Integral Part of Team Khattar, Anil Vij Stays Out Of New Haryana Cabinet
NDTV
Anil Vij, whose name was not on the first list of five ministers who took oath last week, did not feature in the second list either. Eight more ministers took oath today, completing the cabinet of 14 including the Chief Minister.
Anil Vij, the most powerful and best-known ministers of Haryana's ML Khattar government, is out for good from the cabinet of Nayab Singh Saini. The former minister, whose name was not on the first list of five ministers who took oath last week, did not feature in the second list either. Eight more ministers took oath today, completing the cabinet of 14 including the Chief Minister.
Mr Vij was hugely upset after Mr Saini was picked to replace Mr Khattar. As the seniormost minister in Mr Khattar's cabinet, and the seniormost leader of the party in the state.
The shock omission came amid a buzz that he would be appointed one of the deputies of Chief Minister Saini. Even Mr Khattar had said Mr Vij's name was on the list of ministers to be inducted into the new cabinet.
