Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Bhupinder Singh Hooda | |
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Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Legislative Assembly | |
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 | |
Assumed office 22 October 2009 | |
Preceded by | Position established Himself as MLA of Kiloi |
Constituency | Garhi Sampla-Kiloi |
In office June 2005 – October 2009 | |
Preceded by | Shri Krishan Hooda |
Succeeded by | Constituency renamed as Garhi Sampla-Kiloi after delimitation |
Constituency | Kiloi |
In office February 2000 – May 2004 | |
Preceded by | Shri Krishan Hooda |
Succeeded by | Shri Krishan Hooda |
Constituency | |
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 | Rohtak, East Punjab, India | 15 September 1947
Political party | Indian National Congress (1972 – present) |
Spouse(s) | Asha Dahiya (m. 1976) |
Children | 2, including Deepender Singh Hooda |
Parent(s) |
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Alma mater | Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Panjab University |
Bhupinder Singh Hooda (born 15 September 1947)[citation needed] 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. at Panjab University, Chandigarh after which he pursued law from the prestigious Faculty of Law, 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 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; 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 |
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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 |
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1. | 1991 | 10th | Rohtak | 30,573. | INC |
2. | 1996 | 11th | Rohtak | 2,664. | INC |
3. | 1998 | 12th | Rohtak | 383. | INC |
4. | 2004 | 14th | Rohtak | 150,435. | INC |
Haryana Legislative Assembly[]
SI No. | Year | Legislative Assembly | Constituency | Margin | Party |
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1. | 2000 | 9th | Garhi Sampla Kiloi | 11,958. [54% vote share] |
INC |
2. | 2005 | 10th | Garhi Sampla Kiloi | 103,635. [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 |
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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 |
Criticism and scam cases[]
There are six CBI cases and several other vigilance department investigations against Hooda underway.[8] Central Bureau of Investigation is investigating several scams, mostly related to illegal land grab, that took place during his rule in Haryana. These investigations include the Gurugram-Manesar IMT land scam, Robert Vadra DLF land grab scam, Gurugram Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam, Sonepat-Kharkhoda IMT land scam case, Garhi Sampla Uddar Gagan land scam, Panchkula-HUDA Industrial plots allotment scam, AJL-National Herald Panchkula land grab scam, Haryana Forestry scam case and Haryana Raxil drug purchase scam. He has been already chargesheeted in the Manesar-Gurugram land scam, while other cases are still under investigation (c. March 2018).[9][8]
See also[]
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.
- ^ a b "Som Patidar: Freedom Fighters Pay Tribute to Chaudhary Ranbir Singh". Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "हुड्डा की घेरेबंदी में जुटी हरियाणा सरकार, दो और मामलों में सीबीआई जांच के आदेश". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). 13 March 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ "CBI to probe two more Hooda govt land deals". Tribune. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Chief Ministers of Haryana
- Panjab University alumni
- Lok Sabha members from Haryana
- 10th Lok Sabha members
- 11th Lok Sabha members
- 12th Lok Sabha members
- 14th Lok Sabha members
- People from Rohtak district
- Leaders of the Opposition in Haryana
- Haryana MLAs 2000–2005
- Haryana MLAs 2005–2009
- Haryana MLAs 2009–2014
- Haryana MLAs 2014–2019
- Haryana MLAs 2019–2024
- Chief ministers from Indian National Congress
- Indian National Congress politicians
- Faculty of Law, University of Delhi alumni