Sources from haryana stated that haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar left for delhi on Friday morning to meet senior party leaders and discuss a way forward as the ruling bjp emerged as the single largest party with 40 seats in a hung Assembly. Meanwhile after the poll results came out on thursday, the ruling bharatiya janata party (BJP) fell six short of the halfway mark needed to form the next government.
Apparently the congress won 31 seats, Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) 10, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) one each and seven are Independents. Reportedly Khattar left for delhi in a helicopter and he boarded the chopper from the helipad near his official residence here, sources said. He will be meeting the party's senior leadership and discuss the way forward in the wake of the bjp needing support of a few MLAs to form the government.
Moreover the party has the option either to take support of the Independents alone or approach the JJP or both. Sources said all these things will be thoroughly discussed when Khattar meets senior party leaders and bjp is likely to stake claim for another term in the state. The BJP's final tally came as a disappointment for a party that had won all 10 parliamentary seats in the 2019 lok sabha polls, and predicted that it will cross 75 seats this time in the assembly. Moreover senior congress leader and former chief minister bhupinder singh Hooda had on thursday appealed to non-BJP outfits to join hands.
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