After the elections to the State Legislative Assembly, the governor extends an invitation to the winning party or coalition which has secured the majority votes to form government. The MLAs of the party which has secured most votes end up deciding who will be the next CM. In the state Assembly elections, members are elected directly through voting.

Congress leader and former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda will fight the Haryana elections from the Garhi-Sampla-Kiloi seat in Rohtak. This area is know as 'Jat heartland' and is a Congress stronghold and the Hooda family.

Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the election manifesto released by the BJP is merely a 'copy & paste' of their previous promises

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Chandigarh: In a major setback to the ruling BJP, its senior leader and former general secretary of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) Gurvinder Singh Dhamija quit party on Thursday and joined Congress.

The guarantees were announced in the presence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan, former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, AICC general