Six time MLA Anil Vij's home turf - Ambala Cant. Vij, 71, wants to be CM if BJP wins, defying the party announcement that Saini is the CM face. He said that he wants to be CM based on seniority. Has contested Ambala Cantonment eight times, won six times.

 

Vij is senior most MLA and served as Home Minister under Khattar but was dropped from the Nayab Singh Saini cabinet. Vij oversaw the home ministry department in Haryana when Nuh violence took place in 2023.

 

Earlier in May, Vij had expressed his displeasure with the party, claiming that he was being sidelined