Haryana News: In a meeting of the Haryana BJP Legislature Party in Panchkula on Wednesday, party MLAs have endorsed the name of incumbent Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini as the leader of the group in the Assembly.
He was chosen as the state legislature party leader during a meeting of the newly-elected Haryana BJP MLAs at the party office in Panchkula. The meeting was also attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav as central observers.
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The BJP will form the government in Haryana a record third time. In the recent Assembly polls, the BJP won 48 seats for the 90-member House and all three Independent MLAs have announced their support to the party.
Mr Saini, 54, had replaced Manohar Lal Khattar, now a Union Minister, as the chief minister of Haryana in March. He was then seen as a surprise pick to head the party in the heartland state, particularly with a general and Assembly election on the horizon.
Saini, who is from Mirzapur Majra of Ambala district, is said to have met Manohar Lal Khattar during his days with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and become close to him. A law graduate, Saini contested the Haryana Assembly elections 2009 from Naraingarh but lost to Congress’s Ramkishan Gurjar.
In the Haryana Assembly election 2014, he threw his hat in the ring again from the Naraingarh seat and won. Khattar rewarded him with the charge of the Mines, Geology and Renewable Energy Ministry. He was later in charge of the Labour and Employment Ministry. In 2019, he ventured to the national scene, winning the Kurukshetra Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 3.83 lakh votes.
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