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The Winter session of the Parliament is ongoing and the discussion on air pollution and climate change expected to be on the floors in the Lok Sabha. The discussion assumes significance as Delhi and its adjoining regions have been battling severe pollution levels in the last few days mainly due to stubble burning by farmers in Haryana and Punjab.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought equipment from Agriculture Ministry to help farmers in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana stop burning stubble. This came on a day the Supreme Court lashed out at authorities for failing to curb severe air pollution in Delhi and its surrounding areas.

A day after Manohar Lal Khattar met the Governor of Haryana Satyadev Narayan Arya, with BJP working president JP Nadda, he and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) chief Dushyant Chautala took oath as the chief minister and deputy CM of Haryana.

The announcement came after Manohar Lal Khattar was elected as BJP's legislative party leader in Haryana. Meanwhile, in Maharashtra, state Congress president Balasaheb Thorat said that if the Shiv Sena showed the courage to break up with the BJP, he was open to the possibility of joining hands with Uddhav Thackeray’s outfit.
 

Five independent MLAs, along with Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and BJP's Haryana in-charge Anil Jain, met party's working president, JP Nadda, at his residence today to finalise the modalities of government formation. In Maharashtra, a poster calling Aditya Thackeray as future chief minister came up in Worli, the constituency from which he has been elected in Maharashtra Assembly elections. All this and more on MyNation in 100 seconds.

Who will be the next CM of Maharashtra and who will Dushyant Chautala support in Haryana? It has been a million dollar question in the wake of the announcement of the election results in both states

Five Independent candidates, including Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, visited BJP's working president JP Nadda at his residence in New Delhi

A day after the Haryana's election results were out, the state's BJP chief Subhash Barala said that they would form the government with the help of Independent candidates. Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar  is in New Delhi to meet home minister Amit Shah to discuss the further course of action. 

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar left for Delhi to discuss the next course of action.Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fell six short of the halfway mark needed to form the next government while Congress won 31 sears while JJP won 10. 

BJP working president JP Nadda met Union home minister Amit Shah to discuss formation of the government. The leaders, along with Nadda, reached Shah's residence at 1 am and left at 2:10 am.
                    

The results of Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections have exposed a lot of lacunae in the parties’ ways of thinking.

Addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said that 15 Independent candidates are in touch with him. This comes after Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray pushed for 50:50 formula. Hosts South Africa will open their campaign against Afghanistan in next year’s ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, a tournament that showcases the world’s future cricket stars. Holders India face Sri Lanka in their opening match. Top headlines of the day on MyNation in 100 seconds.

BJP won 79 seats while it is leading on 24 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra and won 33 seats and is leading in 7 seats in Haryana.

In Haryana, the BJP won the election in Hisar, Hansi, Nalwa while the JJP won in Uklana, Barwala and Narnaund.