Congress MLAs looked disappointed without leader of the legislative party
Chandigarh: Congress attended the budget session without a leader of the house on Friday. On the first day of the budget session of the Haryana Assembly, Congress MLAs reached the House without a leader, appearing very disappointed with the decision of their high command not to declare the leader of the legislative party. However, former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda appeared in the role of leader but the Congress leadership has not yet approved his name. More than two dozen Congress MLAs lobbied to make Hooda the leader. The Congress MLAs sitting on the benches in front of the ruling party appeared quite disappointed without a commander due to the decision of their high command not to declare the leader of the legislative party. The Congress MLAs were hopeful that the high command might announce the leader of the legislative party sometime before the budget session begins, but this did not happen. As a result, the Congress MLAs had to participate in the proceedings of the House without a leader. However, Hooda handled the situation, was seen in the role of a leader. Although former Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda was seen in the assembly in the role of the leader of the Congress MLAs, in the second time that the Congress had to participate in the proceedings of the House without the leader of the legislative party.
After the BJP government was formed in October, the winter session of the assembly was held. Even at that time, the leader of the Congress Legislative Party could not be announced. Since then, there are constant speculations that the leader of the legislative party will be announced at any time, but the Congress high command has put the MLAs’ wait to an end. Sources reveal, 37 Congress MLAs have been elected to the Assembly. More than 30 of these MLAs are Hooda supporters, but the anti-Hooda leaders of the Congress do not want Hooda to be given the command of the leader of the legislative party again. Information also reveals, in a discussion with Congress in-charge BK Hariprasad in a recent meeting held in New Delhi, these senior leaders have also conveyed their opinion to him. There are few Hooda supporting MLAs who are with Hooda only for show, but they themselves want to become the leader of the legislative party in the state. Such leaders, instead of lobbying before the party in-charge to make Hooda the leader of the legislative party, have lobbied for themselves. However, out of the 37 Congress MLAs in Haryana state, more than two dozen MLAs have proposed to the in-charge to make Hooda the leader of the legislative party.
In the previous government, Hooda was the leader of the opposition in the assembly. The Congress in-charge has submitted his report to Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge. Haryana Congress President Chaudhary Udaybhan is hopeful that due to Rahul Gandhi’s busy schedule, the name of the leader of the legislative party has not been decided yet. It is likely that the leader of the legislative party will be decided by Holi. The leader of the Congress Legislative Party will be the leader of the opposition in the assembly. According to Udaybhan, while having talks with media persons there is every possibility that the Congress will get a leader of the legislative party and the opposition during the present budget session.
