Chandigarh::
Dushyant Chautala, the friend-turned-enemy of the BJP and who is out to topple the government, should watch over his flock, sources have indicated. As efforts are underway to move a no-confidence motion against the Nayab Singh Saini government after three independent MLAs withdrew support from the BJP, a handful of MLAs from Mr Chautala met former BJP Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar this afternoon , sources said.
The meeting took place at Foreign Minister Mahipal Dhanda's residence in Panipat. Four MLAs from the Jannayak Janta Party or JJP were present at the half-hour meeting with Mr Khattar and Mr Dhanda held around 2 pm.
Sources said the leaders had discussed the current political crisis.
The host, Mr Dhanda, has declined to comment on the matter.
The BJP-led government in Haryana entered a crisis earlier this week when MLAs Sombir Sangwan (representing Dadri), Randhir Singh Gollen (from Pundri) and Dharampal Gonder (from Nilokheri) stopped supporting the BJP government.
It was followed by a press conference by Mr Chautala where he, accompanied by senior Congress leaders, stated that the government has become a minority and that he would provide outside support to the Congress if they chose to form a government.
Mr Chautala has fanned the matter with a letter to the Governor, demanding a floor test in the assembly. But there he encountered a technical problem: only one motion of no confidence can be submitted against the government within a six-month period.
Considering that Congress had tabled a no-confidence motion in February and a ground test had taken place in March, the opposition has run out of options.
There will be Assembly elections later this year; the Assembly's term ends in November.