Haryana CM Khattar takes away police's CID from home minister Anil Vij

Rivalry between Manohar Lal Khattar and Anil Vij likely to get intense after government announcement.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will control the police’s criminal investigation department (CID), said a government statement on Wednesday night, divesting the coveted portfolio from state Home Minister Anil Vij.

The statement said Vij, a sixth-term BJP MLA and Khattar’s rival, would cease to hold the CID.

"Governor of Haryana, on the advice of the chief minister, has allocated some new portfolios to the chief minister and to two ministers. As per a notification issued by the chief secretary, the portfolios of the Criminal Investigation Department, and the departments of Personnel and Training and of Raj Bhawan Affairs have been allocated