Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Haryana where the BJP formed a government, state's first non-Congress government at the helm for the second consecutive term. The saffron party formed the government in alliance with the newly formed Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) led by Dushyant Chautala, who took oath as Khattar's deputy. Khattar, 65, will be heading the second Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of the state, which was formed on November 1, 1966.
The Haryana CM also took to his Twitter account and posted a tweet which translates, "Sworn in as Chief Minister of Haryana at Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh today. It is a privilege for me that I have once again got the opportunity to serve the people of the state. I am grateful to the citizens of the state for the immense affection, blessings and support. My thanks to all!"
A low-profile organisational man with an active RSS background, Khattar was chosen by the newly-elected BJP legislators as their leader at a meeting here on Saturday. "My government will be transparent," Khattar told the media ahead of taking the oath. Five-time Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal, whose party Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had an alliance with BJP's rival Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) during the assembly elections despite being an NDA partner, attended the ceremony along with son and Member of Parliament Sukhbir Badal.
Earlier, the BJP, which won 40 seats and was six short of a majority in the 90-member Assembly, announced an alliance with the JJP led by Dushyant Chautala, a great-grandson of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal.
