Former Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij, a BJP leader, was excluded from the cabinet and expressed feeling like a stranger in his party.

Former Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij, a BJP leader who was recently excluded from the cabinet, said in a public rally that "some people have made me a stranger in my party." Vij, who did not attend the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet and left a legislature party meeting midway, was dropped from the cabinet reshuffle that led to disquiet in the state party unit. State BJP chief Saini replaced Manohar Lal Khattar as the CM just weeks before the Lok Sabha polls, with eight new cabinet members, including the CM.