Nayab Singh Saini led the BJP to a thumping victory in Haryana despite leading the party for seven months before the assembly elections in the state. The party made several massive reforms within the state government, including the introduction of schemes, to fight anti-incumbency in the state.
The party also dropped several sitting MLAs, including ministers, to induct new faces in the party list. The BJP’s radical measures managed to pay off with the party winning 48 seats in the 90-seat assembly.
Among the ministers in the Nayab Singh Saini cabinet, the BJP gave tickets to 10 ministers, while denying another term to Mohan Lal Badoli, Seema Trikha and Banwari Lal.
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Out of the ten ministers, only three ministers won, including CM Nayab Singh Saini, while seven ministers lost the assembly polls.
The ministers who won include: Mool Chand Sharma from Ballabhgarh, Nayab Singh Saini from Ladwa and Mahipal Dhanda from Panipat Rural.
Among the ministers who lost were Aseem Goel Naneola from Ambala City, Dr. Kamal Gupta from Hisar, Kanwar Pal Gurjar from Jagadhri, J P Dalal from Loharu, Dr. Abhe Singh Yadav from Nangal Chaudhry, Sanjay Singh from Nuh and Subhash Sudha from Thanesar.
Out of the seven ministers who lost, the Congress won in six of the seats, while Independent candidate Savitri Jindal won the Hisar seat.
In the poll results announced on Tuesday, the Congress won 37 seats, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) won two seats, while Independents won three seats.
The BJP, on the other hand, not only increased its seat tally from 40 to 48 but also saw its vote share rise from 36 per cent in 2019 to nearly 40 per cent in 2024 polls.
