Haryana’s new Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini took oath
He is a leader of the BJP. He represents Kurukshetra as an MP.
Governor Bandaru Dattatreya of Haryana administered the oath to him.
In addition, five MLAs were sworn in as ministers. Four of them are BJP members and one is an independent.
As ministers, Independent MLA Ranjit Singh Chautala and BJP members Kanwar Pal, Mool Chand Sharma, Jai Prakash Dalal, and Banwari Lal took an oath of office.
They were all members of the Khattar cabinet that resigned earlier.
Anil Vij, the former home minister, has not, however, been included in the new cabinet.
The assembly elections are scheduled in October. Khattar’s second tenure as chief minister was to end in October.
Along with the other thirteen members of the BJP-led council of ministers, Khattar had earlier given resignation to the governor.
The deputy chief minister in the Khattar-led government was Dushyant Chautala. He is the leader of the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP).
The JJP now has 10 MLAs in the 90-member assembly. At present, the BJP has 41 MLAs in the 90-member assembly.
