Nayab Saini sworn in as Haryana Chief Minister, 13 Ministers join his cabinet
- In Reports
- 04:55 PM, Oct 17, 2024
- Myind Staff
BJP leader Nayab Singh Saini was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Haryana for the second time on Thursday. His new council of ministers also took the oath during a grand ceremony, which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top leaders from the BJP.
Bandaru Dattatreya, the governor of Haryana, administered Saini the oath of office and secrecy. The swearing-in ceremony was held at Panchkula's Dussehra Ground in the presence of chief ministers from states ruled by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, and Nitin Gadkari. Saini entered the stage at the swearing-in ceremony alongside his mentor and predecessor, Manohar Lal Khattar, indicating that everything is good within the Haryana BJP. Anil Vij, a senior leader who was allegedly a candidate for chief minister, was sworn in as a minister in the Saini 2.0 Cabinet.
Haryana's new Cabinet can have a maximum of 14 ministers, including the Chief Minister. The members of the Cabinet are Nayab Singh Saini, Anil Vij, Krishan Lal Panwar, Rao Narbir Singh, Mahipal Dhanda, Vipul Goel, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Shruti Choudhry, Shyam Singh Rana, Ranbir Singh Gangwa, Krishan Bedi, Gaurav Gautam, Arti Singh Rao, and Rajesh Nagar.
Saini led the BJP to a historic win in the October 5 Haryana Assembly elections, just months after Khattar was ousted as chief minister. The saffron party secured its third consecutive term in power in the state by winning 48 seats in the 90-member house, defying exit poll predictions. The 54-year-old Dalit leader, who ran for and won the Kurukshetra district's Ladwa seat, was unanimously chosen on Wednesday to lead the BJP's Haryana legislature party. After that, he met with Governor Bandaru Dattatreya and declared his intention to form the state's next government.
Saini was the Kurukshetra Lok Sabha MP before becoming the BJP's main OBC spokesperson in Haryana. He received his law and bachelor's degrees from Charan Singh University and BR Ambedkar Bihar University.
Saini, who has been involved with the BJP's Haryana unit since 1996, began his career in 2002 as the youth wing's district general secretary before rising to the position of district president of the Yuva Morcha in 2005. Later on, he held important positions such as general secretary of the BJP Kisan Morcha and district president of Ambala. Saini joined the Khattar Cabinet after winning his first Assembly seat from Narayangarh in 2014, despite having made his electoral debut in 2010. He was named the head of the Haryana BJP in October 2023.
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