After his Delhi visit triggered speculations of a possible cabinet expansion or reshuffle in the state, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar denied such reports on Saturday.
“There is no such possibility,” the Chief Minister said in New Delhi while responding to the mediapersons on the possibility of expanding the Haryana cabinet.
During his three days Delhi visit which concluded on Saturday, the Chief Minister had met Union Minister Amit Shah and four other Union Ministers. His Delhi tour and meeting with the Home Minister on Thursday had triggered speculations of a cabinet expansion or reshuffle in Haryana.
The Chief Minister had last month met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister and BJP national president JP Nadda.
Not only this, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala had on June 11 met Amit Shah while Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij had also reached Delhi on Thursday and met BJP national president JP Nadda.
Commenting on the issue of cabinet expansion, Anil Vij told the mediapersons that he has neither heard such discussions nor had such discussions anywhere.
Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak Janata Party is an alliance partner of the BJP Government in the state. The JJP, with its 10 MLAs, had allied with the BJP in October 2019 after the assembly election results threw up a fractured mandate.
The BJP-JJP Government had this week completed its 600 days tenure in Haryana.
Apart from the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, there are currently 10 council of ministers comprising one from its alliance partner and an independent in the Cabinet.
There have been reports that the JJP is keen to have another MLA inducted in the government.
The cabinet can have 14 members, including the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister, with two slots kept for the future expansion.
CM MEETS PIYUSH GOYAL TO DISCUSS HaRYana PROJECTS
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday met Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal in New Delhi to discuss various railway projects related to the state.
The meeting lasted for about one and a half hours, at the residence of the Union Railway Minister, who directed the officials concerned that work on various railway projects related to Haryana should be expedited.
The Chief Minister while talking to the mediapersons said that various important points were discussed with respect to ten projects associated with Haryana Railways.
The railway projects of Haryana mainly include Delhi-Hisar Railway Project, Yamunanagar-Karnal Rail Project, Bhiwani-Loharu Rail Project, Rohtak Elevated Railway Line Project, Kaithal Elevated Railway Line Project and Jind Bypass Rail Line Project, he said.