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Haryana Chief Minister-designate Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday took oath as the Chief Minister of the northern state for the second time. Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya administered the oath of office and secrecy to Saini and his cabinet of ministers. BJP veteran Anil Vij, 7-time MLA from Ambala Cantt, was also sworn in as a state cabinet minister.
He won from his constituency in the recent assembly polls by a margin of around 7,200 votes. Anil Vij is a prominent face from the Punjabi community. The oath-taking ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari and Rajnath Singh.
Saini's mentor and former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar was also present at the mega event on Panchkula's Dussehra Ground. Chief Ministers including Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Nitish Kumar (Bihar), Eknath Shinde (Maharashtra), Bhupender Patel (Gujarat), Bhajanlal Sharma (Rajasthan) and N Chandrababu Naidu (Andhra Pradesh) were also present at the event. Others present included Union Minister Chirag Paswan, Maharashtra Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar as well as Andhra Pradesh Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan.
BJP national president J P Nadda was also present at the event. In the recently conducted assembly elections, the BJP secured absolute majority in Haryana with 48 seats in its kitty. With this, the saffron party is forming the government in the state for the third time.
Saini won from the Ladwa assembly seat in the Kurukshetra district with a margin of more than 16,000 votes. Nayab Singh Saini replaced M L Khattar as the Chief Minister of the state in March this year due to the strong anti-incumbency against the latter..
