Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and cabinet resign amid cracks in BJP-JJP alliance

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his cabinet ministers, including Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, have resigned on Tuesday.

A Haryana government spokesperson said Khattar, and his cabinet colleagues, have handed over the resignation letter along with his cabinet to the Haryana governor Bandaru Dattatreya. 

The resignations come amid speculated split in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) coalition in Haryana over seat-sharing agreements for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Manohar Lal Khattar may step down as Haryana CM amid crisis within BJP-JJP alliance : Report

Khattar is likely to contest Lok Sabha election from Karnal seat, sources said. 

The BJP had rushed two leaders - Union Minister Arjun Munda and party General Secretary Tarun Chugh - to Chandigarh as central observers to Chandigarh to resolve the crisis.

A meeting of BJP legislature party will be held soon to decide a new leader. Sources said either BJP's state president Nayab Singh Saini will replace Khattar or he might take oath again with a different cabinet in the evening.

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Sources said that the ties between the BJP and Dushyant Chautala-led JJP had worsened over failure to arrive at a seat-sharing formula in the state ahead of Lok Sabha polls. The BJP had won all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state in 2019 elections.

Cracks have reportedly developed in the BJP-JJP alliance in Haryana over seat sharing for Lok Sabha polls. The crisis worsened after BJP's Hisar MP Brijendra Singh joined Congress.

The BJP and JJP came together after the 2019 assembly polls as the BJP fell short of majority - 46 seats in the 90-member Haryana Assembly. 

The BJP has 41 MLAs and enjoys support of five independent MLAs. The JJP has 10 MLAs while the Congress has 30 MLAs in the house.

The BJP says it has the required numbers -  41 MLAs plus five independents, that can help it cross the half way mark in Haryana Assembly.

(More details awaited)