Nayab Singh Saini has sworn in as Haryana's new chief minister on Tuesday evening. Saini, an MLA from Haryana's Kurukshetra had met Governor Bandaru Dattatreya earlier in the day to form the government in the state, replacing his predecessor, senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar.

On Tuesday morning, Manohar Lal Khattar resigned as Haryana's chief minister,  hours after the BJP alliance with the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) broke. The JJP led by Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala had 10 MLAs in the Haryana Assembly.