Former state Home Minister Anil Vij held a Vijay Sankalp Yatra in support of BJP candidate Banto Kataria in Ambala Cantt this evening.
Party leaders and workers attended a havan and covered various markets and localities of the Cantonment during the yatra. Vij said: “We launched the party’s campaign from Ambala Cantonment today. We will intensify the campaign in the coming days. The BJP has done a lot of development works over the past 10 years and the party will win all 10 Lok Sabha seats.”
Kataria said: “The BJP government has implemented various welfare policies and ensured equal development of all sectors. People of Ambala have always supported us and we are confident that we will continue to get the support.”
Meanwhile, JJP leader Digvijay Chautala held a meeting with party workers here today. “They are excited and ready to write a new chapter. The upcoming election is a semi-final for us before making Dushyant the CM of the state,” he said.
Anil Vij (born 15 March 1953) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party formerly served as the Cabinet Minister in the Government of Haryana.
Vij joined Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, a student wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, while he was studying at S. D. College, Ambala Cantt.
In 1970, he became General Secretary of ABVP Vij worked actively with Vishav Hindu Parishad, Bharat Vikas Parishad BMS and other such organisations. Vij joined the State Bank of India in 1974.
In 1990, when Sushma Swaraj was elected to Rajya Sabha, the Ambala Cantonment seat became vacant. Vij was asked to resign from service and contest a by-election by the BJP Party.
He contested the election and won. In 1991 he became State President Of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. In 1996 and 2000, he contested as an independent candidate and won both times.
In 2005, Vij lost re-election. In 2009, he was elected as Bhartiya Janata Party’s Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) (MLA) from Ambala Cantonment constituency in the Haryana Legislative Assembly.
In 2014, Vij was again elected as Bharatiya Janata Party’s MLA Ambala Cantonment.
In 2019, Vij was again elected for the sixth time as Bharatiya Janata Party’s MLA Ambala Cantonment.
On 20 November 2020, Vij becomes the first in his state to volunteer for the anti-COVID vaccine. He was administered a trial dose in a Ambala Cantonment hospital
