Rift within BJP’s Haryana ally; JJP vice president quits over ‘secret alliance talks in mall’
However, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala has claimed that he is not aware of the development and said that he will speak to Ram Kumar Gautam.
However, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala has claimed that he is not aware of the development and said that he will speak to Ram Kumar Gautam.
'The JJP betrayed the voters of the state. All those who voted for the JJP are feeling cheated today after it extended the support to the BJP,' she said.
Khattar will now visit Haryana Governor and stake claim to form the government.
Earlier, BJP leader Uma Bharti also slammed BJP for its association with the controversial MLA-elect Gopal Kanda through a series of tweets.
With Dushyant Chautala's decision to align with the BJP, the Chautala clan is making a comeback to power after 15 years, when the JJP leader's grandfather Om Prakash Chautala was defeated by the Congress in the 2004
'We will support any party in Haryana that accepts our common minimum programme,' Chautala said.
In 2012, Kanda was arrested when an air hostess with his airline company, Geetika Sharma committed suicide and left a note accusing Kanda of harassment.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar earlier in the day met BJP Working President JP Nadda, BJP National General Secretary (Org) BL Santhosh and the seven independent candidates.
Meanwhile, Gopal Kanda, the winning candidate from Sirsa, has claimed that all independent candidates have extended their unconditional support to the BJP.
Ahead of this, Khattar is expected to get support of Independent legislators, two of them are Lokhit Party (HLP) chief Gopal Kanda, who won from Sirsa, and the Congress rebel Ranjit Singh.