Bhupinder Singh Hooda
{{Short description|9th Chief Minister of Haryana (born 1947)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bhupinder Singh Hooda
| image = Bhupinder Singh Hooda (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| office = Leader of the Opposition,
Haryana Legislative Assembly
| term_start = 2 November 2019
| term_end = 12 September 2024
| predecessor = himself
| successor =
| term_start1 = 4 September 2019
| term_end1 = 27 October 2019
| predecessor1 = Abhay Singh Chautala
| successor2 = Om Prakash Chautala
| term_start2 = 2001
| term_end2 = 2004
| predecessor2 = Om Prakash Chautala
| office3 = 9th Chief Minister of Haryana
| term_start3 = 5 March 2005
| term_end3 = 26 October 2014
| predecessor3 = Om Prakash Chautala
| successor3 = Manohar Lal Khattar
| office4 = Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
| term_start6 = February 2000
| term_end6 = May 2004
| constituency6 = Kiloi
| predecessor6 = Krishan Hooda
| successor6 = Krishan Hooda
| term_start5 = June 2005
| term_end5 = October 2009
| constituency5 = Kiloi
| predecessor5 = Krishan Hooda
| successor5 = Constituency renamed as Garhi Sampla-Kiloi after delimitation
| office6 =
| term_start4 = 22 October 2009
| term_end4 =
| constituency4 = Garhi Sampla-Kiloi
| predecessor4 = Position established
{{small|Himself as MLA of Kiloi}}
| successor4 =
| office7 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| term_start7 = June 1991
| term_end7 = October 1999
| constituency7 = Rohtak
| predecessor7 = Devi Lal
| successor7 = Inder Singh
| term_start8 = May 2004
| term_end8 = June 2005
| constituency8 = Rohtak
| predecessor8 = Inder Singh
| successor8 = Deepender Singh Hooda
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|9|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sanghi, East Punjab, India
{{small|(present-day Haryana)}}
| party = Indian National Congress (1972–present)
| spouse = {{Marriage|Asha Dahiya|1976}}
| children = 2 (including Deepender Singh Hooda)
| father = Ranbir Singh Hooda
| education =
| alma_mater = Panjab University (B.A.),
Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (LL.B)
| occupation = Politician
| source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=3506&lastls=14
| 1blankname = Deputy
| 1namedata = Aftab Ahmed
| succeeded1 = himself
}}
Bhupinder Singh Hooda (born 15 September 1947){{cite web |title= Loksabha : Member's Bioprofile|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=3506&lastls=14|access-date=15 July 2022}} is an Indian National Congress politician, who has served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 2005 to 2014. He was the Leader of the Opposition in Haryana Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2024.{{cite web |title=Bhupinder Singh Hooda biography|work= oneindia.com |url= https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/bhupinder-singh-hooda-65196.html|access-date=15 July 2022}}{{cite web |title=Bhupinder Singh Hooda Biography|work=elections.in|url=https://www.elections.in/political-leaders/bhupinder-singh-hooda.html|access-date=15 July 2022}}
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.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YsL-7mlzEY8C&q=bhupinder+singh+hooda+jat&pg=PA141|title=Communal Crimes and National Integration: A Socio-legal Study|first=Praveen Kumar|last=Chaudhary|date=12 February 2011|publisher=Readworthy|access-date=12 February 2020|via=Google Books|isbn=9789350180402}} His father Ranbir Singh Hooda was a renowned freedom fighter.{{Cite web|url=http://sompatidar.blogspot.com/2010/02/freedom-fighters-pay-tribute-to.html|title=Som Patidar: Freedom Fighters Pay Tribute to Chaudhary Ranbir Singh|access-date=12 February 2020}}
He is an alumnus of Sainik School, Kunjpura, Karnal, Haryana and Sainik School, Balachadi, Jamnagar, Gujarat.{{cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=35950 |title=Public Information Bureau release on balachadi Sainik School}} 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.{{Cite news |title=The Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, has criticised the Central and Chautala Governments for their failure to allot any relief to the drought-affected people of the state. |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030402/haryana.htm |work=The Tribute |date=1 April 2003 |access-date=4 September 2024}} 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.{{Cite news |last=C G |first=Manoj |date=18 March 2022 |title=Rahul Gandhi reaches out to Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Manish Tewari says Congress needs 'surgery' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/after-g-23-meeting-rahul-gandhi-meets-congress-veteran-bhupinder-singh-hooda-7824601/ |work=The Indian Express |access-date=11 May 2022 }}
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.{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/Rs-2-5-Crore-for-gold-medal-in-Olympics-Haryana-CM/articleshow/15163327.cms|title=Rs 2.5 Crore for gold medal in Olympics: Haryana CM
