The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government will be sworn in Haryana on October 17, 2024, with Nayab Singh Saini taking oath as the Chief Minister, Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Saturday. Minister Narendra Modi and other senior BJP leaders and chief ministers will be attending the swearing-in ceremony scheduled to be held at the Dusshera ground in Panchkula.
"We have received the nod of the PM that on October 17, in Panchkula, the CM and council of ministers will take oath," former Haryana CM Khattar told media.
The BJP had indicated during the assembly election that Nayab Singh Saini, who replaced Manohar Lal Khattar as chief minister of Haryana in March, would be its choice for the top post if the party won.
"It has been the tradition of the BJP, what it says, it does; what it does it tells that only... The way the leader of the opposition was preparing as if he was going to be the PM, his hopes have been wiped out," Khatter stated.
As per reports, the oath-taking ceremony will be held at the Dusshera ground in Panchkula Sector 5 at 10 AM on Thursday (October 17).
The BJP secured a hat-trick in the recently concluded Haryana Assembly Election 2024 and ended up with its best-ever haul of 48 seats, 11 more than the Congress. The JJP and AAP were decimated and the INLD managed to win just two seats.