"Will tirelessly serve state," says Nayab Saini after taking charge as Haryana CM
Oct 18, 2024
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], October 18 : Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Nayab Singh Saini on Friday took charge as the Chief Minister of Haryana at the Haryana Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh.
"Taking a vow to tirelessly serve his 2.80 crore family members of Haryana state, he has assumed charge as the Chief Servant of the state. I am emotional and bowed down. The resolve of Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas and Sabka Vishwas is paramount. We will leave no stone unturned in making Haryana the best, prosperous and self-reliant state. Under the leadership and guidance of Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji, our full majority government will be dedicated to service, good governance, equality, prosperity and welfare of the poor," Haryana CM wrote on X.
CM Saini received a guard of honour at the Haryana Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh.
"We had promised in the manifesto that we will provide free treatment to kidney patients. We have signed the file regarding that... Haryana government will bear the expense of kidney dialysis... I thank the people of Haryana for giving a huge mandate for the third time and approving PM Modi's policies... The people of Haryana destroyed the Opposition's narrative... Congress tried to instigate the farmers... They created a doubt amongst the youth... They used the athletes of Haryana. Athletes are the pride of our country... PM Modi has taken historic steps for the farmers in the last 10 years... The people of Haryana have approved PM Modi's policies and destroyed the narrative of the Congress," the CM said in his first cabinet briefing.
The chief minister along with the newly inducted ministers held the first cabinet meeting of the government.
Nayab Singh Saini was sworn in as Chief Minister of Haryana for the second time under the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government on Thursday.
Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya administered the oath of office to Nayab Saini and his council of ministers at a ceremony held at Dussehra Ground in Sector 5, Panchkula.
Several prominent leaders attended the event, including Prime Minister Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Rajiv Ranjan Singh.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, and other CMs from BJP-ruled states were also present.
Former Deputy Chief Minister Anil Vij, along with MLAs such as Shruti Choudhary, were inducted as ministers in CM Saini's Cabinet on Thursday.BJP MLAs, including Arti Singh Rao from Ateli, Rajesh Nagar from Tigaon, Gaurav Gautam from Palwal, Arvind Kumar Sharma from Gohana, Shyam Singh Rana from Radaur, Ranbir Singh Gangwa from Barwala, and Krishan Bedi from Narwana, also took their oaths as ministers in the Haryana government.MLAs Krishan Lal Panwar from Israna, Rao Narbir Singh from Badshahpur, Mahipal Dhanda from Panipat, Vipul Goel from Faridabad, Shruti Choudhry from Toshan, and former Deputy CM Anil Vij from Ambala Cantt were sworn in as cabinet ministers.
The BJP is forming its third consecutive government in Haryana after winning 48 out of 90 seats in the assembly elections, while the Congress secured 37 seats.