Published 12:49 IST, October 25th 2019
Haryana: JJP leader on offer to form govt, 'will decide after meeting'
Haryana JJP chief claims on having an invitation from both the BJP and Congress to form the government. The party will conduct a meeting with its MLAs today.
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After securing 10 seats in the Haryana Assembly elections, Jannayak Janta Party's Haryana President Sardar Nishant Singh on Friday, October 25, claimed JJP has invitations from both Congress and the BJP to form a government as both parties lack the majority number required to form the government.
"We have invitations from both sides. We will take our decision only after discussing it with our elected candidates. If there is no clear majority for BJP, obviously the mandate is against them. We will decide our stand after the meeting," Nishant Singh said while interacting with the media.
The Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) are expected to hold a meeting with the MLAs and the national executive members on October 25. In the election results that came out a day earlier on Thursday, the newly formed JJP won 10 seats and the Bhartiya Janata Party won 40 seats making it the single largest party in the States.
'BJP will form the government in Haryana'- Haryana BJP chief
On Friday, October 25, Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala claimed that the BJP will form the government in the State with the support of independent legislators, as the party lacked the absolute majority required to form a government on its own.
"Independ7ent candidates have come to BJP's side. The government will be formed under the leadership of ML Khattar Ji. He is coming to Delhi today to hold discussions," he said.
Having won 40 out of 90 seats in the Haryana Assembly elections, BJP still needs the support of six MLAs to be able to retain its government in the state.
Haryana in-charge of the BJP Anil Jain also claimed that the party will once again form its government in the state.
"With the blessing of people of Haryana, we will again form government in the state. We have emerged as the single largest party," the Haryana BJP in-charge said.
Poll results in Haryana :
The results of the Haryana Assembly elections saw the BJP emerge as the single largest party in the state with having won 40 seats. The party, however, failed to achieve the majority number of seats required to retain its government on its own. Meanwhile, Congress has made a comeback in the state by winning 31 seats. Dushyant Chautala's JJP has won 10 seats, while others category in the state has won 9 seats in the 90-seat Haryana Assembly.
(With inputs from ANI)
Updated 14:16 IST, October 25th 2019