Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini to lead BJP Haryana campaign, hold 90 rallies

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini will kickstart the campaign for the upcoming assembly elections from Kurukshetra on August 4. This will be followed by similar rallies in all the 90 assembly constituencies before the elections which are expected to be held later this year.

Sources in the BJP told ET that Saini would be the face of the party's campaign in the state. The BJP leadership feels that Saini has managed to cover anti-incumbency and has now gained acceptability as CM after he took charge in March this year, replacing Manohar Lal.



A series of meetings took place this week at the residence of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is also the BJP election in-charge of the state. State election co-incharge Biplav Deb, state in-charge Satish Poonia, co-incharge Surendra Nagar, state BJP president Mohan Lal Badoli and other leaders were present at the meeting. Sources told ET that the party has decided to strengthen its social media and ground presence in the state. The party will focus on the backward community and the BJP's core vote bank of Banias, upper castes and non-Jat OBCs. Sources told ET that the party has already started reaching out to the core voters. Party volunteers are visiting core voters to counter anti-incumbency.