Haryana

• 14 Mar 2024

Nayab Singh Saini is Haryana’s new Chief Minister

Why in News?

Recently, Nayab Singh Saini, was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Haryana after Manohar Lal and his Council of Ministers resigned as the strained ruling coalition of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) broke apart.

Key Points

• The new Chief Minister inducted five MLAs, including an independent, into the Cabinet.
• Governor Bandaru Dattatreya administered the oath of office and secrecy to all of them.
• The MLAs include Kanwar Pal, Mool Chand, Banwari Lal, Jai Parkash Dalal — all from the BJP — and Ranjit Singh (Independent).

Coalition Government

• The term ‘coalition’ is derived from the Latin world ‘coalitio’ which means ‘to grow together’.
• Thus, technically, coalition means the act of uniting parts into one body or whole. Politically, coalition means an alliance of distinct political parties.
• Coalition usually occurs in modern parliaments when no single political party can muster a majority of votes.
• Two or more parties, who have enough elected members between them to form a majority, may then be able to agree on a common programme that does not require too many drastic compromises with their individual policies and can proceed to form a government.