Bhupinder Singh Hooda is the Congress party leader and the former Haryana Chief Minister from 2005 to 2014. He is the current Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Legislative Assembly and an MLA from the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency. Hooda won the seat three consecutive times after the delimitation process in 2009, 2014, and 2024. He represented the Kiloi seat twice before the delimitation in 2000 and 2005 (bypoll). He lost the seat twice, in 1982 and 1987. In the 2019 Haryana Assembly Elections, Hooda won the seat by defeating Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Satish Nandal with a margin of 58,312 votes. Hooda represented the Rohtak Lok Sabha constituency four times in 1991, 1996, 1998, and 2004. In the 1991 polls, Hooda defeated former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal in Rohtak by 30,573 votes. He again defeated Devi Lal in 1996 and 1998. However, he lost to Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) candidate Inder Singh by a big margin of 1,44,693 votes. Hooda again won the Rohtak seat in 2004 by defeating BJP leader Captain Abhimanyu with a margin of 1,50,435 votes. He is again contesting from the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency in the 2024 Haryana Assembly polls against BJP's Manju Hooda and Jannayak Janta Party's (JJP) Sushila Deshwal.
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Chandigarh: Congress today hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raking up the issue of land deal involving Robert Vadra, saying he seeks to “sensationalise and politicise everything” and accused him of violating Model
New Delhi: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said his government has nothing to do with the land deals involving Robert Vadra and those making such allegations can approach the Lokayukta to probe the
Chandigarh: Prestige is at stake as top guns of Haryana politics including the kin of the three famous ‘Lals' battle it out in a multi-cornered contest for the October 15 Assembly elections.Unlike in the recent
Chandigarh: Accusing opposition parties of having "divisive" agenda and lacking in development vision, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said if voted to power Congress will ensure that fruits of development reach all sections
New Delhi: Congress today targeted BJP chief Amit Shah over his sharing of the dais with mafia don-turned-politician DP Yadav during an election rally, saying birds of a feather flock together.The party also expressed displeasure
Chandigarh: Congress, seeking a third term in a row in Haryana, today released its election manifesto for the October 15 polls, attempting to woo farmers and other sections, even as Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Chandigarh: A day before launching its manifesto for October 15 polls in Haryana, Congress today claimed that there was no anti-incumbency factor and there was no challenge from opposition parties as BJP was in “disarray”
New Delhi: RLD chief Ajit Singh today attacked the government for rejecting his demand for converting the bungalow occupied by him into a memorial to his father, former Prime Minister Charan Singh, and blamed it
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has objected to the manner in which the central government has issued an eviction notice to former civil aviation minister Ajit Singh to vacate a ministerial bungalow in
Chandigarh: A Rs.100 crore advertisement blitzkrieg from public money focussed on Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda - clearly aimed at next month's assembly elections - is forcing other parties in Haryana's dusty politics to
New Delhi: Unfazed by BJP gaining ground in Haryana, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today sought to pick holes in the saffron outfit's emergence and asked who is the party's chief ministerial candidate for the
Chandigarh: More than 74 lakh women are expected to exercise their franchise in the upcoming Haryana assembly polls as against over 87 lakh men and all of them have been issued the Electronic Photo Identity
Chandigarh: A day after BJP leader Birender Singh launched an all out offensive against Bhupinder Singh Hooda, the Chief Minister hit back at the former Congress leader saying his remarks are a result of “frustration”.
Chandigarh: Steering clear of any controversy, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said he has no programme to address students on Teacher's Day like Prime Minister Narendra Modi.When asked about an advisory issued by
New Delhi: Beginning the candidate selection exercise for poll-bound Haryana, Congress Monday laid down the criteria for the same as it looks to beat a 10-year anti-incumbency factor in the state.Discussing the matter, sources said
Chandigarh: Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda yesterday said the state was on a sound financial footing and had resources to back the announcements that his government has been making for the welfare of the people.“Our
Panipat: Hooted by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi early this week, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda hit back asking people to avenge the ‘insult' meted
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invited Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for tea at his official residence here.The meeting between the two leaders came just three days after Hooda faced an
New Delhi: The removal of AIIMS Chief Vigilance Officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi from his post led to a slugfest today between BJP and AAP, which sought Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan's sacking over the issue. While
Ranchi: After he was left abashed by people's booing today during his speech in the presence of PM Modi, an angry Jharkhand Chief Minister has termed the incident as “rape of federal system”.Addressing a public
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