|date= 27 July 2012 | work=The Times Of India}} Hooda has come under the scanner of the CBI for alleged misappropriation of funds and scams.{{Cite news |last=Siwach |first=Sukhbir |date=20 February 2018 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/cbi-names-bhupinder-singh-hooda-main-conspirator-in-rs-1000-crore-manesar-land-scam-5070604/ |title=CBI names Bhupinder Singh Hooda main conspirator in Rs 1000 crore Manesar land scam |work=The Indian Express |access-date=25 February 2018}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cbi-registers-new-case-against-ex-haryana-cm-hooda-in-land-scam-carries-out-searches-at-30-locations/articleshow/67683397.cms|title=CBI books former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda for 'illegal' land deals|first=Raghav|last=Ohri|date=26 January 2019|access-date=12 February 2020|newspaper=The Economic Times}}
Personal life
Bhupinder Singh Hooda married Asha Dahiya in 1976. He has two children.{{cite news |last1=Adil |first1=Mohammad |title=Bhupinder Singh Hooda: Will the Congress heavyweight stomp his authority in Sonipat? |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/bhupinder-singh-hooda-role-in-haryana-politics-and-elections-about-bhupinder-singh-hooda-from-congress-political-career-and-history/415772 |access-date=24 May 2019 |work=Times Now |date=9 May 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190524195959/https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/bhupinder-singh-hooda-role-in-haryana-politics-and-elections-about-bhupinder-singh-hooda-from-congress-political-career-and-history/415772 |archive-date=24 May 2019 |url-status=live }} His son Deepender Singh Hooda is the MP of Rohtak.
Positions held
=Positions held in Pradesh Congress Committee=
| class ="wikitable" |
| SI No.
! Post ! Tenure |
|---|
| 1.
|Block Congress Committee, Kiloi, Haryana. |1972-1977 |
| 2.
|1.) Senior Vice-president, Haryana Pradesh Youth Congress. |1980-1987 |
| 3.
|President of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee. |1996-2001 |
| 4.
|Chairperson, Election Management Committee. |
=Government of Haryana=
| class ="wikitable" |
| SI No.
! Post ! Date Appointed ! Tenure |
|---|
| 1.
|Leader of the Opposition |2002 |2002-2004 |
| 2.
|5 March 2005 |2005-2009 |
| 3.
|25 October 2009 |2009-2014 |
| 4.
|4 September 2019 |
Electoral history
=Lok Sabha=
| class ="wikitable" |
| SI No.
! Year ! Lok Sabha ! Constituency ! colspan="2" |Party ! Votes ! Vote share ! Margin ! Result |
|---|
| 1.
|1991 |10th |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |2,41,235 |44% |30,573 |
| 2.
|1996 |11th |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |1,98,154 |31.71% |2,664 |
| 3.
|1998 |12th |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |2,54,951 |38.66% |383 |
| 4.
|1999 |13th |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |2,22,233 |35.09% |1,44,693 |
| 5.
|2004 |14th |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |3,24,235 |48.97% |1,50,435 |
| 6.
|2019 |17th | |4,22,800 |37.43% |1,64,864 |
=Haryana Legislative Assembly=
| class ="wikitable" |
| SI No.
! Year ! Assembly ! Constituency ! colspan="2" |Party ! Votes ! Vote share ! Margin ! Result |
|---|
| 1.
|1982 |6th |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |15,240 |32.16% |4,553 |
| 2.
|1987 |7th |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |18,687 |33.32% |15,023 |
| 3.
|2000 |10th |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |39,513 |53.48% |11,958 |
| 4.
|2005 |11th |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |1,06,698 |96.68% |1,03,635 |
| 5.
|2009 |12th |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |89,849 |79.77% |72,100 |
| 6.
|2014 |13th | |80,693 |57.28% |47,185 |
| 7.
|2019 |14th | |97,755 |65.82% |58,312 |
| 8.
|2024 |15th | |1,08,539 |72.72% |71,465 |{{won}}{{cite web |title=Garhi Sampla-Kiloi (Haryana) - 2024 |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenOct2024/ConstituencywiseS0761.htm |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=5 January 2025}} |
Criticism and scam cases
There are many cases filed against him including six CBI cases and several other vigilance department investigations against Hooda underway.{{cite news |title=हुड्डा की घेरेबंदी में जुटी हरियाणा सरकार, दो और मामलों में सीबीआई जांच के आदेश |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/punjab-and-haryana/chandigarh/bhupendra-singh-hooda-to-face-cbi-probe-in-two-more-cases/articleshow/63288447.cms |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=Navbharat Times |date=13 March 2018 |language=hi}} 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).{{cite news |title=CBI to probe two more Hooda govt land deals |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryana/cbi-to-probe-two-more-hooda-govt-land-deals-557679 |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=Tribune |date=14 March 2018 |language=en}}
See also
References
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