The BJP's legislature party on Saturday unanimously elected Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar as its leader. The announcement was made by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Khattar's name was proposed by MLAs Anil Vij and Kanwar Pal and seconded by other BJP legislators.
After being elected as the legislature party leader, Khattar will go to meet Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya and stake claim to form the government in the state.
The swearing-in of the BJP-JJP government will take place on Sunday.
Deputy CM hunt
The JJP is considering the name of Naina Chautala for the post of deputy chief minister in the state, party sources said in Chandigarh on Saturday.
Naina Chautala is the mother of JJP leader Dushyant Chautala and wife of Ajay Chautala, who is lodged in prison after conviction in a teacher recruitment scam along with his father and former chief minister Om Prakash Chautala.
Naina was elected from the Badhra Assembly segment and had defeated Congress candidate Ranbir Singh Mahendra with a margin of 13,704 votes in the just concluded elections.
However, the final decision on who will be deputy chief minister was yet to be taken, the sources said.
The BJP on Friday had sealed a deal with the JJP to form the next government in Haryana after the saffron party fell short by six seats from the majority mark.
Under the arrangement, the chief minister will be from the BJP and deputy CM from the JJP, which won 10 seats in the polls to the 90-member Haryana Assembly.
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Earlier, Naina Chautala was an INLD MLA from Dabwali.
She joined the JJP after its formation following a feud in the Chautala clan last year.
Dushyant Chautala is also expected to reach Chandigarh on Saturday afternoon and meet the governor to submit his party's letter of support to the BJP.
Dushyant, a great grandson of former deputy prime minister Chaudhary Devi Lal, had said his party believed that the alliance with the BJP was necessary for stability in Haryana.
