Chief Minister of Haryana

Nayab Singh Saini (born January 25, 1970) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the Chief Minister of Haryana since March 2024. Prior to this, he was the president of the Haryana unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2023 to 2024. Saini is a prominent leader from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community in Haryana. In the 2024 Haryana Assembly elections, he won from the Ladwa constituency in Kurukshetra district and played a key role in leading the BJP to secure a third consecutive term in the state.

Saini previously served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from Kurukshetra, Haryana, from 2019 to 2024. Before that, he was a Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Naraingarh (Ambala district) from 2014 to 2019, and served as the Minister of State in the Haryana government from 2015 to 2019. Hailing from a modest family background, Saini joined the BJP’s Ambala unit and steadily rose through the party ranks, working closely with party leader Manohar Lal Khattar.

Nayab Singh Saini was born on January 25, 1970, in the small village of Mizapur Majra near Ambala, Haryana, into a Haryanvi Mali family. Although originally from the village of Mangoli Jattan in Kurukshetra, his family had relocated to Mizapur in Ambala district many years ago.

Saini is a law graduate, having earned his LLB degree from Chaudhary Charan Singh University in Meerut. Prior to that, he completed his B.A. degree from B. R. Ambedkar B. University in Muzaffarpur.

On March 12, 2024, Nayab Singh Saini, who was serving as the president of the BJP’s Haryana unit, was appointed as the new Chief Minister of Haryana after the resignation of incumbent Manohar Lal Khattar, ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Following Khattar’s resignation, Saini was elected Leader of the BJP’s Legislative Party and took the oath as Chief Minister.

In the October 2024 Haryana Assembly elections, Saini won from the Ladwa constituency in Kurukshetra district and assumed office for a second term as Chief Minister on October 17, 2024. Political analysts believe that Saini’s appointment as Chief Minister in March 2024 played a significant role in helping the BJP secure victory in the 2024 elections. His leadership helped the party consolidate support from the OBC community and attract votes from Scheduled Castes (SC), with the introduction of new development schemes contributing to his success.