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With Nayab Singh Sainitaking oath as the Haryana chief minister, the absence of senior BJP leader Anil Vij became a topic of discussion. Some media reports also claimed that the six-time MLA left the party's legislature party meeting midway.

Speaking about the same, the former chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, admitted that Vij was upset, however, adding that he will be fine soon.

"Anil Vij is our senior leader. It is in his nature that he gets upset quickly but becomes okay soon. There have been such instances before. He is upset but we are talking to him. Our new chief minister will also talk to him," Khattar was quoted as saying by ANI.

Five other ministers, who were part of Khattar's cabinet, took the oath with Saini at a swiftly organised ceremony on Tuesday evening, hours after the chief minister and his entire cabinet resigned.

BJP's JP Dalal, Moolchand Sharma, Banwari Lal, and Kanwar Pal Gurjar--all from the old cabinet--took oath as ministers.

It was even more surprising that Vij, the home minister for Haryana, was left out because there were rumors that the BJP would pick two deputy chief ministers to fill the position left by Dushyant Chautala of the Jannayak Janta Party.

Manohar Lal Khattar resigned on Tuesday morning along with his ministers ahead of a Cabinet reshuffle, with its ties with its alliance partner JJP headed for a split ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

Khattar, while speaking about the alliance with the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), said that BJP's ally is likely to contest the upcoming general elections alone.

"The JJP made some demands over Lok Sabha seats, but BJP won 10 seats in the state. The JJP leaders must have discussed with the central leadership and likely decided something, although nothing official has been confirmed yet. However, we have received information indicating that they (JJP) have decided to contest the Lok Sabha polls separately," Khattar said.

(With inputs from ANI)