Archive · 25 Aug 2026
Haryana Congress Infighting Deepens Over Sajjan Kumar Remarks
A disagreement has grown inside the Congress party in Haryana.
Kuldeep Sharma says some senior leaders treated him unfairly.
He says he was not allowed to speak at a protest in Panchkula.
Sharma also criticized Deepender Singh Hooda for comments about Sajjan Kumar.
Deepender Singh Hooda later said he was sorry for remarks attributed to him.
Sharma then brought up an older dispute called the G-23 episode.
He alleged that Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ghulam Nabi Azad asked him to sign papers that he thought were about party organization.
The article does not give a detailed response from the leaders Sharma accused.
Former Haryana Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Sharma accused senior Congress leaders of sidelining him.
Sharma said he was not allowed to speak at a Congress protest in Panchkula.
He linked criticism against him to a letter he wrote about Deepender Singh Hooda’s remarks on Sajjan Kumar.
Deepender Singh Hooda later expressed regret over remarks attributed to him about Sajjan Kumar.
Sharma also alleged that Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ghulam Nabi Azad asked him to sign documents without explaining they related to Sonia Gandhi.
- Who
- Kuldeep Sharma, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Deepender Singh Hooda, Ghulam Nabi Azad and other Haryana Congress leaders.
- What
- A public dispute over alleged sidelining, remarks about Sajjan Kumar and the earlier G-23 episode has intensified within the Haryana Congress.
- Where
- Panchkula, Haryana, and within the Congress organization.
- Why
- Sharma says he was denied a chance to speak and criticized after objecting to Deepender Singh Hooda’s remarks; he also alleges he was misled about documents connected to the G-23 letter.
Kuldeep Sharma’s allegations
Reported party response and context
Treatment within the party
Kuldeep Sharma’s allegations
Kuldeep Sharma alleged that he was sidelined and denied an opportunity to speak during a Congress protest in Panchkula.
Reported party response and context
The article does not provide a detailed response from the Congress leaders he criticized.
Sajjan Kumar remarks
Kuldeep Sharma’s allegations
Sharma criticized Deepender Singh Hooda after Hooda expressed condolences on Sajjan Kumar’s death.
Reported party response and context
Deepender Singh Hooda later walked back the remarks attributed to him and expressed regret.
G-23 documents
Kuldeep Sharma’s allegations
Sharma alleged that Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ghulam Nabi Azad asked him to sign documents without telling him they concerned a letter against Sonia Gandhi.
Reported party response and context
The article provides no response from Bhupinder Singh Hooda or Ghulam Nabi Azad to this allegation.
- Main figure
- Kuldeep Sharma, a former Haryana Assembly Speaker
- Protest location
- Panchkula
- Controversial remarks
- Remarks attributed to Deepender Singh Hooda about former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar
- Sajjan Kumar case
- Sajjan Kumar died at age 80 while serving two life sentences linked to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots
- Earlier dispute
- The G-23 consisted of 23 Congress dissenters who wrote to Sonia Gandhi in 2020
- Sharma’s allegation
- Sharma said he was asked to sign documents presented as organizational papers by Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ghulam Nabi Azad
- Subsequent statement
- Deepender Singh Hooda later expressed regret over the remarks attributed to him