Two MLAs inducted into Haryana cabinet
The Hindu
Second expansion in two years takes Cabinet strength to 14
The BJP’s Hisar MLA Kamal Gupta and coalition ally Jannayak Janta Party (JJP)’s Devender Singh Babli from Tohana, were inducted into the Haryana Cabinet on Tuesday. The second expansion in two years took the strength of State’s Council of Ministers to 14, including the Chief Minister — the maximum permissible in the 90-member Assembly.
The new ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Bandaru Dattatreya at a brief swearing-in ceremony in Chandigarh.
The BJP has given representation to the Bania community — traditional supporters of the saffron party — with the induction of Dr. Gupta, a two-time BJP MLA. The JJP has tried to appease its core vote bank, the Jats, by deciding in favour of Mr. Babli.
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