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BJP-JJP split: Was it a political and premeditated move?

With just weeks to go for the Lok Sabha elections, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar resigned on Tuesday morning following a split with the JJP. Nayab Singh Saini was sworn in as CM hours later. It is not the first time that the BJP-JJP coalition had come under strain, with the JJP that was formed just ahead of the 2019 elections worried over the fallout of the farmer protests on its Jat vote bank. The issue was up for debate on the 'To the Point with Preeti Choudhry' show on Tuesday night.

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Video: Vijay takes oath as Tamil Nadu CM amid loud cheers and chants

TVK leader C Joseph Vijay on Sunday took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu amid a sea of supporters, his friends and family, and several political leaders. Eight other TVK leaders were sworn in besides him, as ministers in the new government. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also attended the ceremony. The TVK managed to secure the Governor's nod to form the government after the Congress, the CPI, the CPI(M), the VCK, and IUML extended their support to the Vijay-led party for a colaition government.