NEW DELHI: Haryana BJP on Monday issued a show cause notice to minister Anil Vij who has been vocal against his own party for quite some time.
In the notice, the party asked Vij to reply within three days over his recent public statements against the Haryana BJP chief and chief minister position held by Nayab Singh Saini.
A few days ago, Vij alleged that CM Saini’s close aide colluded against him by backing the rival candidate during last year’s Haryana assembly election.
The minister claimed that one Ashish Tayal backed Chitra Sarwara in the Ambala Canntt constituency during the state polls in which Vij won with a margin of 7,277 votes. Sarwara contested the assembly elections as an Independent after she was denied a ticket by the Congress.
Vij also posted a video compilation of pictures in which people with Tayal were seen campaigning for Sarwara during the assembly elections. The compilation also had a photo of Tayal with CM Saini.
The minister has been targeting the party’s state government while alleging that his orders were being ignored. His unhappiness is said to have started after a meeting of the Haryana cabinet in which he had raised this issue.
“Ashish Tayal, who calls himself a friend of Nayab Saini, has many pictures with Nayab Saini on Facebook. The same workers who are seen with Ashish Tayal during the assembly elections are also seen with the BJP’s opposing candidate Chitra Sarwara. What is the relationship? Tayal is still Nayab Saini’s best friend, so the question arises who made him oppose the BJP candidate?,” Vij wrote this on X in Hindi.
The remark by Vij came two days after the BJP relieved Tayal of his official posts in the Ambala unit. However, the move did not pacify the minister.
Anil Vij not only pointed a finger at the Haryana CM but also the state BJP chief Mohan Lal Badoli, who he said should step down given the allegations of gang rape case him. The case was registered against Badoli in December last year in Himachal.
“I wonder how a person who is facing the charge of gang rape can attend or chair a meeting of the party being attended by women. Ours is a sacred party, and we maintain its sanctity. Hence, he should have resigned. He is not a bigger leader than Sh L K Advani ji, who resigned after his name was involved in a meagre controversy. Hence, he too should resign until he gets a clean chit from the police,” Vij had said.
