Anil Vij : Before the assembly elections in Haryana, senior leader and Ambala MLA Anil Vij had increased the tension in the Bharatiya Janata Party. On Sunday, he has talked about claiming the post of Chief Minister after the elections. Anil Vij said this while releasing the Sankalp Patra at his election office in Ambala. The BJP leader said, I am a senior MLA of Haryana. I have become an MLA six times and am contesting elections for the seventh time. I have never asked for anything from the party to date, but this time I am under a lot of pressure from the people of entire Haryana and Ambala to become the Chief Minister.

He further said, so this time I will claim the post of Chief Minister based on being a senior leader. Whether they make me CM or not is their jurisdiction. If I am made the Chief Minister, I will change the fate of Haryana, I will change the picture of Haryana. Let us tell you that Anil Vij is a six-time MLA from Ambala, Haryana. This time he is contesting elections for the seventh time. Apart from this, he has also been the Home Minister in the Haryana government.

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It is known that in the 2019 assembly elections, BJP had won 40 seats. Even then, initially, the news of him becoming the CM kept going on behind the scenes. However, due to being six seats short of the majority, the BJP had to ally with the Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) and the party again made Manohar Lal Khattar the CM. Apart from this, Congress had won 31 seats during the assembly elections in 2019. At the same time, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) won 10 seats, while seven independents, one candidate each from INLD and Haryana Lokhit Party also won. The BJP formed the government for the first time in the state by winning 47 seats in the 2014 assembly elections.