Haryana cabinet expansion: eight MLAs take oath as ministers

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini's government carried out its first cabinet expansion on March 19. During the oath ceremony at Haryana Raj Bhawan, Badkhal MLA Seema Trikha, Panipat Rural MLA Mahipal Dhanda and Dr Kamal Gupta were sworn in as cabinet ministers.

Additionally, BJP leaders Mahipal Dhanda, Aseem Goel and Dr Abhe Singh Yadav, along with Subhash Sudha and Bishamber Singh took oath as ministers in the Haryana cabinet.

Governor Bandaru Dattatreya administered the oath to the office to them, in Chandigarh.

Saini and five ministers were inducted into the cabinet last week.

Haryana can have a maximum of 14 ministers, including the chief minister.

Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Saini, while interacting with reporters after paying obeisance at Nada Sahib Gurdwara in Panchkula, said that Vij is "our respected leader and we have been regularly getting guidance from him".