NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday asserted that the newly formed BJP government in Haryana will be more effective and the state will witness development in a faster manner.
“Today it is a matter of great joy for us that the BJP government has been formed for the third time in Haryana. For the third time, the public has given a decisive majority… work will be done more effectively under the leadership of Nayab Singh Saini… Haryana will run faster on the path of development,” BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad told ANI.
The remarks came after BJP leader Nayab Singh Saini took oath as the Chief Minister of Haryana for the second time on Thursday.
Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya administered the oath of office to Nayab Saini and his council of ministers at a ceremony held at Dussehra Ground in Sector 5, Panchkula.
Several prominent leaders attended the event, including Prime Minister Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Rajiv Ranjan Singh.
Asserting confidence in the BJP performing well in the upcoming assembly polls in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “Haryana has chosen the double-engine government for development and in the future too, Maharashtra and Jharkhand will also choose the double-engine government.”
The 288-member Maharashtra legislative assembly will go to polls on November 20, with votes to be counted on November 23. In Jharkhand, elections for the 81-member assembly will be held in two phases–November 13 and 20, with votes to be counted on November 23. (ANI)