Haryana minister Vij submits reply to show-cause notice over CM 'bashing'

Haryana minister Anil Vij, who was issued a show-cause notice by the BJP for allegedly breaching party discipline through his public statements against Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and state party chief Mohan Lal Badoli, on Wednesday submitted his reply to the BJP high command.

Vij, who holds the No. 2 position in the Nayab Singh Saini government, was asked to respond within three days.

Speaking to mediapersons here, Vij said, “I was asked to give my reply within three days and I have submitted my reply in time. Before I got the hard copy of the notice, it was already in media.”

Vij, however, refused to share the details of his reply.

“I have told the party that if it wants to get a reply on any other issue, then I will give them,” he said.

The minister also raised questions over the show-cause notice being leaked in the media and said it was a matter of investigation.

The notice, issued by Badoli on the directions of the national party president, accuses Vij of making “serious allegations that are against the party’s policy and internal discipline”.