Anil Vij

Anil Vij
Constituency	Ambala Cantt. in Haryana Vidhan Sabha
Personal details
Born	(1953-03-15) 15 March 1953 Ambala
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bhartiya Janta Party
Spouse(s)	Unmarried
Children	None
Residence	62-A Shashtri Colony, Ambala Cantt., Haryana, India
Alma mater	Punjab University, Chandigarh
Occupation	Politician
Website	Official Facebook Page
As of 27 October, 2014

Anil Vij (born 15 March 1953) is an Indian Politician belonging to the Bhartiya Janata Party and Cabinet minister in the Government of Haryana (appointed October 2014).

Personal life

Vij was born to Shri. Bhim Sain Vij, a railway employee and Smt Raj Rani Vij. He chose to remain unmarried.

Education

Vij undertook primary education at Railway Primary School, Ambala Cantonment. In 1968, he completed secondary school at Banarasi Dass High School, Ambala (now known as Banarasi Dass Senior Secondary School) then affiliated to the Punjab University, Chandigarh (now affiliated to Haryana Board of School Education).

In 1972, Vij went on to complete the B.Sc degree from Sanatan Dharma College, then affiliated to the Punjab University, Chandigarh..

Political career

Vij joined Akhil Bhartiya Vidharthi Parishad (ABVP), a student wing of RSS, while he was studying at S. D. College, Ambala Cantt. In 1970, he became General Secretary of ABVP.

Vij joined the State Bank of India in 1974. In 1990, when Sushama Sawraj 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 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 Bhartiya Janata Party's Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) (MLA) Ambala Cantonment constituency.He is the Punjabi face of Haryana BJP.Vij is a very good orater he has changed Ambala cantt a lot during his one year tenure and Ambala is changing and developing at a very rapid speed under the dynymic leadership of shri Anil Vij.

Cabinet Minister of Haryana

On 26 October 2014, Vij was inducted in the Government of Haryana as a Cabinet Minister. He has independent charge of three departments: Department of Health Services, Haryana, Department of Elections, Haryana, Elections Commission, Haryana, and Department of Sports & Youth Affairs, Haryana.

Family

Vij lives in a joint family. He has two brothers Rajinder Vij and Kapil Vij, both married and further has children. Rajinder has daughter Bharti & son Gaurav. Kapil has daughter Aarti & and son Shubham .

Controversy

In 2016, Vij said that "Those Who Can't Live Without Beef Mustn't Visit Haryana". Even though Hinduism do not ban eating of Beef, Ban against beef is often used as a political draw card in India.