Haryana floor test begins: CM Nayab Saini moves confidence motion in assembly to prove majority

Nayab Singh Saini, the Lok Sabha MP from Haryana’s Kurukshetra, met Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Tuesday to formally stake claim for the formation of the government in the state.

Nayab Singh Saini takes oath as Haryana CM

Haryana Floor Test Latest News: The Haryana floor test started at 11 am and Haryana CM Nayab Saini moved a vote of confidence during the special session of the House to prove majority for his government. A day after taking oath as Haryana chief minister, CM Nayab Singh Saini is conducting the floor test to prove majority in the Assembly.

Nayab Singh Saini, the Lok Sabha MP from Haryana’s Kurukshetra, met Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Tuesday to formally stake claim to form the government in the state, replacing his predecessor, senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar. He took oath as the Haryana CM at a swearing-in ceremony at Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh.

Four BJP leaders Kanwar Pal Gujjar, Jai Parkash Dalal, Moolchand Sharma and Banwari Lal took oath as ministers in the Haryana cabinet.

An independent MLA Ranjit Singh was also administered oath by Governor Bandaru Dattatreya. Former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar was also present.

The newly elected CM said the BJP-led government in the state has the support of a total of 48 MLAs, adding that the Speaker has been urged to conduct the floor test on Wednesday.

“I would like to thank Prime Minister Modi, party president JP Nadda, union leader Amit Shah and other senior leaders of the party for giving me this responsibility. We will work for the development of the state. We have asked the Speaker to conduct the floor test in the Vidhan Sabha tomorrow around 11 am. We have informed the Governor about the support of 48 MLAs,” CM Saini said.

Following the collapse of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) alliance and the subsequent resignation of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, former CM Khattar said the demand of the JJP leaders over the allocation of seats in the Lok Sabha polls possibly led to the split of the alliance.

Manohar Lal Khattar said, “JJP leaders’ demand over seat sharing in the Lok Sabha polls may have led to the collapse of the alliance. The 10 seats in the state were won by the BJP. The JJP leaders must have spoken to the central leadership. There is nothing official but they (JJP) have decided that they will contest the Lok Sabha seats separately and the decisions have been taken accordingly.”

Nayab Saini, an influential figure within the OBC (or other backward classes) community, is the BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Kurukshetra and was appointed the party’s state chief in October last year. He is also a close confidant of Khattar, whose second (consecutive) term ends this year.