Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Hooda Accuses Haryana Government of Avoiding Opposition Issues
Bhupinder Singh Hooda is a Congress leader in Haryana.
He said the state government did not properly answer questions from Congress in the Assembly.
He said Congress was not allowed to discuss an alleged bank scam.
He also said workers hired through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam should receive regular jobs.
Hooda claimed some workers were dismissed and informed through WhatsApp messages.
He criticized the government over sanitation workers who have been striking for nearly a month.
Congress said its lawmakers were mistreated by security personnel outside the Assembly.
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini gave a different account and accused some Congress lawmakers of mistreating security staff.
Hooda also raised concerns about Haryana’s debt, recruitment and unpaid hospital claims.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda accused the Nayab Singh Saini government of avoiding answers during the Haryana Assembly’s Monsoon session.
Congress’s adjournment motion on an alleged multi-crore bank scam was rejected, Hooda said.
Hooda demanded regularisation of Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam workers and criticized alleged contract terminations.
He sought a House committee and detailed video review of the August 27 confrontation involving Congress MLAs and Assembly security personnel.
Hooda raised concerns about sanitation workers’ strike, recruitment allegations, rising debt and approximately Rs 1,200 crore in unpaid Ayushman claims.
- Who
- Former Haryana chief minister and Leader of the Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Congress MLAs and the Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government.
- What
- Hooda accused the government of avoiding discussion and answers on issues raised by Congress during the Assembly’s Monsoon session.
- When
- Hooda made the claims on Wednesday, September 2, after the session concluded on Tuesday; the disputed confrontation occurred on August 27.
- Where
- The Haryana Legislative Assembly complex in Chandigarh.
- Why
- Hooda said the government was avoiding accountability over an alleged bank scam, contractual employment, the treatment of MLAs, sanitation workers’ demands, recruitment, debt and unpaid hospital claims.
Congress and Hooda’s Allegations
Government’s Response
Assembly accountability
Congress and Hooda’s Allegations
Hooda said the government rejected or avoided discussion on the alleged bank scam and failed to give satisfactory answers on several opposition issues.
Government’s Response
The government rejected the adjournment motion, according to the report, while the articles do not provide a detailed response to Hooda’s broader criticism.
August 27 confrontation
Congress and Hooda’s Allegations
Congress alleged that security personnel manhandled its MLAs outside the Assembly. Hooda sought a House committee and detailed examination of video footage.
Government’s Response
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said some Congress MLAs had manhandled security personnel and said Hooda was involved.
Contractual employment
Congress and Hooda’s Allegations
Hooda said HKRN’s job-protection claims were untrue, citing complaints from workers whose contracts were allegedly terminated, and demanded regularisation.
Government’s Response
The government’s position, as described by Hooda, is that HKRN provides job protection; the articles do not include a separate government response to the termination claims.
Treatment of Congress MLA Geeta Bhukkal
Congress and Hooda’s Allegations
Hooda alleged that Bhukkal was targeted because she is a Dalit after she used a Guru Ravidas couplet during an Assembly discussion.
Government’s Response
The report says Bhukkal explained that she had used the couplet after BJP legislator Ram Kumar Gautam made a remark about Hooda; it does not provide the treasury benches’ detailed response.
- Political figure
- Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Leader of the Opposition in the Haryana Assembly
- Government criticized
- The Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government
- Bank-scam motion
- Congress’s adjournment motion concerning an alleged multi-crore bank scam was rejected, according to Hooda
- Employment issue
- Congress sought regularisation of Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam workers and regular recruitment in future
- Assembly confrontation
- Congress alleged that security personnel manhandled its MLAs on August 27; Saini accused some Congress MLAs of manhandling security staff
- Fiscal claims
- Hooda said Haryana ranked 14th in NITI Aayog’s Fiscal Health Index and 15th in the state-wise debt index
- Financial claims
- Hooda claimed Haryana’s debt exceeded Rs 5.5 lakh crore and private hospitals were awaiting about Rs 1,200 crore in Ayushman payments
