Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday afternoon took oath as the Chief Minister of the State for a straight second term. Besides Khattar, Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) chief Dushyant Chautala took as the Deputy Chief Minister.
The swearing-in ceremony was held at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh where Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya administered the oath of office and secrecy to Khattar and Chautala in the presence of a galaxy of leaders including former Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal and BJP working president JP Nadda.
Former CM and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda was also present.
Dushyant Chautala's father Ajay Chautala, who stepped out of the Tihar jail on Saturday on a furlough, also attended the event. His mother Naina Chautala, who has been re-elected MLA for the second time, was also present.
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 on Saturday. Dushyant, chief of JJP is the grandson of Om
Prakash Chautala and the great-grandson of former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal.
Both Khattar and Chautala on Saturday met the Governor to stake claim to form Government in Haryana. The Governor accepted their proposal and invited them to form the next Government.
In the just-concluded Assembly elections, the BJP won 40 seats and was six short of a majority in the 90-member Legislative Assembly.
The Congress won 31 seats, 16 more than its 2014 tally. JJP which had won 10 seats, announced support to the BJP.