Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 4 September 2019
Preceded by	Abhay Singh Chautala
9th Chief Minister of Haryana
	In office; 5 March 2005 – 26 October 2014
Preceded by	Om Prakash Chautala
Succeeded by	Manohar Lal Khattar
Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly
	In office; February 2000 – May 2004
Preceded by	Shri Krishan Hooda
Succeeded by	Shri Krishan Hooda
Constituency	Kiloi
	In office; June 2005 – October 2009
Preceded by	Shri Krishan Hooda
Succeeded by	Constituency renamed as Garhi Sampla-Kiloi after delimitation
Constituency	Kiloi
Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 October 2009
Preceded by	Position established; Himself as MLA of Kiloi
Constituency	Garhi Sampla-Kiloi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; June 1991 – October 1999
Preceded by	Devi Lal
Succeeded by	Inder Singh
Constituency	Rohtak
	In office; May 2004 – June 2005
Preceded by	Inder Singh
Succeeded by	Deepender Singh Hooda
Constituency	Rohtak
Personal details
Born	15 September 1947; Sanghi, Rohtak, East Punjab, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (1972 – present)
Spouse(s)	Asha Dahiya (m. 1976)
Children	2, including Deepender Singh Hooda
Father	Ranbir Singh Hooda
Alma mater	Panjab University ; University of Delhi

Bhupinder Singh Hooda (born 15 September 1947) is an Indian National Congress politician who is the current Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Legislative Assembly. He also served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 2005 to 2014.

When he began a second term in October 2009 after leading the Congress to an election victory, it was the first time since 1972 that a Haryana electorate returned a ruling party back to power. Hooda is also a Member of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana. In 2010, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh constituted the Working Group on Agriculture Production under Hooda's chairmanship to recommend strategies and action plan for increasing agricultural production and productivity, including long-term policies to ensure sustained agricultural growth.

Early life

Bhupinder Singh Hooda was born to Chaudhary Ranbir Singh Hooda and Har Devi Hooda at the Sanghi village in Rohtak district of Haryana.[1][2] His father Ranbir Singh Hooda was a renowned freedom fighter.[2]

He is an alumnus of Sainik School, Balachadi, Jamnagar, Gujarat.[3] He did his B.A., LL.B. was educated at Panjab University, Chandigarh and the University of Delhi. He started his political career from Youth Congress.

Political career

Chaudhry Bhupinder Singh Hooda was elected as a Member of parliament from Rohtak Lok Sabha segment for four terms in 1991, 1996, 1998, 2004. He also remained the Leader of Opposition in Haryana's Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2004. He also served as the President of HPCC (Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee) from 1996 to 2001. In three consecutive Lok Sabha elections of 1991, 96 & 98, he defeated Ch. Devi Lal in electoral battles fought in the Jat heartland of Rohtak in Haryana. He attended international Conferences like World Youth Festival in USSR, World Parliamentary Conference in China, International Conference in USSR as a delegate of AICC and OISCA and International Conferences in Japan and South Korea.

He is also President, All India Young Farmers' Association, Haryana ; Ex-Member, Market Committee, Rohtak; He lost assembly election in 1982 to Hari chand hooda of lok dal and Director, Bank of India, 1989–92; Secretary, Farmers' Parliamentary Forum, 1991 onwards; Founder-Member and Working President of All India Freedom Fighters' Successors' Organisation; Working President, National Federation Railway Porters, Vendors and Bearers. Elected as a President for the Khadi & Village Industries Commission Employees Union & Patron for the National Khadi & Village Industries Board's Employees Federation – an apex body of all State K&V.I Board's Employees Unions.

To encourage youngsters to pick up Olympic sports, Hooda announced a cash award of Rs 25 million for the state athletes who would win gold medal in any discipline at the London Games. Cash prize money of Rs 15 million and Rs 10 million for silver and bronze medal winners has also been announced.[4] Hooda has come under the scanner of the CBI for alleged misappropriation of funds and scams.[5] In 2019, CBI's preliminary inquiry (PE) has revealed that Hooda and TC Gupta, a 1987 batch IAS officer and the then head of the town and planning department, allegedly hatched a criminal conspiracy with private builders to deliberately notify huge chunks of land in various sectors of Gurgaon for acquisition for public purpose. This led to the landowners selling their lands at throwaway prices to private builders. But the government ended up actually acquiring only a small proportion of these notified land tracts.[6]

Personal life

Hooda married Asha Dahiya in 1976. He has two children.[7] His son Deepender Singh Hooda was the MP of Rohtak from 2004 to 2019.

