Haryana Cabinet Swearing-In: Who All Took Oath Along With CM Nayab Saini? Check Full List

Panchkula: The much-awaited oath-taking ceremony of Haryana Cabinet took place at Panchkula amid tight security on Thursday, October 17. The event was attended by several top BJP stalwarts and other NDA leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi , Union Home Minister Amit Shah , BJP national president JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh , Union Minister Chirag Paswan , UP CM Yogi Adityanath , Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma , Delhi LG VK Saxena. Apart from Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, 13 ministers were administered oath by Governor Bandaru Dattatreya.

Here is the list of 13 ministers that took oath along with CM Saini.

• Anil Vij Ambala Cantt was sworn in as Cabinet Minister.
• Krishan Lal Panwar Israna also took oath as Cabinet Minister.
• Rao Narveer Singh Badshahpur was sworn in as Cabinet Minister.
• Mahipal Dhanda Panipat Rural was also given the responsibility of a Cabinet Minister.
• Vipul Goyal Faridabad also took oath as Cabinet Minister.
• Dr. Arvind Sharma Gohana was sworn in as Cabinet Minister.
• Shyam Singh Rana Radaur was administered oath as Minister of State.
• Ranveer Singh Gangwa Barwala was sworn in as Minister of State.
• Krishna Bedi Narwana took oath as Minister of State.
• Shruti Chaudhary Tosham was also given the responsibility of Minister of State.
• Aarti Rao Ateli was administered oath as Minister of State.
• Rajesh Nagar Tigaon was sworn in as Minister of State.
• Gaurav Gautam Palwal was administered oath as Minister of State.

In the recently-concluded Haryana assembly polls, the BJP secured an unprecedented third term in Haryana , clenching 48 seats in the 90-member House. While the Congress secured only 37 seats, tasting a massive defeat.

Saini, 54, was unanimously elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party in a meeting held at the party office in Panchkula on Wednesday. In a departure from tradition, the BJP had declared that Saini would remain chief minister if the party returned to power in Haryana after the assembly polls.

The 54-year-old had replaced Manohar Lal Khattar as the chief minister of Haryana earlier in March this year. He emerged victorious on Ladwa assembly seat in Kurukshetra district by a margin of 16,054 votes.

Saini's elevation from the Haryana BJP president to the chief minister in March came at a time when the party was facing anti-incumbency following Khattar's tenure of nine-and-a-half years and attacks from a buoyant opposition on farmers' issues, unemployment, Agnipath scheme, inflation, and law and order.

The BJP 's gamble has paid off with Saini paving the way to victory for the saffron party, defying exit poll predictions which had declared a Congress -clean sweep in Haryana.