Nayab Singh Saini

Nayab Singh Saini (born 25 January 1970) is an Indian politician serving as the chief minister of Haryana from 2024. Saini is one of the top leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party in Haryana. Saini was appointed as the chief minister of the state in March 2024, succeeding Manohar Lal Khattar, continuing in office for the remainder of the term in the fourteenth assembly. He was reappointed as the chief minister for the second term after he led the BJP to victory in the 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election. Saini himself won from Ladwa Assembly constituency of Kurukshetra district, defeating the incumbent Mewa Singh of Indian National Congress, and the BJP formed the government for the third consecutive term.

Previously, he was president of Haryana state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party from 2023 till 2024. Earlier, Saini served as the Member of parliament (M.P.) from Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency, Haryana, from 2019 to 2024. Before that, he was a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly (M.L.A.) from Naraingarh Assembly constituency (Ambala district) from 2014 to 2019. He served as the Minister of State in Government of Haryana from 2015 to 2019. Coming from a Other Backward Class (OBC) background, Saini joined the BJP party unit in Ambala and steadily rose through the ranks, often working closely with party leader, Manohar Lal Khattar.