Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 10 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar expressed grief over the death of Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and expressed condolences for the departed soul on Monday.

Gurugram (Haryana) [India], October 5 (ANI): Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday met former UP Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav at Medanta Hospital and enquired about his health.

New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): After the Enforcement Directorate sealed the Young India Limited office located in the National Herald building in New Delhi as part of the ongoing money laundering investigation, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday said that the Congress has already looted Haryana and the Centre will take all accounts of Congress' wrongdoings.

Chandigarh [India], May 25 (ANI): After the arrest of Punjab Health Minister Vijay Singla over corruption charges, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday took a dig at the Aam Aadmi Party stating that some MLAs of AAP are in jail, while many are removed under charges of corruption.

Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], April 8 (ANI): Amid the ongoing standoff between Punjab and Haryana after both the State Assemblies passed resolutions claiming their right on Chandigarh, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will meet all the MPs of the State on Friday evening in the national capital and is likely to discuss the same, informed sources.

Chandigarh Dec 28 PTI Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will expand his Cabinet on Tuesday inducting an MLA each from his party BJP and ally Jannayak Janta PartyIn the second expansion to be carried out in two years BJPs Hisar MLA Dr Kamal Gupta and JJPs Tohana MLA Devender Singh Babli will be inducted into the Khattar cabinet Two MLAs will be inducted One is Kamal Gupta second one is Devender Babli Khattar told reporters here ahead of the cabinet expansionYes the suspense is over now Khattar said in a lighter vein when pointed out that the cabinet expansion was finally taking place after months of speculation in this regard After the two MLAs take oath the strength of council of ministers will go up to 14 including the chief minister which is the upper limitEarlier 10 MLAs were inducted into Khattar cabinet in November 2019 days after the chief minister and his deputy Dushyant Chautala were sworn-in on October 27 2019After the cabinet expansion takes place on Tuesday evening the BJP will have 10 ministers including the CM and JJP will have three ministers including Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala while Ranjit Singh Chautala is the lone Independent MLA inducted as a ministerThe BJP fell short of a simple majority winning 40 of the 90 assembly seats in the October 2019 polls and later it forged a post-poll alliance with the JJP which has 10 MLAsPTI SUN VSD DV DV

Chandigarh Sep 20 PTI Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will ride a bicycle from his official residence to the civil secretariat here on World Car Free Day on Wednesday according to an official statement The civil secretariat is nearly two km from Khattars official residence in Chandigarh and he had cycled the distance on a few occasions in the past According to the statement issued on Monday The chief minister will come to his office in the civil secretariat from his residence by bicycle so as to generate awareness amongst people The chief minister had said earlier that as far as possible people should use cycle to commute at least for short distances as it will help protect the environment In the 2019 assembly polls Khattar had travelled by train from Chandigarh to Karnal and then rode a bicycle to reach a polling booth to cast his vote PTI SUN SMN SMN

Chandigarh Aug 31 PTI After accusing the Congress government in Punjab of fuelling farmers unrest in his state Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar listed several steps taken by the BJP ruled state for farmers and asked what Amarinder Singhs government has done done in comparisonWho is anti-farmer captamarinder ji Punjab or Haryana asked Khattar after highlighting in eight of his tweets various steps taken by his dispensation for farmers welfareDear captamarinder ji Haryana procures 10 crops at MSPpaddy wheat mustard bajra gram moong maize ground nut sun flower cotton and makes the MSP payment directly into the account of the farmer How many crops does Punjab buy from the farmer at MSP Khattarasked his Punjab counterpart in one of his tweets He also said that Haryana has been paying the highest MSP in the country for sugarcane to its farmers for the last seven yearsWhy has Punjab felt the need to match Haryana only after an agitation by farmers he asked referring to Singh approving a Rs 15 per quintal hike in the State Agreed Price SAP of all sugarcane varieties for the 2021-22 crushing season a week agoKhattar on Monday had accused the Congress government in Punjab of fuelling farmers unrest in his state prompting a sharp response from Singh The exchange had taken place two days after farmers protesting over agri laws enacted by the Centre clashed with the Haryana Police in KarnalSingh had hit back a little later accusing the BJP including the Haryana CM of taking refuge in shameful lies over the horrendous attacks on protesting farmersRepeal the farm laws instead of blaming Punjab for the mess your party has put the farming sector in Singh had said in a statementHours later Khattar in series of tweets while mentioning the welfare steps taken by his government for farmers also said that Haryana provides an incentive of Rs 7000 per acre to every farmer who wants to move away from paddy cultivationWhat is the incentive that Punjab provides to the farmer similarly he askedKhattar also said that Haryana pays interest at 12 per cent to the farmer in case payment is delayed beyond 72 hours from the approval and asked if Punjab pays interest on delayed payment Haryana pays an incentive of Rs 5000 per acre to the farmer who adopts direct seeding of rice technology said Khattar while asking Singh what incentive does Punjab giveHe also mentioned thatHaryana pays every farmer Rs 1000 per acre for stubble management and provides linkages for sale of paddy straw and sought to know from Singh what incentive does Punjab provide to farmersHe also said that Haryana has started micro-irrigation scheme to support farmers with 85 percent subsidy to manage precious water for irrigationWhat incentive does Punjab provide and is it even concerned about the rapidly depleting water table that it will finish the farmer he askedKhattar said that Haryana supports farmers growing horticultural produce by instituting the Bhawantar Bharpayee Yojana to insulate the farmer from price variations below costWhat incentive does Punjab provide to its horticulture farmers asked Khattar PTI SUN VSD DV

Tribune News ServicePanchkula August 19Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal today said his government was committed to the welfare of the poor and efforts were on to ensure no one sleeps on an empty stomachFree ration is being distributed through more than 10000 depots across the state said the Chief MinisterDuring the first wave of Covid-19 pandemic free ration had been arranged for the poor eligible families till November last year Khattar said adding that due to the second wave free ration would be provided to the eligible families till November this yearDeputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala and Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Gian Chand Gupta were also present on the occasionThe Chief Minister later visited Haripur village in Sector 4 and distributed ration to the eligible families