors in the state. The newly appointed ministers are poised to tackle challenges head-on and work towards the betterment of Haryana.
The development comes just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Khattar’s second term as chief minister was also to end in October, when the assembly polls are due.
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