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
The Jannayak Janata Party has emerged as the kingmaker in the state with both the Congress and the BJP reaching out to the party to help form the government in the case of a hung assembly.
As per the trends projected by the Election Commission, BJP is currently leading in 39 seats and Congress in 29 seats. JJP is leading in 11 seats.
The BJP, which won 47 seats in Haryana in the last assembly polls, has this time set a target of more than 75 seats in the state.
Election to the 90-seat Legislative Assembly of Haryana was held in a single phase on October 21.
The Poll of Polls has given the BJP 63, with Congress at 16 and others at 11.