In Another Haryana Shocker, BJP Drops Senior Minister Anil Vij From Cabinet
NDTV
Five ministers took oath with new chief minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday, but the former home minister was not among them.
The BJP's attempt to fight anti-incumbency in Haryana, which it has ruled since 2014, has seen another big name being dropped. Anil Vij, arguably the best-known leader from the Haryana BJP after now former chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, has not found a place in the new cabinet led by Nayab Singh Saini.
Five other ministers, who were part of Mr Khattar's cabinet, took oath with Mr Saini at a swiftly organised ceremony on Tuesday evening, hours after the chief minister and his entire cabinet resigned.
The omission of Mr Vij, who was the Haryana home minister since the BJP came to power in the state in 2014, was even more surprising because there was speculation that he would be one of two deputy chief ministers appointed by the BJP after the post was vacated by Dushyant Chautala of the Jannayak Janta Party.