Positions held

Position held in Pradesh Congress Committee

SI No.	Post	Tenure
1.	Block Congress Committee, Kiloi, Haryana.	1972-1977
2.	1.) Senior Vice-president, Haryana Pradesh Youth Congress. 2.) Chairman of Panchayat Samiti, Rohtak. 3.) Chairman of Panchayat Parishad of Haryana.	1980-1987
3.	President of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee.	1996-2001
4.	Chairperson, Election Management Committee.	Incumbent

Lok Sabha

SI No.	Year	Lok Sabha	Constituency	Margin	Party
1.	1991	10th	Rohtak	30,573.	INC
2.	1996	11th	Rohtak	2,664.	INC
3.	1998	12th	Rohtak	383.	INC
4.	2004	14th	Rohtak	1,50,435.	INC

Haryana Legislative Assembly

SI No.	Year	Legislative Assembly	Constituency	Margin	Party
1.	2000	9th	Garhi Sampla Kiloi	11,958. [54% vote share]	INC
2.	2005	10th	Garhi Sampla Kiloi	1,03,635. [97% vote share]	INC
3.	2009	11th	Garhi Sampla Kiloi	72,100. [80% vote share]	INC
4.	2014	12th	Garhi Sampla Kiloi	47,185. [60% vote share]	INC
5.	2019	13th	Garhi Sampla Kiloi	58,312. [66% vote share]	INC

Government of Haryana

SI No.	Post	Date Appointed	Tenure
1.	Leader of the Opposition		2002-2004
2.	Chief Minister	5 March 2005	2005-2009
3.	Chief Minister	25 October 2009	2009-2014
4.	Leader of the Opposition	4 September 2019	Incumbent

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References

Chaudhary, Praveen Kumar (12 February 2011). Communal Crimes and National Integration: A Socio-legal Study. Readworthy. ISBN 9789350180402. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Google Books.
"Som Patidar: Freedom Fighters Pay Tribute to Chaudhary Ranbir Singh". Retrieved 12 February 2020.
http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=35950 Public Information Bureau release on balachadi Sainik School
"Rs 2.5 Crore for gold medal in Olympics: Haryana CM". The Times Of India. 27 July 2012.
"CBI names Bhupinder Singh Hooda main conspirator in Rs 1000 crore Manesar land scam". The Indian Express. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
Ohri, Raghav (26 January 2019). "CBI books former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda for 'illegal' land deals". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
Adil, Mohammad (9 May 2019). "Bhupinder Singh Hooda: Will the Congress heavyweight stomp his authority in Sonipat?". Times Now. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.

Lok Sabha
Preceded by Chaudhari Devi Lal	Member of Parliament for Rohtak 1991 – 1999	Succeeded by Captain Inder Singh
Preceded by Captain Inder Singh	Member of Parliament for Rohtak 2004 – 2005	Succeeded by Deepender Singh Hooda
Political offices
Preceded by Om Prakash Chautala	Chief Minister of Haryana 5 March 2005 – 26 October 2014	Succeeded by Manohar Lal Khattar

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[1] Chaudhary, Praveen Kumar (12 February 2011). Communal Crimes and National Integration: A Socio-legal Study. Readworthy. ISBN 9789350180402. Retrieved 12 February 2020 – via Google Books.

[Som-2] "Som Patidar: Freedom Fighters Pay Tribute to Chaudhary Ranbir Singh". Retrieved 12 February 2020.

[3] ttp://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=35950 Public Information Bureau release on balachadi Sainik School

[4] "Rs 2.5 Crore for gold medal in Olympics: Haryana CM". The Times Of India. 27 July 2012.

[5] "CBI names Bhupinder Singh Hooda main conspirator in Rs 1000 crore Manesar land scam". The Indian Express. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.

[6] Ohri, Raghav (26 January 2019). "CBI books former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda for 'illegal' land deals". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 February 2020.

[Adil-7] Adil, Mohammad (9 May 2019). "Bhupinder Singh Hooda: Will the Congress heavyweight stomp his authority in Sonipat?". Times Now. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.