- Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- Born
- 5 May 1954, Nindana, East Punjab (now Haryana)
- Education (declared)
- Graduate, University of Delhi (1975)
- In current post since
- 10 June 2024
- Seat
- Karnal, Haryana (Lok Sabha)
Manohar Lal Khattar spent most of his working life in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh rather than in electoral politics. He joined the RSS in 1977, became a full-time pracharak three years later and stayed in that role for 17 years before the organisation sent him to the BJP in 1994. From 2000 to 2014 he was the party's organisational general secretary in Haryana. He has never married.
Chief Minister of Haryana
His first election was the 2014 Assembly poll, which he won from Karnal by 63,736 votes. On 26 October 2014 he was sworn in as Chief Minister, and he began a second term after the 2019 election.
He resigned on 12 March 2024, weeks before the Lok Sabha election, and Nayab Singh Saini succeeded him. He gave up his Assembly seat the next day.
During his tenure several of his public remarks drew criticism, including comments about women in 2014 and about rape cases in 2018, and an April 2023 remark about a High Court judge that led opposition parties to demand an apology.
Union Minister
He won the Karnal Lok Sabha seat in June 2024 and joined the Union Cabinet, taking charge of the Power and the Housing and Urban Affairs ministries. In April 2026 he visited Bhutan, where he met the country's energy minister and reviewed the Punatsangchhu hydropower projects, ANI reported.
Record
His 2024 affidavit declares no criminal cases and no liabilities, and assets of Rs 2.54 crore, most of it movable. He declared no cases in his 2014 and 2019 Assembly affidavits either.
Career at a glance
- 1977Joins the RSS; a full-time pracharak from 1980
- 1994Moves to the BJP
- 2000BJP organisational general secretary in Haryana, until 2014
- Oct 2014Wins Karnal in his first election and is sworn in as Chief Minister on 26 October
- Oct 2019Second term as Chief Minister
- Mar 2024Resigns as Chief Minister on 12 March and as MLA the next day
- Jun 2024Wins Karnal Lok Sabha seat; Union Minister of Power and of Housing and Urban Affairs
Cases and allegations
An allegation, FIR or chargesheet is not proof of guilt. Only a court can convict, and convictions can be overturned on appeal. Status is as last checked on 2 Nov 2026.
ThePrint reported that opposition parties demanded an apology after Khattar, then Chief Minister, said a High Court judge needed to be "fixed". We have not found any court proceeding arising from the remark. Source
The record card
Facts only, each from a public record. This is not a rating. Affidavit figures are the leader's own sworn declarations at the time of filing.
| Declared criminal cases | 0Lok Sabha 2024 affidavit, Karnal | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Convictions | None declared2024 affidavit | Source |
| Declared assets | Rs 2.54 crore2024; no liabilities; income from salary, pension and interest | Source |
| Declared assets, earlier | Rs 1.27 crore (2019), Rs 61.3 lakh (2014)Haryana Assembly affidavits, no cases declared in either | Source |
| Years as Chief Minister | 9 years, 4 months26 October 2014 to 12 March 2024 | Source |
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Sources
Photo: Ministry of Power, GODL-India, via Wikimedia Commons.
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