Chandigarh: Amid political turmoil in Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday resigned from the post of Haryana Chief Minister.
Haryana CM Manohar Lal along with his colleagues reached the Raj Bhawan and handed over his resignation to the Governor Bandaru Dattatreya.
In a setback to Deputy Chief Minister and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala, five of his MLAs are likely to join the BJP later in the day.
Sources say the JJP has been demanding the Hisar and Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, but the BJP state unit wants to contest all 10 constituencies.
At present, in the 90-member Assembly, the BJP has 41 MLAs, while the Congress has 30, the JJP 10, and there are seven Independents, apart from an MLA each of the INLD and Haryana Lokhit Party.
The ties between the BJP and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala-led JJP have worsened following their failure to reach a seat-sharing agreement in the state for the Lok Sabha polls.
The BJP had won all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state in 2019 polls.
Ms Kalinga