Gurugram: Facing prices of sexual harassment and assault, former hockey player-turned-politician Sandeep Singh was ignored Tuesday by Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini within the first growth of his cupboard.
Governor Bandaru Dattatreya administered oath of workplace and secrecy to eight ministers — one Cabinet Minister and 7 Ministers of State (Independent cost) — on the Raj Bhavan.
Kamal Gupta, who was sworn in as the cupboard minister, was the primary to be administered the oath. The Hisar MLA was a minister within the earlier Manohar Lal Khattar Cabinet as properly.
Badkhal MLA Seema Trikha, Panipat Rural MLA Mahipal Dhanda, Ambala City MLA Aseem Goel, Nangal Chaudhary MLA Abhe Singh Yadav, Thanesar MLA Subhash Sudha, Bawani Khera MLA Bishamber Singh Balmiki and Sohna MLA Sanjay Singh are the opposite new members of the Council of Ministers.
While former chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar was current on the swearing-in ceremony, senior BJP chief Anil Vij but once more skipped the occasion.
Apart from Vij and Singh, not one of the six Independent MLAs who prolonged assist to the Saini authorities discovered a spot within the cupboard. Haryana can have a most of 14 ministers, together with the chief minister.
As Chief Minister Nayab Saini and cupboard ministers Kanwar Pal, Mool Chand, J.P. Dalal, Ranjit Singh, and Banwari Lal have been sworn in on 12 March, and eight ministers inducted Tuesday, all of the slots are crammed within the cupboard.
In the morning, Sandeep Singh was seen main his supporters to welcome Saini when he did a roadshow in Ambala and Kurukshetra on his strategy to Karnal for BJP president J.P. Nadda’s rally.
माननीय मुख्यमंत्री श्री @NayabSainiBJP जी का कुरुक्षेत्र पहुंचने पर आज अभिनंदन किया। अपने उद्बोधन से माननीय मुख्यमंत्री जी ने सभी उपस्थित बंधुओं में नई ऊर्जा का संचार किया। #AbkiBaar400Paar #ModiKaParivar pic.twitter.com/EnvVOCgt0U
— Sandeep Singh (मोदी का परिवार) (@flickersingh) March 19, 2024
During the finances session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, the then CM Manohar Lal Khattar supported Sandeep Singh on February 27 after Congress MLA Geeta Bhukkal requested pointed questions concerning the functioning of the sports activities division.
Bhukkal had additionally questioned how Singh was replying to her question associated to the sports activities division throughout the Question Hour when he was now not holding the portfolio.
In January final 12 months, Sandeep Singh gave up the portfolio of state sports activities minister after an FIR was registered in Chandigarh on the grievance of a junior athletics coach who accused him of sexual harassment.
Coming out in assist of Singh, Khattar had stated that the previous was a “respectable” cupboard member and warned Bhukkal of “consequences”.
“Sandeep ji mere mantrimandal ke sammaniye saathi hain. Mein apni sarkaar ke kisi bhi mantri ko keh sakta hu jawab dene ke liye. Aapne ye kaha ye uchit nahi hai. Aap iss prakar ki… mein shabad prayog karna nahi chahta… anayatha inn chhezo ke parinaam acchhe nahi hotey hain. (Sandeep ji is a respected companion of my cabinet. I can ask any member of my cabinet to answer your questions. What you said isn’t done. I don’t want to use that word. Otherwise, the consequences of these things won’t be good),” Khattar had stated within the meeting,
When ThePrint contacted Bhukkal, the Congress MLA made a philosophical statement concerning the developments that came about ever since Saini was sworn in because the chief minister.
“Time is the greatest leveler. In less than a fortnight from that incident in the State Assembly, neither Khattar is the chief minister nor Sandeep Singh is a minister,” she stated.
Bhukkal additional stated that the individuals of Haryana have been intently watching how the federal government patronised these accused of sexual assault on ladies and that the voters would give a becoming lesson within the upcoming polls.
All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) nationwide vice-president Jagmati Sangwan, too, made the same assertion concerning the BJP as she gave the instance of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and Sandeep Singh.
“When the junior athletics coach levelled allegations against Sandeep Singh, Khattar termed the allegations as absurd and said that allegations don’t make a person guilty. Had the complaint not been filed in Chandigarh, the police in Haryana wouldn’t have even registered an FIR against Sandeep Singh,” Sangwan instructed ThePrint over the telephone.
She stated that when the Chandigarh Police registered the FIR, everybody anticipated Khattar to drop Sandeep Singh from his cupboard. Despite calls for by the Opposition and girls activists, she stated, the BJP authorities protected Sandeep Singh.
It was solely due to the grit proven by the complainant that Sandeep Singh was dealing with prosecution within the court docket else Khattar had termed the allegations as “absurd” with none probe, she asserted.
(Edited by Tony Rai)
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