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Chandigarh, October 14
Newly elected BJP MLA from Israna in Panipat, Krishan Lal Panwar, has resigned from the Rajya Sabha. The former minister and six-time MLA formally submitted his resignation to Vice-President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankhar, in New Delhi. Panwar is also being considered as a probable candidate for a Cabinet minister position.
“Hon’ble Vice-President and Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar has accepted the resignation of Shri Krishan Lal Panwar, Member of Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from Haryana with immediate effect, finding the same in conformity with Constitutional prescriptions,” Dhankhar announced in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to announce the new Chief Minister of Haryana on October 16, just one day ahead of the oath-taking ceremony in Panchkula. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan have been appointed as central observers to oversee the selection of the new leader of the BJP legislature party in Haryana. An official letter from BJP national general secretary Arun Singh was issued in this regard.
The central observers will meet with the 48 newly elected BJP legislators on October 16 to gather their viewpoints. During the election campaign, Amit Shah had indicated that Nayab Singh Saini would become Chief Minister if the BJP returned to power in Haryana. Saini remains the frontrunner, but senior BJP leaders Anil Vij and Rao Inderjit Singh have also expressed interest in the position. The meeting will also involve discussions on the selection of Cabinet ministers, with an emphasis on representing the state’s diverse population through various community groups, according to sources.
