Haryana Assembly Election 2024: Ahead of the counting of votes for the Haryana Assembly elections on October 8, Congress leader Bhupendra Singh Hooda left for Delhi on Sunday, where he is likely to meet the party high command. Hooda is considered a strong contender for the post of Chief Minister. Sources said that senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Hooda will stay at his Delhi residence at night. Hooda may meet the party high command before returning to his residence in Rohtak on Monday afternoon.

Kumari Selja-Randeep Surjewala also contenders for CM post?

A close aide of Bhupendra Hooda said that he left for Delhi from his residence in Rohtak on Sunday evening. When asked who will be made the Chief Minister after the Congress comes to power, Hooda reiterated on Saturday that there is a set procedure in the party, according to which the opinion of the party MLAs will be taken, then the high command will decide.

When asked that Kumari Selja and Randeep Singh Surjewala are also contenders for the post of Chief Minister, Hooda replied that politics is something that anyone can aspire to, but there is a fixed process for it. It is worth noting that voting for the Haryana Assembly elections ended on Saturday evening and the results will be declared on Tuesday.

Bhupendra Hooda thanked the voters

Earlier, the former CM met party workers at his residence in Rohtak on Sunday. After this, while talking to the media, he thanked the voters of the state for conducting peaceful elections. He said that the exit polls have come now, they are already saying that this time people have made up their mind to bring Congress to power with a huge majority. Because people saw the achievements of the Congress government from 2005 to 2014 and then saw the failures of BJP-JJP government from 2014 to 2024. That's why they decided to make Congress win.