Chandigarh, March 28 -- Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced the candidature of Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini for the Karnal Assembly by-election. Polling for Karnal assembly seat, which fell vacant following the resignation of former Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, will be held on May 25.
Khattar resigned as an MLA from the Karnal assembly seat, which he won twice in 2014 and 2019 on March 13 after he was replaced by OBC leader Nayab Singh Saini as the Chief Minister.
A few weeks ahead of the Lok Sabha election, the BJP replaced Khattar with Saini as Haryana CM. Saini, who is the party's state unit president, was sworn in as chief minister along with five ministers hours after the resignation of Khattar. The Saini...