Nayab Saini elected as state legislature party leader in Haryana

Panchkula (Hr): Newly elected Haryana BJP MLAs elected Chief Minister-designate Nayab Singh Saini as the state legislature party leader.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav attended the meeting as central observers.

Meanwhile, Saini will take oath as Chief Minister of Haryana on Thursday. 

Besides Shah and Yadav, Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, BJP's election in-charge for Haryana Dharmendra Pradhan and co-incharge for the state Biplab Deb also attended the meeting.

Nayab Singh Saini, who replaced Khattar as the chief minister of Haryana in March, was the BJP's chief ministerial face in the state assembly polls.

The BJP secured a third term in the assembly polls in Haryana, results of which were declared on October 8. It won 48 seats against the Congress' 37 in the 90-member assembly in the state.

The oath taking ceremony will take place on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be among those who will attend the oath-taking event. PTI