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: Attacking the Haryana government's decision to announce creation of a separate committee for gurdwaras (Sikh shrines) in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal called the decision "unconstitutional" and accused the Congress of
Chandigarh: Amid a growing controversy over the issue, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday said a committee set up by the state government on the issue of a separate managing committee for Haryana gurdwaras
Chandigarh: Amid a growing controversy over the issue, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Tuesday said a committee set up by the state government on the issue of a separate managing committee for Haryana gurdwaras
Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal Monday warned the Congress against a conspiracy to weaken the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) by trying to create a separate Sikh body to take control of gurdwaras in Haryana.The
Faridabad: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today laid the foundation stone of extension of Metro Rail from YMCA chowk to Ballabgarh. Hooda said the project would provide world class travelling facility to people of
New Delhi: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his Maharashtra counterpart Prithviraj Chavan held talks with Congress central leadership here amid indications that decision on replacement of chief ministers will be made soon starting
Faridabad: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said the Rs 2,500 crore Delhi-Faridabad Metro rail line will be extended up to Ballabhgarh.“For this, Rs 468 crore will be released soon,” he told reporters after
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today told his party leaders from Haryana to put up a united face as bickering's in the state unit came to fore after the debacle in the Lok
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today said 50 per cent of the party tickets should be given to young candidates in the ensuing Assembly elections and claimed main contest will be between Congress
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to give a weightage of 25 marks to widows of defence personnel of state in recruitment for the post of Anganwadi workers.Hooda announced the decision while
Chandigarh: With ruling Congress in Haryana managing to win just one of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state, BJP today demanded resignation of Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on moral grounds. The opposition
Chandigarh: Former Union Minister and sitting Congress MLA from Ambala City, Venod Sharma, who was recently expelled by the party, today resigned as member of the assembly.His resignation has been accepted by the Speaker, official
New Delhi: Amid Gandhi family's attacks on Narendra Modi over the Gujarat model, BJP today hit back by bringing out a video and a booklet on alleged land deals of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law
Chandigarh: Up to 35 percent of Haryana's nearly 1.61 crore electorate exercised their franchise during the first six hours of voting Thursday for the 10 Lok Sabha seats from the state, officials here said.Long queues
Chandigarh: Two Unidentified men allegedly damaged Arvind Kejriwal's car being used by his Rohtak party candidate for campaigning in the constituency in Haryana today.The blue WagonR car, was attacked when it was being driven by
Chandigarh: AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal commenced his road show in Chandigarh today in support of party candidate Gul Panag for the April 10 election. Kejriwal arrived here from Haryana where he was on a road
Kaithal (Haryana): Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today challenged his Gujarat counterpart and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to debate on the issue of development.Alleging that the people of the country were being
Rohtak: Hitting out at Narendra Modi and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal today alleged they were snatching land from farmers and giving it to industrialists.Kicking off a three-day roadshow in
Ghaziabad: Uttar Pradesh was a rich and progressive state but the wrong policies of Akhilesh Yadav government have led to its downfall, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today claimed. He was speaking at the
Gurgaon: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal Sunday said BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda are nothing more than property dealers.He was addressing a public gathering in
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