In Tihar jail since 2019, Engineer Rashid has struck a chord with those who boycotted earlier elections as well as those disillusioned with mainstream parties.
Haryana BJP president and OBC leader Nayab Singh Saini was on Tuesday picked as the next chief minister, hours after Manohar Lal Khattar and his cabinet ministers submitted their resignations.
Saini, who is an MP from Kurukshetra, was unanimously elected as the leader of the state BJP legislature
BJP minister Rajeev Chandrashekar claimed that pro-Pakistan slogans were chanted in the House on Tuesday by Congress supporters during the Rajya Sabha polls.