India, March 12 -- Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and his cabinet ministers submitted their resignation to governor Bandaru Dattatreya at Raj Bhavan in Chandigarh on Tuesday after the BJP-JJP alliance broke down.

On a day of fast-paced political developments, Khattar, who was accompanied by health minister Anil Vij and six Independent MLAs, called on Dattatreya after chairing a BJP legislature party meeting at 11.30am.

Preparations are afoot to swear in a new set of ministers once deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala formally announces severing of ties and walks out of the coalition.

The post-poll alliance was formed after the 2019 assembly elections when the BJP fell short of a simple majority, getting 40 seats in the 9...