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: The BJP may have national ambitions to form the next union government, but the party seems to be finding it difficult to get suitable candidates for the Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. The BJP
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had acquired a reputation as one of the most powerful Congress chief ministers who could get away with just about anything with the party high command. Now, however,
Chandigarh: Alleging that Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had illegally married a woman and even has a teenaged son from her, opposition Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leaders Monday sought his immediate resignation.Addressing media
New Delhi: Public figures are always under scanner by the paparazzi. Every move of theirs is watched and noted. While they are given special treatment wherever they go, they have also come under attack in
Chandigarh: Haryana government today approved Reliance Industries' proposal to opt out of SEZ in Gurgaon and said it will reimburse Rs 343 crore to it, lower than Rs 1,172 crore demanded by the company, for
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today equated Khap Panchayats with organisations like NGO, saying that they are part of state's culture. “Khap Panchayats are like NGO as we have Resident Welfare Associations... they
Panipat: A young man named Kamal Makhija was detained by police on Sunday afternoon when he slapped Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in the presence of a huge crowd and security personnel.The chief minister
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said the Congress will sweep all 10 Lok Sabha seats in the coming elections and will prove all pre-poll surveys incorrect. Hooda told a press conference here
Sonipat: Amid scrambling by opposition parties to churn out a suitable alliance, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda yesterday termed BJP and INLD as "backstabbers" saying the political alignment was not in the interest of
Chandigarh: Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda yesterday once again raised the demand for a separate High Court for Haryana.“I need a separate High Court for Haryana. That problem has to be solved,” he said.The Chief
New Delhi: Voicing concern over the use of social networking sites for spread of propaganda and disturbing communal harmony, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today asked the Centre to take steps to control such
Chandigarh: A lowly Haryana Police constable Naresh Singh was worried when the cellphone service provider deducted Rs 50 from his calltime in 2010, and he rang up customer care.The call unfortunately went straight to Haryana
Jind: Rajya Sabha MP Birender Singh, a known detractor of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Tuesday lashed out at the uneven development of the state at a rally here.Indirectly slamming the Congress government led
Chandigarh, Aug 9: In the absence of any formidable opposition leaders to challenge them these days, top Congress leaders in Haryana have put on their boxing gloves to spar with one another.Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh
New Delhi, June 5: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Wednesday sought extension of the mega-city policing scheme to Gurgaon and Faridabad towns, adding that the state's security environment was impacted by its proximity to
Gurgaon, May 27: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda Sunday visited former chief minister and INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala in a hospital here to inquire about his health.The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader
Chandigarh, May 25: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his government may not have much to do with Gujarat and its Chief Minister Narendra Modi but they leave no opportunity to show that Haryana
Chandigarh, Jan 22: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today appealed to the people of the state to maintain peace in the wake of a Delhi court sentencing Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay
Chandigarh, Oct 16: Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today defended the transfer of senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka saying transferring officials was the government's prerogative. Hooda told mediapersons here that transfer should not be
Chandigarh, Oct 12: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is a busy man these days. From serial rapes to allegations of a state government-Robert Vadra-DLF nexus in land deals, the Hooda regime is at the
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