Haryana's new Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, who took oath on Tuesday hours after the surprise resignation of CM Manohar Lal Khattar and his ministers, has proved his majority in the state Assembly during a special session on Wednesday.
In the Haryana assembly, which has 90 members, the BJP has 41 MLAs. The saffron party also got support of six of the seven independents as well as Gopal Kanda, the sole Haryana Lokhit Party MLA.
Saini moved the confidence motion in the House on Tuesday at 11 am to prove his government's majority.
Jannayak Janta Party has issued a whip to its MLAs to remain "absent" from the Assembly at the time of voting on the trust vote on Wednesday. But five of the JJP MLAs defied the whip and reached the Assembly but later walked out.
Following this, former CM Manohar Lal Khattar resigned as MLA. He is rumoured to be contesting in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Who is Nayab Singh Saini?
Nayab Singh Saini, 54, who was appointed Haryana BJP chief in 2023 is the sitting MP from Kurukshetra. The OBC leader was born in Mizapur Majra in Ambala, Haryana, on January 25, 1970. He completed his BA and LLB degrees from B.R. Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur and Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut. His wife is Suman Saini and they have a daughter, Vanshika Saini, and a son, Aniket Saini.
He became the BJP Youth Wing Ambala district general secretary in 2002 and later became district president in 2005. In 2009, he was appointed the state general secretary of BJP Kisan Morcha before becoming the BJP Ambala district president in 2012.
He lost the assembly elections from the Naraingarh seat in 2010, but won from there in 2014. In 2016, he was appointed a minister in the Haryana cabinet. In 2019, he won from Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency.
