Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Congress (Garhi Sampla-Kiloi)

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.

Kurukshetra | After G-23 meeting, Rahul Gandhi meets Congress veteran Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Kurukshetra | Mar 17, 2022, 08:40 PM IST

A day after the crucial meeting of G-23 leaders, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met Bhupinder Singh Hooda and is learnt to have discussed revamping the party and the way forward following its loss in five Assembly elections.

NITI Aayog report shows Haryana's per capita income slipping down: BS Hooda

News | Aug 26, 2021, 08:20 PM IST

Former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the state which was number one in per capita income and investment in 2014, today that state is slipping down in everything.

Land acquisition bill is anti-farmer: Former Haryana CM

News | Aug 26, 2021, 07:46 PM IST

Former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday slammed the Haryana government for passing the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Haryana Amendment) Bill alleging that many of its provisions are 'anti-farmer' and promoted crony capitalism.

Congress will bring no-trust motion against Haryana govt: Bhupinder Hooda

News | Feb 23, 2021, 07:42 AM IST

Haryana Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on February 22 said that Congress will bring no-trust motion against the Haryana government as the Khattar Government has lost trust of people and MLAs.

Former Haryana CM Hooda slams state govt for 'overlooking' farmers' plight

News | Dec 04, 2020, 06:48 PM IST

Former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder S Hooda slammed Haryana government for 'overlooking' farmers' plight.

'Didn't ask to end Mandi act but to rationalise,' says Bhupinder Singh Hooda

News | Sep 23, 2020, 03:53 PM IST

Former chief minister of Haryana, Bhupinder Singh Hooda spoke to ANI on farm bills. He said, "We didn't ask to end Mandi Act but to rationalise. In both Haryana and Punjab, the infrastructure is pretty good.