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Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda.
Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda plans to compete for the chief ministerial place if his social gathering regains energy within the upcoming Meeting elections. Throughout an interplay on Friday, when requested whether or not his son, Deepender Hooda, can be vying for the position, Hooda responded, “I’m neither drained nor retired.”
His assertion signifies that the two-term chief minister is able to additional cement his affect as soon as once more after remaining out of energy for 10 years. Hooda led the state from 2005 to 2014. A key Jat chief, he’s Congress’ most important wager in Haryana, the place Jats make up about one-fourth of the inhabitants.
Hooda exuded confidence that the Congress would return with a “huge” mandate. When requested in regards to the social gathering’s determination on the chief ministerial decide, he remarked that the choice can be taken by the social gathering excessive command and can be acceptable to him.
Kumari Selja, Surjewala in CM’s race
When requested about inside struggles throughout the social gathering, Hooda dismissed the rumours. Notably, senior Congress leaders Kumari Selja and Randeep Surjewala have additionally expressed their chief ministerial ambitions, however Hooda sees this as a “constructive” signal. “It’s a good factor. Should you should not have ‘ichcha (ambition)’ in politics, then your politics will grow to be stagnant. Extra the claimants, extra the power we (Congress) will derive,” he mentioned.
The Congress is assured about Haryana because of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering’s (BJP) struggles with the anti-incumbency wave. The saffron social gathering, which has dominated the state since 2014, faces challenges like employment points, rural improvement, and being at odds with the farmers, amongst different issues.
In a bid to retain energy, the BJP has taken drastic measures this time, similar to changing a number of sitting MLAs with new faces, triggering widespread discontent throughout the social gathering. It has declared Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini as its chief ministerial candidate however is more likely to face resistance if it wins, as senior BJP chief and six-time MLA Anil Vij can be vying for the position.
Saini, who has been chief minister solely since March, will face a ballot battle from the Ladwa seat. Then again, his strongest potential substitute, Hooda, will run from his residence constituency of Garhi Sampla-Kiloi.
(With PTI inputs)
First Printed: Sep 27 2024 | 4:56 PM IST
