Amit Shah congratulates ML Khattar and Chautala as they assume office

Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala after their oath-taking ceremony. Shah on Sunday took to Twitter and stated that he is confident that under the leadership of PM Modi, this pair will give more momentum to the development of Haryana.

A day after the BJP sealed a deal with Dushyant Chautala's Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) to form the next Haryana government, Manohar Lal Khattar has been sworn-in as the Chief Minister consecutively for the second time. Along with him, the JJP chief Dushyant Chautala has been sworn-in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana. Both the Chief Minister and the Deputy CM were sworn-in the presence of the Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya on Sunday. 

The event that was held at the Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh witnessed the presence of BJP national working President JP Nadda, Shiromani Akali Dal patron Prakash Singh Badal and party leader Sukhbir Singh Badal. After Haryana assembly elections, that were held on October 21, the saffron party sealed an alliance with it to get the absolute number.

The new deputy CM Dushyant Chautala acknowledged Home Minister's tweet and said, "This is the beginning of a new era, together we will grow, Haryana will develop, the hands of a strong farmer."

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PM Modi and Rajnath Singh congratulate ML Khattar & Chautala 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also took to their respective twitter accounts to congratulate the new office bearers and further extended their best wishes.

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