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PremiumNayab Saini Oath Taking Ceremony Highlights: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nayab Singh Saini took oath as Chief Minister of Haryana for the second time on Thursday, October 17.
Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya administer the oath of office and secrecy.
Eleven ministers and two Ministers of State (MoS) took oath along with Saini. The ministers who took oath include Anil Vij, Krishan Lal Pawar, Rao Narbir Singh, Mahipal Dhanda,Vipul Goel, Arvind Kumar Sharma, Shyam Singh Rana, Ranbir Singh Gangwa, Krishan Kumar Bedi, Shruti Choudhry and Arti Singh Rao. Choudhry and Rao are two women ministers in the cabinet.
Rajesh Nagar and Gaurav Gautam also took oath as MoS (Independent Charge) on the occasion.
Top leadership of Bharatiya Janata Party, including Prime Minister Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, chief ministers, deputy chief minister, and other leaders, representing National Democratic Alliance (NDA) were present at the oath-taking venue in Panchkula.
Earlier, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking a stay on the swearing-in ceremony of Nayab Singh Saini as Haryana's Chief Minister. The top court observed that it cannot restrain an elected government from taking an oath and warned the petitioner of imposing a fine.
The Haryana government cannot have more than 13 members in the cabinet including the Chief Minister.
Saini, 54 staked claim to form the next government after he was unanimously elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party on Wednesday.
BJP secured a historic third term in Haryana, winning 48 seats in the 90-member assembly. The Congress won 37 seats. The elections were held on October 5 and the results declared on October 8.
Elaborate security arrangements were made for the event attended by thousands of people.
The NDA is will hold a meeting of all chief ministers and deputy chief ministers from the coalition in Chandigarh, soon after Singh Saini took oath.
BJP had declared that Saini would continue as chief minister if the party returned to power in Haryana. Saini, an OBC face of the party, won the Ladwa assembly seat in Kurukshetra district.
Months before the assembly polls, the BJP replaced Manohar Lal Khattar with low-profile Saini as Haryana CM. The decision paid off with Saini leading the party to victory in the state elections.
Saini's elevation from the Haryana BJP president to chief minister was done at a time when the BJP was facing anti-incumbency following Khattar's tenure of nine-and-a-half years.
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Nayab Saini Oath Taking Ceremony LIVE: Nayab Singh Saini was sworn in as Chief Minister of Haryana for the second time. 11 ministers and 2 Ministers of State (Independent Charge) also took oath along with Saini on the occasion. The list of ministers include:
Nayab Saini Oath Taking Ceremony LIVE: Arvind Kumar Sharma, Shyam Singh Rana and Ranbir Singh Gangwa also took oath as ministers in Nayab Singh Saini cabinet today.
Nayab Saini Oath Taking Ceremony LIVE : Vipul Goel and Mahipal Dhanda were also administered oath alongside CM Saini on Thursday.
Nayab Saini Oath Taking Ceremony LIVE Updates: Krishan Lal Panwar and Rao Narbir Singh also took oath as ministers in the Saini cabinet today.
Nayab Saini Oath Taking Ceremony LIVE: Former minister Anil Vij was also administered oath on Thursday. Vij is 7-time MLA from Ambala cannt. seat.
Nayab Saini Oath Taking Ceremony LIVE: Janata Party (BJP) leader Nayab Singh Saini took oath as Chief Minister of Haryana for the second time on Thursday, October 17
Nayab Saini Oath Taking Ceremony LIVE Updates: Chief Minister designate Nayab Singh Saini arrived at the venue in Panchkula to take oath as the new chief minister of Haryana.
Nayab Saini Oath Taking Ceremony LIVE Updates: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, UP CM Yogi Adityanath and other CMs, Deputy CMs, Union Ministers, NDA leaders present at the swearing-in ceremony of Haryana CM-designate Nayab Singh Saini, in Panchkula
Nayab Saini Oath Taking Ceremony LIVE Updates: The Supreme Court dismissed a petition seeking a stay on the swearing-in ceremony of Nayab Singh Saini as Haryana's Chief Minister. The top court observed that it cannot restrain an elected government from taking an oath and warned the petitioner of imposing a fine.
