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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

  • bjp senses chance in haryana puts in its might

    BJP senses chance in Haryana, puts in its might

    National | Aug 17, 2014, 05:17 PM

    New Delhi: Sensing its best chance to come to power in Haryana on its own strength, the Bharatiya Janata Party has put its might behind its assembly election campaign with party president Amit Shah addressing

  • bhupinder singh hooda showers sops on government employees

    Bhupinder Singh Hooda showers sops on government employees ahead of assembly polls

    National | Aug 17, 2014, 01:23 PM

    Chandigarh: In poll-bound Haryana, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced sops for state government employees, which includes raising the retirement age from 58 to 60 years and 25 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance

  • hooda govt involved in scams worth rs 8 10 lakh crore inld

    Hooda Govt Involved in Scams Worth Rs 8-10 Lakh Crore: INLD

    National | Aug 16, 2014, 11:01 PM

    Chandigarh: Haryana's main opposition party the INLD today accused the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government of being involved in scams worth Rs 8-10 lakh crore.A party delegation submitted a 140-page "chargesheet" against the Hooda government's alleged

  • is congress banking too much on hooda in haryana

    Is Congress banking too much on Hooda in Haryana?

    National | Aug 11, 2014, 02:26 PM

    Chandigarh: Pushed to the wall by the Lok Sabha election results, the ruling Congress in Haryana is banking heavily on Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to see it through in the assembly elections.Opinion polls and

  • few takers for congress tickets in haryana assembly polls

    Few takers for Congress tickets in Haryana assembly polls

    National | Aug 10, 2014, 02:09 PM

    Chandigarh: The Congress party is in for another blow in Haryana. A party that always received overwhelming response from applicants for party tickets in Assembly elections is now facing another low. After inviting applications last

  • hooda asks party workers to ensure poll win

    Hooda asks party workers to ensure poll win

    India | Aug 09, 2014, 07:52 PM

    Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today exhorted the party workers to work hard to make Congress victorious for the third consecutive term in the state during the upcoming Assembly elections.Hitting out at Narendra

  • sgpc sends volunteers to fortify sikh shrines in haryana

    SGPC sends volunteers to fortify Sikh shrines in Haryana

    National | Aug 07, 2014, 01:40 PM

    Amritsar: Following the ongoing dispute over formation of a separate Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (HSGPC) to look after Gurudwaras in Haryana, SGPC today has reportedly sent its Volunteers including the members of its task

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  • 60th transfer in 30 years for ias officer who dared hooda

    60th transfer in 30 years for IAS officer who dared Hooda

    India | Aug 06, 2014, 05:01 PM

    New Delhi: Haryana IAS officer Pradeep Kasni, who has reportedly been transferred 60 times in 30 years, has been shunted out again, days after he took on the Haryana government by red-flagging questionable appointments made

  • don t take sikh religious matters to court akal takht chief

    Don't take Sikh religious matters to court: Akal Takht chief

    National | Jul 30, 2014, 01:22 PM

    Amritsar: Amid the controversy over the creation of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) and the stand-off between Sikh leaders in Punjab and those in Haryana, the Jathedar (chief) of the Akal Takht, Gurbachan

  • haryana power minister resigns

    Haryana power minister resigns

    National | Jul 29, 2014, 04:35 PM

    Chandigarh: Haryana Power Minister Ajay Yadav resigned here today from the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress ministry alleging “bias” in several matters including recruitment and induction of members to various commissions and statutory bodies.Yadav told PTI

  • solanki sworn in as haryana governor

    Solanki sworn-in as Haryana governor

    National | Jul 27, 2014, 02:06 PM

    Chandigarh: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kaptan Singh Solanki was Sunday sworn-in as the governor of Haryana.He was administered the oath of office by acting Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Ashutosh

  • troubles for congress as narayan rane himanta sarma quit as

    Troubles for Congress as Narayan Rane, Himanta Sarma quit as ministers

    National | Jul 22, 2014, 12:40 PM

    New Delhi/Mumbai/Guwahati: Troubles mounted for Congress Monday as two senior ministers - Narayan Rane in poll-bound Maharashtra and Himanta Biswa Sarma in Assam - resigned from their posts signalling their desire to replace the incumbent

  • hsgpc to start functioning soon minister

    HSGPC to start functioning soon: Minister

    National | Jul 21, 2014, 11:36 AM

    Chandigarh: A 40-member committee of the newly created Haryana Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Comittee (HSGPC) would soon start functioning from its state-level office at Kurukshetra, a Haryana minister said Sunday.Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal said the

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  • parkash singh badal threatens to quit over haryana sgpc

    Parkash Singh Badal threatens to quit over Haryana SGPC issue?

    National | Jul 17, 2014, 11:31 AM

    Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is reported to have threatened to quit if the central government did not intervene in the controversial issue of setting up of a separate committee in Haryana to

  • haryana sgpc row akali dal term it assault on khalsa panth

    Haryana SGPC row: Akali Dal term it assault on Khalsa Panth

    National | Jul 16, 2014, 07:21 AM

    Chandigarh: Terming it a "sinister move of the Congress government in Haryana to dilute, divide and break up the supreme, sacred and historic" SGPC, Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Tuesday said the move to set

  • separate sgpc within legal framework says hooda

    Separate SGPC within legal framework, says Hooda

    India | Jul 12, 2014, 11:53 PM

    Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today hit out at his Punjab counterpart Parkash Singh Badal who earlier in the day termed the Congress government's move to set up a separate committee for managing

  • sgpc row badal compares congress to mughals

    SGPC row: Badal compares Congress to Mughals

    National | Jul 07, 2014, 12:57 PM

    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

  • separate sikh panel recommended for haryana hooda

    Separate Sikh panel recommended for Haryana: Hooda

    National | Jul 02, 2014, 11:26 AM

    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

  • separate sikh panel recommended for haryana bhupinder singh

    Separate Sikh panel recommended for Haryana: Bhupinder Singh Hooda

    India | Jul 01, 2014, 11:41 PM

    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

  • akali dal warns congress over separate haryana sikh body

    Akali Dal warns Congress over separate Haryana Sikh body

    National | Jun 30, 2014, 03:59 PM

    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

 
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