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Bhupinder Singh Hooda

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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Bhupinder Singh Hooda

  • hooda inquires about chautala s health

    Hooda inquires about Chautala's health

    National | May 27, 2013, 07:26 AM

    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

  • hooda competing with modi

    Hooda Competing with Modi!

    National | May 25, 2013, 02:42 PM

    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

  • haryana cm hooda appeals for peace bishnoi hails verdict

    Haryana CM Hooda appeals for peace, Bishnoi hails verdict

    National | Jan 22, 2013, 07:14 PM

    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

  • haryana cm hooda says transfer is govt s prerogative

    Haryana CM Hooda says, transfer is govt's prerogative

    India | Oct 16, 2012, 04:11 PM

    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

  • from serial rapes to robert vadra dlf nexus hooda has lot

    From serial rapes to Robert Vadra-DLF nexus, Hooda has lot to answer for

    National | Oct 12, 2012, 04:52 PM

    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

  • kuldeep bishnoi alleges haryana cm hiding gopal kanda

    Kuldeep Bishnoi alleges, Haryana CM hiding Gopal Kanda

    National | Sep 23, 2012, 01:54 PM

    New Delhi, Aug 16: Haryana Janhit Congress MP Kuldeep Bishnoi today alleged that Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was hiding his former Gopal Kanda, hiding since August 8 from Delhi Police in the Geetika

  • haryana cm hooda faces heat over gopal kanda issue

    Haryana CM Hooda faces heat over Gopal Kanda issue

    National | Sep 21, 2012, 12:19 PM

    Chandigarh, Aug 10 : Detractors of Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda have begun demanding his ouster following the Geetika Sharma suicide case in which former minister Gopal Kanda is presently hiding from Delhi police.

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  • haryana cm hooda to meet maruti suzuki s ceo shinzo

    Haryana CM Hooda to meet Maruti Suzuki's CEO Shinzo Nakanishi

    Jul 22, 2012, 12:13 PM

    Chandigarh, Jul 22: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will soon hold a meeting with Maruti Suzuki Managing Director and CEO Shinzo Nakanishi to address the concerns of the company, which had witnessed violence at

  • hooda implicated me to grab power claims haryana mla

    Hooda implicated me to grab power , claims Haryana MLA

    National | Jun 02, 2012, 03:31 PM

    New Delhi, Jun 2: Haryana MLA Ajay Chautala, facing trial in decade-old teachers' recruitment scam, has alleged in a Delhi court that chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had implicated him and his family members in

  • hooda s condition better discharged from hospital

    Hooda's condition better, discharged from hospital

    India | May 17, 2012, 01:57 PM

    Chandigarh, May 17: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was admitted to a hospital here, last night after his blood sugar level fluctuated, has been discharged this morning.“He was discharged this morning and his

  • anna factor not to affect cong in assembly polls hooda

    Anna Factor Not To Affect Cong In Assembly Polls : Hooda

    National | Jan 05, 2012, 06:15 PM

    Mathura, Jan 5 : Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday  said he was confident of Congress victory in five poll-bound states, asserting that no Anna factor will mar the party's electoral prospects.“Congress would

  • saif ali khan anointed 10th nawab of pataudi

    Saif Ali Khan Anointed 10th Nawab of Pataudi

    Bollywood | Oct 31, 2011, 07:05 PM

    Pataudi (Haryana), Oct 31: Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was today anointed the tenth Nawab of Pataudi at a ceremony at his ancestral palace here over a month after his father Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

  • in hisar bypoll haryana cm hooda speaks on dyansty politics

    In Hisar Bypoll, Haryana CM Hooda Speaks On Dyansty Politics

    India | Sep 29, 2011, 06:41 PM

    Hisar, Sep 29 : Launching an aggressive election campaign for Hisar bypolls, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Wednesday accused Indian National Lok Dal's Om Prakash Chautala and Haryana Janhit Congress'  Kuldeep Bishnoi  of

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  • haryana hikes allowance for freedom fighters

    Haryana Hikes Allowance For Freedom Fighters

    National | Aug 06, 2011, 09:50 PM

    Chandigarh, Aug 6: Haryana government today hiked “Samman Allowance” for freedom fighters of the state by Rs 4,000/- per month raising it to Rs 15,000.The decision to hike the allowance was announced by Chief Minister

  • strike at maruti manesar plant called off

    Strike At Maruti Manesar Plant Called Off

    Jun 17, 2011, 10:15 AM

    New Delhi, Jun 17: The 13-day strike at the country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India's (MSI) Manesar plant in Gurgaon was called off late  Thursday night following a deal brokered by Haryana Chief Minister

  • haryana jats withdraw agitation after talks with hooda

    Haryana Jats Withdraw Agitation After Talks With Hooda

    India | Mar 26, 2011, 09:32 AM

    Chandigarh, Mar 26: The agitating Jats in Haryana,demanding reservation in government jobs under OBC quota,  withdrew their three-week-long stir on Friday night after talks with Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at Jind. In a statement

  • land given to gen kapoor was as per rules hooda

    Land Given To Gen Kapoor Was As Per Rules: Hooda

    National | Nov 04, 2010, 09:35 AM

    Chandigarh, Nov 3 : Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda tonight said former Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor, whose name figured on the list of allottees in the controversial Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai, was

  • and now jats threaten to disrupt cwg

    And Now, Jats Threaten To Disrupt CWG

    India | Sep 23, 2010, 04:41 PM

    Chandigarh, Sept 23 :  Even as the Haryana government claims to have brokered peace with protesters in the state seeking inclusion in OBC list, members of the Jat community today threatened to disrupt the supply

  • haryana cm opposes special provision to deal with honour

    Haryana CM Opposes Special Provision To Deal With Honour Killings

    National | Aug 31, 2010, 05:12 PM

    New Delhi :  Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday disfavoured framing of any special provision to deal with the cases of 'honour' killing, saying that the existing law is sufficient enough to handle

  • birender ranbir elected to rajya sabha

    Birender, Ranbir Elected To Rajya Sabha

    National | Jul 03, 2010, 05:19 PM

    Chandigarh : Congress leader Birender Singh and Indian National Lok Dal's Ranbir Singh Gangua were on Saturday elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Haryana.  Returning Officer Sumit Kumar declared the two elected to the

 
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