Nayab Singh Saini

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Nayab Singh Saini
Naraingarh
Minister of State, Government of Haryana
In office
24 July 2015 – 3 June 2019
Ministry
Term
Minister of Labour & Employment
(Independent Charge)		22 July 2016 – 3 June 2019
Minister of Mines & Geology24 July 2015 – 3 June 2019
Minister of New & Renewable Energy24 July 2015 – 22 July 2016
Personal details
Born (1970-01-25) 25 January 1970 (age 54)
Mirzapur Majra, Haryana, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Children2
ParentTelu Ram

Nayab Singh Saini (born 25 January 1970)

Chief Minister of Haryana since 12th March 2024 and the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Haryana since 2023. He was also the MP from Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency from 2019 to 2024, Minister of State, Government of Haryana from 2015 to 2019 and the member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Naraingarh Assembly constituency from 2014 to 2019. He was elected as the Leader of BJP's Legislative Party and subsequently became the Chief Minister of Haryana after the resignation of Manohar Lal Khattar whose resignation comes weeks before the Lok Sabha Polls 2024.[2][3]

Early life and education

Nayab Singh Saini was born in a small village of Mizapur Majra in Ambala, Haryana, India. on 25 January 1970 in a Haryanvi Saini family.[4][5] He attended B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University in Muzaffarpur and Chaudhary Charan Singh University in Meerut for gaining BA and LLB degrees.[6]

Early career

He joined the

BJP and thereafter held several local party offices, including as its president in the Ambala Cantonment. He has been a vote bank of OBCs and for a long time loyal to the party.[7]

Political career

He contested the election in

Naraingarh constituency
in 2010 but was defeated by Ramkishan Gurjar, registering 3,028 votes of the 116,039 total votes polled. In 2014, he won the election by 24,361 votes. He was a state minister of the Haryana Government.

In

Kurukshetra.[8] In 2023, he was appointed as the president of the Haryana unit of the BJP.[9]

Chief Minister

BJP state president Nayab Singh Saini was declared the new chief minister of Haryana on 12 March 2024 hours after Manohar Lal Khattar announced his resignation as Haryana Chief Minister before Lok Sabha Polls 2024.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Nayab Singh | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. ^ patel, Priya. "Nayab Singh Saini took oath as 11'th Chief Minister of Haryana". Bru Times News.
  3. ^ "Newsmaker | Meet Haryana's new CM Nayab Singh Saini: A Khattar confidant, OBC face". The Indian Express. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP replaces rebel MP with Haryana minister Nayab Saini to retain Kurukshetra seat". Hindustan Times. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Caste equations weigh heavy as BJP looks for its next Haryana chief". The Indian Express. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  6. ^ "MLA Details". 1 July 2019. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Caste balance intact, BJP names Dhankar as Haryana party chief". The Indian Express. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Nayab Singh(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- KURUKSHETRA(HARYANA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  9. ^ "BJP appoints OBC MP Saini as Haryana party president". Hindustan Times. 27 October 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
  10. ^ The Times of India (12 March 2024). "Who is Nayab Singh Saini, Haryana's new CM". Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  11. ^ India Today (12 March 2024). "Nayab Singh Saini to be new Haryana Chief Minister, replaces Manohar Lal Khattar". Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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