The outspoken Haryana Health and Sports Minister Anil Vij on Monday created quite a buzz with his latest tweet, “Thank You Chief Minister For Taking Keen Interest into My Departments. I am Relaxed." The Minister who continues to remain in the limelight due to his tweets and working style, on Monday posted this tweet hinting at his displeasure over Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar showing "interest" in his departments.
A day before, Khattar had launched the State Government’s ‘Khelega Haryana-Badega Haryana’ campaign at Moti lal Nehru Sports School in Sonipat district. Khattar had even participated in a symbolic marathon run. Vij was not present at both the events. Vij, who emerged as the most popular among all Haryana Ministers in a recent survey done by a vernacular daily - single-handedly scoring as many votes as all other ministers got jointly - has been trying hard to streamline the functioning of the State’s health department.
With his no-nonsense approach and different style of working, the Minister continues to hit the headlines time and again. After BJP’s humiliating defeat in Delhi Assembly polls, the senior party leader had posted on Twitter, “If the party had concentrated on building leaders rather than importing them, then this would not have been the position of the party in Delhi.”
Previously, the five-time member of legislative assembly had in a tweet insinuated that efforts were on to make him change his style of functioning. On completion of the 100 days of BJP government in Haryana, he had tweeted, “Some people want to stop me from working in my own way, but they will never succeed. I will continue to work in my own style.”
In another tweet later, he had said: "There are many obstacles in politics in every step. I have not named anyone (regarding stopping him from doing his work). I had just expressed my resolve to work to mark the 100 days of the (Khattar) government. I will crush all such obstacles and move on."Vij, a veteran and well-known BJP leader who represents the Ambala assembly seat, was one of the top contenders for the Chief Minister's post. However, the BJP chose Khattar, a first-time legislator and former Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) ideologue.
Taking a dig, without referring to anyone, at his own government, Vij, in another tweet, said that he was not in politics to push the cart of the Congress party. This was linked to his being upset that the BJP government was following too many policies of the previous Congress government in Haryana.