Manohar Lal Khattar will stake claim to form government in Haryana on Saturday and will meet Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya in Chandigarh later in the day.

The BJP has 40 MLAs of its own and with the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP), which has 10, having decided to support the saffron party, Khattar has the support of a total of 50 legislators.

The majority mark needed in 90 member Haryana Assembly is 46. The BJP fell six seats short of a majority in the Haryana Assembly elections 2019.

First, it was the seven independent MLAs who pledged their support to the party. Among those who extended support was former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda, who is facing several charges and out on bail.