BJPs Kamal Gupta JJPs Devender Singh Babli sworn in as ministers in Haryana
Chandigarh Dec 28 PTI Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar expanded his cabinet on Tuesday inducting an MLA each from the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and the Jannayak Janta Party JJPIn the second expansion carried out in two years BJPs Hisar MLA Kamal Gupta and JJP MLA Devender Singh Babli who represents Tohana in the Assembly were inducted into the Khattar cabinetThey were administered the oath by Governor Bandaru Dattatreya at a ceremony held at the Haryana Raj Bhavan hereGupta took oath in Sanskrit while Babli took oath in HindiKhattar and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala were present on the occasion among othersWith the induction of the two MLAs the strength of the Haryana council of ministers has gone up to 14 including the chief minister which is the upper limitEarlier 10 MLAs were inducted into the cabinet in November 2019 days after the chief minister and his deputy were sworn in on October 27 2019After Tuesdays cabinet expansion the BJP has 10 ministers including the chief minister and the JJP has three ministers including the deputy chief minister while Ranjit Singh Chautala is the lone Independent MLA inducted as a ministerThe BJP fell short of a simple majority in the October 2019 Haryana Assembly polls winning 40 of the 90 seats and subsequently it forged an alliance with the JJP which has 10 MLAsThe BJP formed the government in the state with the support of the JJP lawmakers and Independent MLAs PTI SUN CHS VSD RC
Chandigarh Dec 28 PTI Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar expanded his cabinet on Tuesday inducting an MLA each from the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP and the Jannayak Janta Party JJPIn the second expansion carried out in two years BJPs Hisar MLA Kamal Gupta and JJP MLA Devender Singh Babli who represents Tohana in the Assembly were inducted into the Khattar cabinetThey were administered the oath by Governor Bandaru Dattatreya at a ceremony held at the Haryana Raj Bhavan hereGupta took oath in Sanskrit while Babli took oath in HindiKhattar and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala were present on the occasion among othersWith the induction of the two MLAs the strength of the Haryana council of ministers has gone up to 14 including the chief minister which is the upper limitEarlier 10 MLAs were inducted into the cabinet in November 2019 days after the chief minister and his deputy were sworn in on October 27 2019After Tuesdays cabinet expansion the BJP has 10 ministers including the chief minister and the JJP has three ministers including the deputy chief minister while Ranjit Singh Chautala is the lone Independent MLA inducted as a ministerThe BJP fell short of a simple majority in the October 2019 Haryana Assembly polls winning 40 of the 90 seats and subsequently it forged an alliance with the JJP which has 10 MLAsThe BJP formed the government in the state with the support of the JJP lawmakers and Independent MLAs PTI SUN CHS VSD RC
