Naib Saini will take oath as the new CM today

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Haryana Bharatiya Janata Party president and OBC leader Nayab Singh Saini was chosen as the next chief minister on Tuesday, March 11, hours after Manohar Lal Khattar and his cabinet ministers submitted their resignations.

Saini, MP from Kurukshetra, was unanimously elected leader of the state BJP legislature group and will be sworn in later in the day, party MLAs Subhash Sudha and JP Dalal told reporters.

Saini, considered a confidant of Khattar in Haryana, emerged as the elected leader after the BJP legislature party meeting in Chandigarh. Union Minister Arjun Munda and BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh were sent by the BJP leadership to ensure smooth transition of power in Haryana.

The disintegration of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Jannayak Janata Party alliance led to turmoil in the political scene in Haryana.

According to Haryana watchers, the alliance ended due to failed talks on seat sharing for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.