Khattar and Chautala will take oath of office on Sunday afternoon while in Maharashtra fight for CM's position continues between BJP and Sena
The previous low was in 2000, when four women were voted to the Assembly in a state which until recently had India's worst gender ratio at birth
By virtue of being appointed the CLP leader, Hooda will be the Leader of Opposition in the newly-constituted assembly
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In the years to come, Dushyant may need to compete for the leadership of the Jat community with Hooda's son Deepender, and other Jat leaders
He also said that the two leaders will be working to 'fulfil the aspirations of the people of Haryana'
Singh said he decided to enter the poll fray as he had become fond of the saffron party
A low-profile organisational man with an active RSS background, Khattar was chosen by the newly elected BJP legislators as their leader at a meeting here on Saturday
With BJP taking support of seven Independents and the 10-month old Jannayak Janta Party, and making its leader Dushyant Chautala his deputy, Khattar faces the challenge of running a coalition govt
Dushyant became the youngest MP in 2014 when he was elected from Hisar, defeating Congress veteran Kuldeep Bishnoi
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Manohar Lal Khattar and state party chief Subhash Barala, met Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya for staking claim to form the government
Kanda had, on Friday, said he had decided to extend his unconditional support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
The announcement was made by Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Arun Singh also reached the UT guesthouse here to attend the meeting as central observers
Around 11 am, the meeting will begin to elect its new leader, a formality as the party has already decided that Khattar will head the next government
The BJP has also been criticised for the mismatch between seeking support from a rape accused and its much-publicised Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign
While the chief minister's post will remain with the BJP, the JJP will get the deputy chief minister's post
Assembly Election Results 2019: The process of govt formation is underway in Maharashtra and Haryana. While BJP is set to return in Maharashtra, it's not yet clear as to who will form govt in Haryana
BJP president Amit Shah announced at a press conference held with JJP leader Dushyant Chautala that the chief minister will be from his party and the deputy chief minister from the regional party
'It is quite trivially true that the BJP dominates the political sphere in much of India the way the Congress once did', says the author