These figures are being bandied about not only by Hooda but also by some of his ministers and advisers. In the run-up to last December's assembly elections in Gujarat, where Narendra Modi returned to power for a third consecutive term, the voices from Haryana drawing comparisons only grew. With Modi's name being mentioned for national level politics, including being projected as the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate, the comparisons are being made fast and furious.
It is another matter that Haryana, which used to be the focus for investment by the automobile industry, has recently seen Maruti-Suzuki, the automobile giant that drastically changed the state's industrial landscape, investing in Gujarat for its new project.
Thus, is Haryana India's new development hotspot? The jury is certainly out on that one.
