Baroda bypoll result crucial for Haryana ex-CM Hooda

New Delhi, Nov 3 : The outcome of bypoll in the Baroda Assembly constituency in Haryana is crucial for former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who says that it will change the state and national politics.
Baroda is considered a stronghold of Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who has aggressively campaigned along with his MP son Deepender Hooda in favour of Congress candidate Induraj Narwal, who is pitted against BJP candidate and Olympian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt.
The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) has fielded Joginder Singh Malik. The bypoll was necessitated by the death of three-time Congress legislator Sri Krishan Hooda in April.
In the 2019 Haryana Assembly elections, Sri Krishan had defeated Dutt of the BJP by 4,840 votes in Baroda.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda has put in all his political might in the by-election to retain the seat as the party candidate was handpicked by him.
The former Chief Minister has been running the party affairs in Haryana and a win on the seat is crucial for him to ensure he continues to have a say in the Congress. He had earlier made the Congress to nominate his son Deepender to the Rajya Sabha while ignoring state President Kumari Selja whose term in the Upper House of Parliament was coming to an end at that point in time.