Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Nayab Singh Saini will be sworn-in as the chief minister of Haryana on Thursday at av event to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party's top leadership.
The BJP scored a historic third straight victory in Haryana assembly elections defying exit polls and beating anti-incumbency of its ten-year rule. The results were announced on October 8.
Saini was on Wednesday selected as the leader of the Haryana BJP Legislature Party ahead of today's oath-taking. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, announced Saini’s unanimous election. “
"Today is an auspicious day for the BJP and the people of Haryana,” Shah said congratulating Saini on behalf of PM Modi.
Saini, 54 who won from Ladwa assembly seat, had replaced Manohar Lal Khattar as the chief minister of Haryana in March, ahead of Lok Sabha elections.
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 ha additional ₹1.40 lakh).
Vehicle: CM Saini is the owner of three Toyota vehicles, including two Innova models.
Agricultural Land: ₹65 lakh
Liabilities: ₹74.82 lakh.
Jewellery: ₹ 2 Lakh (self). ₹ 6.5 Lakh (spouse)
Born in Mirzapur Majra village of Ambala on January 25, 1970, 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.
In March this year, he replaced Khattar as Haryana CM. Khattar is now Union Minister in PM Narendra Modi-led cabinet.
