Congress will form govt with comfortable majority, says Hooda

Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said his party is going to form government with comfortable majority and reiterated that the decision on CMs face will be taken by the high command on the opinion of the Congress MLAsHe made these remarks after the polling ended and several exit polls predicted the Congress victory in the Haryana pollsWe are forming the government with a comfortable majority the 77yearold Hooda told reporters at his Rohtak residenceOn several exit polls predicting a Congress victory the senior Congress leader said I have been saying that according to our assessment we are forming the government with a comfortable majority I have been saying that people have decided to form the Congress government On who will be the chief minister if the Congress comes to power Hooda reiterated that there is a laid down procedure in the party according to which the opinion of the party MLAs will be sought and the high command will decideAsked that Kumari Selja and Randeep Singh Surjewala are also aspirants for the CMs posts Hooda said politics is such that one can have aspirations but there is a procedure that legislators will give their opinion and high command will decideOn the BJP leaders saying their party will return to power Hooda quipped What else will BJP say They will come to know once results are out Dubbing the BJPled government in Haryana as a nonperforming government he said corruption and unemployment were at their peak under their dispensation while every section including farmers employees poor labourers women and youth were fed up with this governmentHe said this election was also about achievements of the previous Congress government versus the BJPs failures and their nonperformanceFrom once being a state which was number one in terms of per capita income investment and in various other spheres the state now tops in unemployment while law and order situation has deteriorated and drug menace has spread its tentacles Hooda saidThe Congress veteran and twotime former chief minister who is seeking reelection from Garhi SamplaKiloi in Rohtak district had told reporters before going to cast his vote in village Sanghi in the district in the morning that the Congress will form the government and they have made up their mind to bring the party to powerThere is lot of enthusiasm among people he said This government is a failure and people have decided to oust them he addedBJP ja rahi hai Congress aa rahi hai BJP is on way out while the Congress is coming back to power he saidPolling for all the 90 assembly seats was held on Saturday The BJP is in power in Haryana for last 10 years and the Congress this time is eyeing to wrest power PTI SUN KSS KSSThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever