The former Chief Minister is being backed by most Congress leaders in the state.

New Delhi: While most Congress leaders in Haryana have joined the party faction that is being managed by former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and his son Deepender Hooda, only a few loyalists in Haryana, including Randeep Singh Surjewala, Kumari Selja and Ashok Tanwar, are left behind as flag bearers of the central Congress high command, that is the Gandhi family.

According to sources, Bhupinder Singh Hooda has constituted a 25-member committee comprising 13 MLAs to decide his future course of action. The committee’s decision will be announced by the second week of September.

A source close to the Hooda camp told The Sunday Guardian: “Bhupinder Singh Hooda is all set to float his own partyas a 25-member led committee is working to draft a roadmap for launching a party in the state in case the central leadership sidelines the former Chief Minister. Bhupinder Hooda has already warned the Congress high command to fall in line with him in Haryana, otherwise he will part ways.”

“The committee is also charting out the campaign strategy for Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the stress is on to regain the lost support in Jatland. The committee is working to make a 15-point suggestion to woo the OBC voters in the state. The committee will also bring out the report about the failures of the incumbent Manohar Lal Khattar-led Bharatiya Janta Party government,” the same source said.

To showcase his strength, Bhupinder Singh Hooda held a rally on 18 August