Union minister Kushwaha backs Saini as next CM

JIND: Minister of State for Human Resource Development Upendra Kushwaha on Sunday supported the Kurukshetra MP Raj Kumar Saini to be the next Chief Minister of Haryana

Updated At : 12:12 AM Nov 27, 2017 IST

Raj Kumar Saini, Kurukshetra MP. — File photo

Tribune News Service

Jind, November 26

Minister of State for Human Resource Development Upendra Kushwaha on Sunday supported the Kurukshetra MP Raj Kumar Saini to be the next Chief Minister of Haryana.

Addressing a public rally here, Kushwaha said Saini was a mass leader and he deserved to lead the state in the next term.

Even after 70 years of independence, Dalits and other socially marginalised sections continue to suffer as the respective regimes had failed to improve their conditions, he said.

“Yesterday, even the President showed his deep concern on the poor representation to the Dalits. I am a strong votary of reservation in the private sector, particularly in the media industry. Voice of the poor and underprivileged is not given due in the media due to the social inequality in the profession,” he said.

Kushwaha said Saini had emerged as the strong BC leader and his Rashtriya Loksamta Party, a constituent of the UPA, would support Saini as the next CM.