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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
TopicManohar Lal Khattar

Topic: Manohar Lal Khattar

Down to 5 seats from 10 in Haryana, why Khattar-Saini change of guard may have been BJP’s own goal

Some BJP candidates like Ashok Tanwar from Sirsa, Mohan Lal Badoli from Sonipat and Ranjit Singh from Hisar complained about lack of support from party cadre, it is learnt.

Khattar holds strong lead of 2 lakh votes over Congress’s Divyanshu Budhiraja in Karnal

Khattar resigned from Haryana CM's post in March this year, following change of guard in state. He also resigned as MLA and BJP later named him as candidate from Karnal.

Shah & Nadda to Rajnath Singh, BJP pulling out all stops to rescue Khattar from tight spot in Karnal

Disgruntled farmers, anti-incumbency & rebellious caste groups are making ‘safe’ Karnal seat less so for ex-Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar. His media secretary blames ‘vested interests’.

‘Jobs on merit, no bribery’ — in Karnal, Khattar makes a poll pitch based on 9-yr record as CM

Former CM Khattar addresses charged crowd in Ballah village, touting BJP’s achievements and merit-based governance. His assertions face scrutiny from the Opposition and residents.

Khattar says resignation wasn’t sudden, ‘suggested’ change of guard to Modi a year ago

Former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar also says he doesn’t think anyone else would’ve transferred power voluntarily like he did with his successor Nayab Singh Saini.

Broken sewage system, filthy ponds—Keorak, village adopted by ex-CM Khattar, ‘worse off than before’

Nine years after former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar adopted Keorak village, residents claim that poorly implemented sewage and waterbody projects have worsened its conditions.

Once arrested for blocking Khattar’s convoy, Congress’s young Divyanshu Budhiraja now his poll rival

Congress's pick from Karnal, Budhiraja was declared 'proclaimed offender' in a 2018 public property defacement case for putting up posters. Like ex-CM Khattar, he too is a Punjabi Khatri.

Khattar’s anecdote at Hisar rally stirs up row ahead of polls. ‘Kuldeep, entire Bishnoi community upset’

The former Haryana CM narrated anecdote about bribery without taking names but apparently referring to Kuldeep's father & ex-CM Bhajan Lal. Later said remarks were wrongly projected.

‘Farewell party’ — Sirsa BJP MP Sunita Duggal takes dig at Khattar after losing ticket to Ashok Tanwar

Sharing the dais with Khattar at a rally, Duggal — a former IRS officer who resigned to join BJP in 2014 — attributed the decision to deny her a ticket to him.

BJP & JJP leaders face tough time in Haryana’s Jat heartland. Farmers protest, boo, force them away

Ambala: When Mohan Lal Badoli, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Haryana’s Sonipat parliamentary seat, went to campaign at Rohna village earlier this...

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