New Delhi. The first expansion of Nayab Singh Saini cabinet took place in Haryana today. Governor Bandaru Dattatreya administered the oath of office to eight MLAs. The special thing is that senior BJP leader Anil Vij has not been included in the cabinet this time. Anil Vij has previously been the Home Minister in the Manohar Lal Khattar government. Anil Vij is angry with the decision to make Naib Singh Saini the CM after Khattar’s resignation and did not even attend the CM’s swearing-in program on March 12.
VIDEO | Dr Kamal Gupta (@drkamalguptabjp) takes oath as minister in the Haryana Cabinet at an event in Chandigarh. pic.twitter.com/NxDMPBwoyc
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In the Haryana Cabinet expansion, Kamal Gupta was the first to take oath as Cabinet Minister in Sanskrit. Kamal Gupta has become MLA from Hisar for the second consecutive time, he was also a minister in the Manohar Lal government. Kamal comes from Vaishya community and is a doctor by profession. After this Seema Trikha took oath as a minister. He has been made Minister of State. Seema is MLA from Badkhal Assembly for the second consecutive time and herself comes from a Brahmin family. However, he is married in a Punjabi family.
Mahipal Dhanda took oath as minister at number three. Dhanda has become MLA from Panipat Rural for the second consecutive time and has been the state president of BJP Kisan Morcha. He was also a student leader while working in ABVP for a long time. Dhanda is considered the main face of Jat society. At number four, Ambala city MLA Asim Goyal was sworn in as Minister of State with independent charge.
Haryana Cabinet Expansion: BJP leaders Subhash Sudha and Bishamber Singh take oath as ministers in the Haryana cabinet. pic.twitter.com/fEs8U8FQZe
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Dr. Abhay Singh Yadav was sworn in at number five. He has been made Minister of State with independent charge. Dr. Abhay Yadav has become MLA from Nangal Chaudhary for the second time. He resigned from IAS in 2014 and contested the assembly elections. After this Sanjay Singh took the oath of office and secrecy. Sanjay Singh has won the Sohna Assembly by contesting elections for the first time. Sanjay represents Rajput society. Subhash Sudha, who became MLA from Thanesar Assembly of Kurukshetra in Haryana for the second consecutive time, has also been made a minister under independent charge. Sudha had joined BJP in the year 2014.