Source – PTI
Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday said his party is going to form the government with a comfortable majority and reiterated that the decision on the CM’s face will be taken by the high command based on the opinion of the Congress MLAs.
He made these remarks after polling ended and several exit polls predicted the Congress’ victory in the Haryana polls.
“We are forming the government with a comfortable majority,” the 77-year-old Hooda told reporters at his Rohtak residence.
On 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 decide.”
When asked about Kumari Selja and Randeep Singh Surjewala, who are also aspirants for the CM’s post, Hooda said politics is such that one can have aspirations, “but there is a procedure where legislators will give their opinion, and the high command will decide.”
On BJP leaders claiming their party will return to power, Hooda quipped, “What else will BJP say? They will come to know once the results are out.”
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