Chandigarh, March 12 -- Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Assembly and former Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda said on Tuesday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has no right to remain in power and Assembly elections should be held soon by imposing President's rule in the state.

Hooda's comments came on a day of intense political drama, as Nayab Singh Saini took over as the new Haryana Chief Minister, hours after Manohar Lal Khattar stepped down from the post, as the five-year-old BJP-JJP coalition crumbled amidst speculation of a tussle over seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha polls.

In a statement issued here, Hooda said the BJP has "accepted its defeat" even before the elections by breaking the alliance with the Jannayak Janata Par...