The list of ministers and their portfolios in the newly formed Haryana state government under chief minister and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nayab Singh Saini. Saini took oath of office for a second straight term along with 13 MLAs as ministers. Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, allocated the portfolios. Chief minister Nayab Singh Sayani will oversee a total of 12 departments apart from being the chief minister of the state.
The list of ministers with their portfolios:
Chief Minister Nayab Saini – Home, Finance, Planning, Excise and Taxation, Town and Country Planning and Urban Estates, Information and PR, Justice, General Admin, Housing, C.I.D, Personnel and Training, Law and Legislative.
Anil Vij – Energy, Transport, Labour
Arvind Kumar Sharma – Co-operation, Jails, Elections, Heritage and Tourism
Shyam Singh Rana – Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Fisheries
Ranbir Singh Gangwa – Public Health Engineering, Public Works (Building & Roads)
Krishan Kumar Bedi – Social Justice, Empowerment, SCs and BCs Welfare and Antyodaya (SEWA), Hospitality, Architecture
Krishan Lal Panwar – Development and Panchayat, Mines and Geology
Rao Narbir Singh – Industries and Commerce, Environment, Forest and Wild Life, Foreign Cooperation, Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare
Mahipal Dhanda – School Education, Higher Education, Archives, Parliamentary Affairs
Vipul Goel – Revenue and Disaster Management, Urban Local Bodies, Civil Aviation
Rajesh Nagar – Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (Independent Charge), Printing and Stationery (Independent Charge)
Gaurav Gautam – Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge), Sports (Independent Charge), Law and Legislative (Attached)
There are two women ministers in the cabinet:
Shruti Choudhry – Women and Child Development, Irrigation and Water Resources
Arti Singh Rao – Health, Medical Education and Research, AYUSH
Assembly elections were held in Haryana on October 5, 2024. The results were declared on October 8. The BJP’s tally of 48 was its highest ever in the state that has traditionally seen a tight contest between the Congress and the BJP. As per the results, the BJP emerged as the winner bagging 48 out of 90 seats and defying all exit poll predictions. The Congress trailed behind with 37 seats, the INLD 2 and Independents 3.
