Nayab Saini-led Haryana Cabinet gets 8 new ministers, Anil Vij excluded

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Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini-led Haryana government on Tuesday carried out its first Cabinet expansion by inducting eight party MLAs as ministers..

Notably, senior BJP leader and former Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij did not find a place in Saini's new Cabinet...

Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini hails from the OBC community, while Bishambhar Singh Balmiki represents the Dalit community, and Seema Trikha is the sole female MLA to secure a cabinet position.. Mahipal Dhanda belongs to the Jat community, and Abhay Singh Yadav represents the backward classes..

Notably, four ministers from the previous ML Khattar government, including Sandeep Singh, Kamlesh Dhanda, Anil Vij, and Om Prakash Yadav, have been excluded from the new cabinet lineup...

In a surprise move last week, the BJP replaced Manohar Lal Khattar with OBC leader Saini as Haryana's Chief Minister in a swift switch in the state, just weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha polls...

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