BJP’s Nayab Singh Saini takes over as Haryana CM hours after Manohar Lal Khattar, Cabinet resign

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday took oath as the chief minister of Haryana, hours after former Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and all the ministers in his Cabinet resigned from their posts earlier in the day.

BJP leaders Kanwar Pal Gujjar and Moolchand Sharma took oath as ministers, as did Independent MLA Ranjit Singh.

Saini, who represents Haryana’s Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency, was appointed as the BJP’s Haryana unit chief in October.

विधायक दल के नेता चुने गए प्रदेश अध्यक्ष @NayabSainiBJP जी। 5:00 बजे लेंगे हरियाणा के मुख्यमंत्री के रूप में शपथ। pic.twitter.com/uKvUXbKnmp— Haryana BJP (@BJP4Haryana) March 12, 2024

After the resignations, Khattar, the party’s Cabinet ministers and the MLAs held a meeting with BJP’s Haryana in-charge Biplab Kumar Deb, Union minister Arjun Munda, BJP national general secretary Tarun Chug, former state BJP chief, Rajya Sabha MP Subhash Barala and Saini, the Hindustan Times reported.

On Tuesday, he was unanimously elected as the leader of the BJP’s legislative party in the state.

सर्व सम्मति से भाजपा विधायक दल का नेता चुने जाने पर प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी,गृह मंत्री श्री @AmitShah जी,राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री @JPNadda जी @BJP4Haryana प्रदेश प्रभारी श्री @BjpBiplab जी पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री @mlkhattar जी सभी विधायकगण और आजाद विधायकों का आभार। pic.twitter.com/7An2AmTxzH— Nayab Saini (मोदी का परिवार) (@NayabSainiBJP) March 12, 2024

While the reasons for the resignation of Khattar and his Cabinet were not...

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