Bhupinder Hooda

Time to teach lesson to those who 'betrayed' Bhajan Lal: CM Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on his predecessor Bhupinder Singh Hooda, asking the people of Adampur, which goes to bypolls on November 3, to "teach a lesson" to those who "betrayed" former chief minister Bhajan Lal. Khattar while addressing a rally in Adampur in Hisar on the last day of the campaigning, said "this is not just a by-election, but an opportunity" to end the long gap of 26 years for the Bhajan Lal family for being out of government. Before his address, Khattar gently held the hand of Bhajan Lal's widow and former MLA Jasma Devi, who was also present at the rally, referring to her as his elder sister. She made a brief appeal to voters from the stage telling them to make her grandson Bhavya, a BJP candidate, victorious. On the last day of poll campaigning, the BJP fielded senior ministers in the Khattar government including Anil Vij, party MLAs and MPs from the state. Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, a ..

Countdown to Khattar govt's defeat will begin from Adampur: Bhupinder Hooda

The BJP government in Haryana has failed on all fronts and the countdown to its defeat will start from the Adampur assembly by-election with the victory of the Congress, former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Sunday. "Not only in Adampur but people across Haryana are looking at the Congress with hope," Hooda said. The Manohar Lal Khattar-led government has failed on all fronts and today unemployment and inflation are at their peak and crime, corruption and drug menace have increased, he alleged. "People are eager to bring the Congress back to power in the next assembly polls and the countdown to the defeat of this non-performing government will start from Adampur," Hooda, who is the Leader of the Opposition in the state, told PTI. The November 3 bypoll in Adampur in Hisar district was necessitated after Kuldeep Bishnoi, the younger son of former chief minister Bhajan Lal, resigned as MLA from the seat and switched sides from the Congress to the BJP in August. The Cong

Some G23 leaders meet Ghulam Nabi Azad; discuss future strategy of grouping

Senior Congress leaders and members of G-23 Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Anand Sharma and Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday met Ghulam Nabi Azad at his residence, days after the leader from Jammu and Kashmir resigned from the party after blaming the leadership. Sharma, Hooda and Chavan held discussions at Azad's residence and are learnt to have discussed the future strategy of the G-23. The Congress leaders are learnt to have also discussed the organisational elections, including that of the Congress president, amid reports that Shashi Tharoor, who is a member of the group, is considering contesting the election for the top party post. The G-23 had written a letter to Sonia Gandhi in August 2020 demanding an organisational overhaul and elections at all levels of the party. The G-23 had also been critical of certain decisions of the party leadership. Tuesday's meeting comes days after Azad resigned from the Congress and announced that he will float his own outfit in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of

Hooda meets Tikait, says Chintan Shivir to be held on farmers' issues

Senior Congress leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday met farmer leaders, including Bharatiya Kisan Union's Rakesh Tikait for consultation over farmers' issues

Bhupinder Hooda convenes CLP meet to discuss farmers', other issues

Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday called a Congress Legislature Party meeting here on February 3 to discuss the farmers' issue and other matters concerning the state.

Haryana Assembly election results: Khattar, Hooda ahead in early trends

Khattar, a first-time MLA, is seeking re-election from Karnal, while Hooda is seeking re-election from his stronghold Garhi Sampla-Kiloi in Rohtak district

CBI registers case against former Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda

Case is in connection with alleged irregularities in land allottment to Associated Journals Limited