Ahead of the cabinet expansion, five Independent MLAs — Nayan Pal Rawat, Sombir Sangwan, Randhir Singh Gollen, Dharampal Gonder and Balraj Kundu —held a meeting in Delhi on Tuesday.
All the seven Independent MLAs, including Ranjit Singh Chautala who was not present at the meet in Delhi, are supporting the present Khattar-led dispensation.
Majority of the Independent MLAs who won were aspirants for a BJP ticket before the elections, but fought as independents.
"We have won as independents, but we are pro-BJP," Rawat said. He said Independent MLAs definitely aspire that some of them be accommodated in the cabinet expansion, but there''s no greed for the berth or any portfolio. "Expansion of the cabinet is the prerogative of the chief minister," he said while replying to a question.
Rawat also assured "full support" of the independents to the BJP-JJP combine in Haryana, saying "the government will run smoothly for five years".
In the 90-member assembly, the BJP had won 40, JJP 10, Congress 31, INLD and the Haryana Lokhit Party one each, while seven independents also won.
CM recently announced to set up a panel to monitor the implementation of the Common Minimum Programme of the BJP and the JJP. Both the coalition partners have said that they will provide a stable Government in Haryana.