Bhupinder Singh Hooda

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Asha Dahiya
(m. 1976)
Bhupinder Singh Hooda
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Leader of the Opposition,
Haryana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
4 September 2019
Children2 (including Deepender Singh Hooda)
Parent
Alma mater Panjab University (B.A.),
Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (LL.B)
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Bhupinder Singh Hooda (born 15 September 1947) [1] 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. [2] [3]

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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. [4] [5] His father Ranbir Singh Hooda was a renowned freedom fighter. [5]

He is an alumnus of Sainik School, Balachadi, Jamnagar, Gujarat. [6] 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 at 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. Hooda was a vocal supporter for structural reforms within the Congress party and a part of the G23 rebel leaders group. He has been meeting party senior leaders and other G23 leaders to bring about reconciliation. [7]

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. [8] Hooda has come under the scanner of the CBI for alleged misappropriation of funds and scams. [9] 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. [10]

Personal life

Bhupinder Singh Hooda married Asha Dahiya in 1976. He has two children. [11] His son Deepender Singh Hooda was the MP of Rohtak from 2004 to 2019.

Positions held

Position held in Pradesh Congress Committee

SI No.PostTenure
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

Government of Haryana

SI No.PostDate AppointedTenure
1.Leader of the Opposition20022002-2004
2. Chief Minister 5 March 20052005-2009
3. Chief Minister 25 October 20092009-2014
4.Leader of the Opposition4 September 2019 Incumbent

Electoral history

Lok Sabha

SI No.YearLok SabhaConstituencyPartyVotesVote shareMarginResult
1. 1991 10th Rohtak Indian National Congress 2,41,23544%30,573Won [12]
2. 1996 11th Rohtak Indian National Congress 1,98,15431.71%2,664Won [12]
3. 1998 12th Rohtak Indian National Congress 2,54,95138.66%383Won [12]
4. 1999 13th Rohtak Indian National Congress 2,22,23335.09%1,44,693Lost [12]
5. 2004 14th Rohtak Indian National Congress 3,24,23548.97%1,50,435Won [12]

Haryana Legislative Assembly

SI No.YearAssemblyConstituencyPartyVotesVote shareMarginResult
1. 2000 9th Kiloi Indian National Congress 39,51353.48%11,958Won [13]
2. 2009 11th Garhi Sampla Kiloi Indian National Congress 89,84979.81%72,100Won [14]
3. 2014 12th Garhi Sampla Kiloi Indian National Congress 80,69357.31%47,185Won [14]
4. 2019 13th Garhi Sampla Kiloi Indian National Congress 97,75565.82%58,312Won [14]

Criticism and scam cases

There are many cases filed against him including six CBI cases and several other vigilance department investigations against Hooda underway. [15] 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). [16] [15]

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<i>AJL-National Herald Panchkula land grab case</i>

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<i>Manesar land scam</i>

Gurugram-Manesar Industrial Model Township land grab scam case pertains to the chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and 33 others for the Manesar Industrial Model Township land acquisition scam. This scam resulted in INR1500 crore loss to the farmers of Manesar and neighbouring village in Gurugram district whose 688 acre land was being acquired at a low rate for "public purpose". This land was later licensed to real estate companies after granting them out of term favours and concessions. Private builders grabbed 400 acres land from farmers at throwaway price based on the threat of acquisition by the government. Once this land was bought by the builders, Hooda government released this land from the acquisition process in the favor of builders instead of the original owners. Market value of this 400 acre land was nearly INR4 crore per acre or total INR1600 crore, which was acquired by the builders at only INR100 crore, causing a loss of INR1500 crore to innocent farmer owners of Manesar, Naurangpur and Lakhnoula villages.

<i>Garhi Sampla Uddar Gagan land case</i>

The Rohtak-Garhi Sampla Uddar Gagan Model Township land grab case pertains to illegal acquisition and licensing of 850.88 acres land under Bhupinder Singh Hooda's rule as the Chief Minister of Haryana. Hooda acquired land from illiterate poor farmers at a throwaway prices in the name of "public interest" and later licensed this land to builders by granting them out-of-turn favors, which resulted in exponential increase in the land value, causing gains to big builders. HUDA issued notification on 11 April 2002 for acquiring 850.88 acres land for residential and commercial development in Sector 27-28 of Rohtak However, which was later reduced to acquire 441.11 acre on 8 April 2003. A private builder, Uddar Gagan Properties Limited, was granted license by Hooda' government to develop a colony across 280 acres of the released land [excluded from government acquisition], thus accruing illegal gains to private middlemen. HUDA issued notification on 11 April 2002 for acquiring 850.88 acres land for residential and commercial development in Sector 27-28 of Rohtak However, which was later reduced to acquire 441.11 acre on 8 April 2003. A private builder, Uddar Gagan Properties Limited, was granted license by Hooda' government to develop a colony across 280 acres of the released land [excluded from government acquisition], thus accruing illegal gains to private middlemen. Uddar Gagan is owned by Zee.

<i>Sonepat-Kharkhoda IMT land case</i>

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<i>Haryana Raxil drug purchase case</i>

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<i>Haryana Forestry case</i> Multi-crore fake plantation scam

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Lok Sabha
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Rohtak

1991 – 1999
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament
for Rohtak

2004 – 2005
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Chief Minister of Haryana
5 March 2005 – 26 October 2014
Succeeded by