Nayab Saini Oath Taking Ceremony LIVE Updates: A bettery of VVIPs have reached the stage to be part of oath-taking of Nayab Singh Saini as Chief Minister of Haryana. Almost all Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of the NDA ruled states have taken their seats before PM Modi could reach. Union Ministers Amit Shah, JP Nadda have already reached too.
Nayab Saini Oath Taking Ceremony LIVE Updates: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya arrived to attend Nayab Singh Saini's swearing-in ceremony. "It is a very big day for Haryana, BJP and for the whole country. My greetings to the people of Haryana on the behalf of 25 crore people of Uttar Pradesh. Many congratulations to the government that is going to be formed under Nayab Singh Saini's leadership," he said.
Nayab Saini Oath Taking Ceremony LIVE: Nayab Singh Saini joined BJP three decades ago. Thoughtout his career, Saini has risen through the ranks. From a computer operator in party office and later taking up the organisation work in 1990s, Saini is all set to be Chief Minister of Haryana for second time.
After a brief stint as a lawyer, Saini joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) where he met Khattar. Saini has been district president of BJP Yuva Morcha in Ambala. He contested Assembly elections first time in 2009 but lost. He won in 2014 assembly polls from Naraingarh seat.
He has been a minister in Khattar cabinet. He won from Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency in 2019. Saini was made Haryana BJP chief in October 2023, as a strategy by the party to consolidate the party amongst OBC and non-Jat communities.
Nayab Singh Saini swearing-in ceremony Live: At least 10 ministers will take oath as ministers alongwith Nayab Singh Saini today. The list of 13 probable candidates of which ten will be made ministers include:
Nayab Singh Saini swearing-in ceremony Live: At least 10 ministers will take oath today alongside CM-designate Nayab Singh Saini in Haryana.
Nayab Singh Saini swearing-in ceremony Live: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Swant arrived at Chandigarh airport to attend Nayab Singh Saini's swearing-in ceremony as Haryana CM.
“A big congratulations to the people (of Haryana). Under the leadership of honourable PM Modi, the double-engine government has come for the third time. Therefore, many congratulations to Saini ji and all the party workers," Sawant said while speaking to reporters at the airport.
Nayab Singh Saini swearing-in ceremony Live: Born in Mirzapur Majra village of Ambala on January 25, 1970, Nayab Singh Saini did BA from BR Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur and LLB from Ch Charan Singh University, Meerut.
He joined BJP three decades ago and has risen through the ranks. He started of as a computer operator in party office and later took up the organisation work in 1990s. After a brief stint as a lawyer, Saini joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) where he met Khattar.
Saini has been district president of BJP Yuva Morcha in Ambala. He contested Assembly elections first time in 2009 but lost. He won in 2014 assembly polls from Naraingarh seat.
He has been a minister in Khattar cabinet. He won from Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency in 2019. Saini was made Haryana BJP chief in October 2023, as a strategy by the party to consolidate the party amongst OBC and non-Jat communities.
Nayab Singh Saini swearing-in ceremony Live: In his election affidavit, CM Saini has declared net worth, along with his spouse, of about ₹5.6 crore. Here is the break of the declared wealth of Saini as per his affidavit.
Immovable Assets: ₹4.85 crore.
Movable Assets: ₹72.68 lakh.
Cash: ₹1.75 lakh (spouse has additional ₹1.40 lakh).
Nayab Singh Saini swearing-in ceremony Live: BJP won 48 seats in the 90-member assembly and secured an unprecedented third term in the state in recent assembly elections. The Congress won 37 seats.
Nayab Singh Saini swearing-in ceremony Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and the senior leadership of the BJP, along with others, will be present at Saini’s oath-taking ceremony. According to party leaders quoted by news agency PTI, around 50,000 people are anticipated to attend the grand event.
Nayab Singh Saini swearing-in ceremony Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Chandigarh after the swearing-in ceremony of Haryana's upcoming Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini today, October 17.
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Nayab Singh Saini swearing-in ceremony Live: Nayab Singh Saini will take oath as Chief Minister of Haryana for the second time today. PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the event in Panchkula
