Hours after Manohar Lal Khattar resigned, Nayab Saini took oath as Haryana's new Chief Minister on Tuesday.
Khattar resigned following a crack in the BJP-Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) alliance over seat-sharing talks for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Khattar may be fielded as a candidate for the Lok Sabha elections by the saffron party, some reports have claimed.
JJP, the party led by Dushyant Chautala, allied with BJP after the 2019 assembly elections.
In the last parliamentary elections, the BJP had won all 10 seats which were up for grabs in the state.
Who is Nayab Saini?
Saini is an MP from Kurukshetra and an OBC community face.
He was appointed as the state president of Haryana BJP last year.
सर्व सम्मति से भाजपा विधायक दल का नेता चुने जाने पर प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी,गृह मंत्री श्री @AmitShah जी,राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री @JPNadda जी @BJP4Haryana प्रदेश प्रभारी श्री @BjpBiplab जी पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री @mlkhattar जी सभी विधायकगण और आजाद विधायकों का आभार। pic.twitter.com/7An2AmTxzH
— Nayab Saini (मोदी का परिवार) (@NayabSainiBJP) March 12, 2024
After he was named as the new CM of Haryana, he thanked Indian PM Narendra Modi and BJP leadership for selecting him for the post.
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