Nayab Singh Saini, Member of Parliament from Kurukshetra took oath as the new Chief Minister of Haryana Tuesday. Saini belonging to the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community took oath following the resignation of incumbent chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar today. The BJP invited family members as well as ordinary members of the public to attend the oath-taking ceremony.

Saini’s political career started with his association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, where he crossed paths with Khattar. Transitioning his way to the BJP he held a number of positions in local party offices. He established himself as a crucial OBC vote bank and a loyal party member.

In 2010 Saini contested in the Naraingarh constituency but he faced defeat against Ramkishan Gurjar. In 2014 he was victorious by a margin of 24,361 votes and he also served as a state minister in the Haryana government. Currently he is representing Kurukshetra in the Parliament and will take on the role of Haryana’s next chief minister.

The unexpected resignation of Manohar Lal Khattar took place during failed negotiations between the JJP and BJP over seat sharing ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. According to reports the rift between the parties led to resignation of Manohar Lal Khattar and made way for Nayab Singh Saini for the post of the Chief Minister of Haryana.

A central team from the BJP which included Union Minister Arjun Munda and former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, was in the state to oversee the transition of power. Despite tension arising in the JJP and BJP alliance in Haryana, the BJP has asserted its numerical strength to pass the halfway mark in the 90-member House.

The BJP observers were reportedly told MLAs and the state unit wanted a new hand as chief minister to revitalize the party before the Lok Sabha Elections and state elections which are going to take place later this year.

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Unemployed youth carry out a protest outside the Haryana Chief Minister’s residence against rising unemployment in the state. The youth protested outside the Chief Minister’s residence by dressing up as grooms and also bringing a band to accompany them.

The reports of protest comes in the wake of the Unemployment ranking by the CMIE reports which had put Haryana at the very top of the unemployment ranking with 37.4 percent unemployment rate.

In the video, the people partaking in the protest can be seen wearing turbans used and worn during wedding ceremonies. The band members, as well as the protesting youth can also be seen dancing and marching on.

Some protesting youth can also be seen wearing the groom’s attire as they dance and protest against the Manohar Lal Khattar government’s inadequacy in dealing with unemployment in the state. The protesting youth can also be seen holding placards that question the government on unemployment.

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CMIE unemployment report

The CMIE report was released recently in which Haryana was at the forefront of the Unemployment ranking with 37.4 per cent in December. After Haryana, Rajasthan came in second with 28.5 percent and then Delhi at 20.8 percent. Bihar and Jharkhand followed behind at 19.1 percent at 18 percent respectively.

Haryana Chief Minister take on CMIE report

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had thwarted the claims and termed the CMIE reports as baseless and beyond fact. Khattar, while expanding on the CMIE reports, also said that the CMIE figures were based off of a very small survey. He also added that in the past 8 years, 50,000 MSME industries have been set up in the state and around 33,06,635 people have benefited from them.

CM Manohar Lal Khattar also said that the state government has hiked the annual income limit of BPL families from Rs 1.20 lakh to Rs 1.80 lakh. He also termed the move by Haryana government to increase the income of BPL families to be unprecedented

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