Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar resigns

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar submitted his resignation to Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Tuesday, along with the entire state Cabinet.

The ruling coalition of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) is headed for a split in the state, after the two fail to reach a seat-sharing agreement for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Reports suggest the BJP is set to form a new government in Haryana with the support of independent MLAs, with a few of them accommodated in the Cabinet.

Media reports also suggest that Khattar may not return as the Chief Minister, and would contest the Lok Sabha polls instead.

JJP leader Dushyant Chautala met BJP president JP Nadda on Monday to discuss seat-sharing for general elections. JJP sought to contest from 2 of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. The BJP state unit, however, wants to contest all 10 of the seats themselves.

The BJP had won all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the 2019 elections. The JJP had tied up with the party in Haryana, after the BJP fell short of the majority mark in the Assembly.