In an interview with The Wire’s Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, Hooda exuded confidence that Congress would secure a full majority in the upcoming state assembly elections. The former CM also claimed that the BJP’s first government in the state, led by Manohar Lal Khattar, has not not fulfilled any of the 154 promises it made to the electorate in the last elections.
In five years of BJP rule, Hooda said, farmers have suffered as the cost of production has gone up and the procurement of their produce has declined. Law and order in the state has also deteriorated and the government could not handle big agitations efficiently, he said..
He said Haryana went from No. 1 state in per capita income and investment and sports to becoming No. 1 in crime and unemployment.
Ending months of intra-party squabbles, the Congress recently made its two-term former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda the legislative party leader and head of the state’s election management committee for the upcoming elections.