Saini along with his five cabinet colleagues – Kanwar Pal Gurjar, Mool Chand Sharma, Ranjit Singh Chautala, J P Dalal and Dr Banwari Lal – had taken oath on March 12 after a sudden change in the political leadership in the state.
Asserting the BJP-led administration’s robust backing, CM Saini declared the support of 48 MLAs and requested the Speaker to schedule the floor test for the following day.
New Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini-led Haryana Government won the Floor Test in the State Assembly on Wednesday afternoon proving that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had majority status in the assembly. , India News, Times Now
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Khattar convened a meeting with BJP and independent MLAs at his residence, following which he proceeded to Raj Bhavan to formally submit his resignation to the Governor.
Saini’s appointment, first as state unit chief last October and now as CM, is seen as part of BJP’s bid to consolidate the state’s non-Jat voters ahead of the Lok Sabha polls and Assembly elections later this year
Manohar Lal Khattar and the new CM know each other from their RSS days. Saini, who is the Kurukshetra MP, was appointed the state BJP chief last October.