Haryana Chief Minister-elect Manohar Lal Khattar will takeoath as Haryana's new chief minister on Sunday afternoon. Manohar Lal Khattar will be the first non-Congress chief minister in 53 years to form his second successive government.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staked claim to form the government in Haryana after it forged a post-poll alliance with the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) -- an offshoot of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) --which came into being nearly 11 months back.The swearing-in ceremony will beheld at the Haryana Raj Bhawan at 2.15 pm on Sunday. The event is likely to beattended by senior BJP leaders besides the chief ministers of neighbouringstates.

"We will assemble at 1.15 pm and the oath of officewill be administered at 2.15 pm. Dushyant Chautala is being inducted besidesothers, " Chief Minister-elect Manohar Lal Khattar said while refusing todivulge the names of possible Cabinet ministers.The deal to form an alliancewas sealed by the leaders of both the parties on Friday in New Delhi. JJP chiefDushyant Singh Chautala is being inducted as a deputy chief minister.

However, the decision to pitch Dushyant Chautala as thedeputy CM was not acceptable to some BJP leaders who wanted a similar post fora senior party leader.Senior BJP leader and six-time party legislature AnilVij's name was on the top, however, the idea did not materialise.

"There will be only one chief minister and a deputy CMin the state. Who all will be inducted as the Cabinet ministers, will be decidedby the chief minister himself. I congratulate the people of Haryana for the newgovernment," Union minister and central party observer Ravi Shankar Prasadsaid.

Ravi Shankar Prasad also clarified that the BJP will nottake the support from Haryana Lokhit Party MLA Gopal Goyal Kanda. Anil Vij alsosaid that Kanda's support was not required after the JJP-BJP alliance managedto secure the magic number 46.There will be 13 Cabinet ministers in the BJP-JJPCabinet headed by ML Khattar. Sources close to the BJP say that two MLAs eachfrom the JJP and Independents, who had announced unconditional support to BJP,will be given Cabinet berths.

Nearly half a dozen ministers can be announced on Sunday.First Cabinet expansion is expected soon after Diwali celebrations are over.

On Saturday, Chief Minister-elect Manohar Lal Khattar andJJP chief Dushyant Chautala met Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya and formallystaked claim to form the BJP-JJP government in Haryana.

Before meeting the Governor, the incumbent Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar was elected as the leader of BJP legislative party. Hisname was proposed by six-time MLA Anil Vij and Krishan Pal Gurjjar which wasseconded by all BJP MLAs.