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Bhupinder Hooda advocates for MSP for stubble to combat pollution

On October 16, the Supreme Court summoned the Chief Secretaries of Punjab and Haryana, demanding an explanation as to why legal action had not been taken against stubble burning in their states

All 14 Haryana ministers 'crorepatis', none faces criminal case: ADR

All the 14 newly appointed Haryana ministers are 'crorepatis' with average assets being Rs 30.82 crore, according to an Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report, which also said no minister has declared any criminal cases against themselves. The ADR and the Haryana Election Watch have analysed the self-sworn affidavits of the 14 ministers including chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, according the report. None of the ministers has declared any criminal case against them, it said. Out of the 14 ministers analysed, all 14 are 'crorepatis' and average assets analysed are Rs 30.82 crore, it said. It said the minister with the highest declared total assets is Shruti Choudhry, granddaughter of former chief minister Bansi Lal, from Tosham constituency with assets worth Rs 134.56 crore. The minister with the lowest declared total assets is Shyam Singh Rana from Radaur constituency with assets worth Rs 1.16 crore. According to the report, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, who is a ..

OBC influence in focus as Nayab Singh Saini council takes oath in Haryana

The BJP won an unprecedented 48 seats, its best performance ever, while the Congress secured 37 in the recently concluded Assembly elections

From obscurity to fame: CM Saini seals place in political annals of Haryana

When the BJP picked Nayab Singh Saini as the Haryana chief minister in March to buck anti-incumbency, many felt a change of guard would not be enough to win elections. But the low-profile OBC leader proved all the naysayers wrong by steering his party to a third successive term in the heartland state. Not a nobody but not a somebody either when he replaced strongman Manohar Lal Khattar as chief minister, Saini was the BJP's man of the moment on Thursday when he was sworn in to head the state. The 54-year-old proverbial dark horse, who has risen through the ranks of the Haryana BJP, deftly changed public perception of himself and the party in a state which many thought would go to the Congress. The BJP won 48 seats in the 90-member assembly. Three Independents, including Hisar MLA Savitri Jindal, have also extended support to the party. Born in Ambala's Mirzapur Majra village on January 25, 1970, Saini served as minister in the Khattar cabinet between 2014 and 2019. During the past

SC refuses to stay Nayab Singh govt's oath taking ceremony in Haryana

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the oath taking ceremony of the Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government in Haryana. The ceremony is scheduled to begin shortly in Haryana's Panchkula. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took strong note of the plea, and said it may impose costs on the petitioner for filing such a plea. "Do you want us to stall the oath taking of an elected government? We are putting you on guard. We will impose costs. Circulate the papers. We will see," the CJI said when the plea was mentioned for urgent hearing at the start of the day's proceedings. "How can we restrain the elected government from taking oath," the CJI asked. The bench asked the petitioner to circulate three copies of the petition for the three judges and cautioned with imposition of fine. Saini will take oath as the chief minister of Haryana at a ceremony in Panchkula where Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP bigwigs and NDA partner

Nayab Singh Saini takes oath as Haryana CM; PM Modi, Shah in attendance

This marks Saini's second term as chief minister, following the BJP's third consecutive victory in Haryana Assembly elections

BJP MLA Anil Vij takes U-turn in Haryana CM race: 'Not a contender'

The BJP is holding its legislature party meeting in Haryana's Panchkula today, where the newly elected MLAs will likely select Nayab Singh Saini as the next CM of Haryana

Insufficient unity of farmers movement led to Haryana election result: SKM

Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) said on Tuesday that a lack of network of workers and farmers movements across villages and insufficient unity among them failed to decisively unite people against the BJP in the Haryana polls. In a statement, the SKM, which led the farmers' protests of 2020, said there are lessons to be learnt from Haryana election results and work towards uniting farmers and workers to fight the "corporate loot and anti-farmer policies" of the BJP-led Union government. "Even though the majority of the people had voted against the anti-worker, anti-farmer BJP, the opposition political parties failed to displace it from governance due to disunity and internal conflicts among them," they said. "Insufficient unity of the kisan movement and lack of network of workers and farmers movements across the villages to decisively unite the people caused the failure to isolate and oust BJP," SKM said. Appealing for greater unity of the farmer organisations, the SKM said it will take

'Causing major distortions, time for self-introspection': CEC on exit polls

He also hinted at the possible linkage of the initial election results shown on electronic media with a desire to prove exit polls right

Analysing Haryana Assembly poll loss, booth wise report sought: Kharge

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said the party was analysing the Haryana Assembly poll results, and has sought a booth wise report to determine what led to the defeat. He said his party is paying special attention to ascertain what led to Haryana loss, keeping forthcoming elections in mind, but ruled out the possibility of this result having any impact on the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election. "We are doing the analysis, along with Rahul Gandhi and other leaders I have held a meeting a couple of days ago to analyse and we are getting booth wise reports. How much fault lies with our workers, what is the role of our leaders and what happened, on all that we are getting report booth wise, based on it we will analyse and decide on further course of action," Kharge said. Speaking to reporters here, the Congress leader said the party is paying special attention to it as the entire country was of the opinion that Congress will win in Haryana, and no one including ...

