India, Feb. 12 -- Haryana minister and senior BJP leader Anil Vij on Wednesday responded to the show-cause notice issued to him by the BJP over his repeated targeting of chief minister Nayab Singh Saini and state unit chief Mohan Lal Badoli.

The notice was issued to Vij, 71, a seven-time MLA from Ambala cantonment, on Monday on the instructions of BJP national president JP Nadda. The party had sought a written reply from the minister within three days.

Vij, who is the state transport and energy minister, sent the reply after returning from a three-day visit to Bengaluru. When reporters asked him to share details of his reply, he declined, saying, "No, that can't be shared publicly. It is sent in a closed envelope."

Instead, he raised q...