New Haryana govt to be sworn in on Oct 17 in Panchkula, PM Modi to attend

The swearing-in ceremony of the new BJP government in Haryana will be held on October 17 in Panchkula, the party said in a statement on Saturday. It said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior BJP leaders and chief ministers of some other states will attend the event. The oath-taking ceremony will be held at the Dusshera ground at 10 am in Panchkula Sector 5. The BJP had indicated during the assembly election that Nayab Singh Saini, who replaced Manohar Lal Khattar as chief minister of Haryana in March, will be its choice for the top post if the party won. The BJP ended up with its best-ever haul of 48 seats, 11 more than the Congress. The JJP and AAP were decimated and the INLD managed to win just two seats.

Haryana elections: Congress alleges 'EVM tampering' in 13 more seats

During vote counting, Jairam Ramesh noted that BJP-led EVMs had 99% battery levels, while those with 60-70% battery showed Congress winning

Congress has to take everyone along to defeat BJP: AIMIM chief Owaisi

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has said that 'secular' parties used to blame him for causing a split in anti-BJP votes in elections, but how did Congress lose in Haryana though the AIMIM did not field candidates? In a veiled reference to Congress, he said the "old party" has to take everyone along to defeat the BJP. "How did they (BJP) win (Haryana)? I was not there. Otherwise, they would have said 'B Team'... They lost there. Now, you tell me, they lost because of whom?," he said, addressing a public meeting at Vikarabad in Telangana on Friday night. "I would like to tell the old party. Understand what I am saying. You have to take everyone along to defeat Modi. You will not be able to do anything alone," he said. The BJP clinched a stunning hat-trick win in Haryana, overcoming anti-incumbency and dashing Congress' hopes of a comeback. The saffron party won 48 of the 90 assembly seats in Haryana, well above the simple majority mark of 46.

Is Dharmendra Pradhan poised for BJP president post after Haryana success?

There is bound to be anti-incumbency against sitting MLAs. But if you deny them re-nomination, they can turn rebel and cause extensive damage

Swearing-in ceremony of new BJP govt to be held in Panchkula next week

The swearing-in ceremony of the new BJP government in Haryana is likely to be held in Panchkula on October 15. Preparations are underway for the event in Panchkula, a senior official said on Friday. The official said a tentative date for the oath taking is October 15. "We are preparing the venue for the event," Panchkula's Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr Yash Garg told PTI over phone. A district level committee has also been formed under the DC's chairmanship for making necessary arrangements for the oath ceremony. The BJP had indicated during the elections that Nayab Singh Saini, who replaced Manohar Lal Khattar as chief minister in March and hails from the Other Backward Classes, will be its choice for the top post if it wins. Sources said the event is likely to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top BJP leaders, including many chief ministers, of the party-ruled states. The party ended up with its best-ever haul of 48 seats, 11 more than the Congress. The JJP and th

Nayab Singh Saini likely to be sworn in as Haryana CM on October 15

Haryana's Cabinet can have a maximum of 14 ministers, including the chief minister. Several Dalit BJP leaders, like Krishan Lal Panwar and Krishan Kumar, are under consideration for ministerial roles

Cong holds review meet on Haryana poll defeat, to set up fact-finding team

The Congress top brass on Thursday held a review meeting on the party's shock defeat in Haryana Assembly polls and decided to form a fact-finding team that will speak to all its candidates to find out the reasons for the debacle. Sources said the leaders during the meeting discussed the possible reasons for the "unexpected" results in Haryana and decided to set up the team to ascertain the reasons behind such results and also look into complaints of "discrepancies" in EVMs, as alleged by party candidates. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary organisation KC Venugopal, AICC senior observers for the polls Ashok Gehlot and Ajay Maken, as well as AICC secretaries for the state, participated in the review meeting. AICC in-charge of Haryana Deepak Babaria joined the meeting online. However, Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan and CLP leader and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, or any other senior leaders from the state we

Haryana elections: Cong files complain with ECI over outcome of state poll

In a letter to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge that day, the election panel said the Congress's rejection infringed the norms of free speech

After Assembly poll results, political battleground shifts to Maharashtra

Modi says BJP will work to get bigger mandate in the state

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