Gurgram: After an extended wait, the All India Parliament Committee (AICC) on Monday appointed former Minister Raonalendar Singh to the President of the Haryana Pradesh Parliament Committee (HPCC), and former Prime Minister Bhupindar Singhhuda had fast impact as chief of the Haryana Parliament meeting.
Huda, the one largest opposition chief in Parliament, as soon as once more envisions the position of opposition management he had between 2019 and 2024.
The appointment was introduced at a press convention issued by Common Secretary of the Parliament (group) KC Venugopal. “The Chairman of the Hombul Congress appointed Sri Rao Narendar Singh as chairman of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee and instantly and successfully appointed.”
The assertion additionally pointed to the approval of Congress President Marikaljun Kalge’s proposal to nominate CLP chief. Huda posted a photograph of herself on X together with Rao Narender Singh, congratulating the latter and thanking HPCC president Udai Bang.
My associate within the former minister and parliament was by the excessive command of parliament. @Rarienders A heartfelt congratulations and nice needs for turning into the state president of Haryana Congress.
We imagine you’ll be discovered below your management, group, power and new instructions.
The resignation president @incdibhan Thanks to G. pic.twitter.com/pc0uqcc856
-Bhupinder Singh Hooda (@bhupindershooda) September 29, 2025
AICC additionally acknowledged the contribution of PCC president Udaiban.
The appointment comes virtually a yr after the 2024 parliamentary elections in Haryana, when the Congress didn’t attain a return to energy, regardless of the ballot forecasts suggesting favorable outcomes.
New State Meeting Chief Rao Narender Singh (62) served because the Minister of Well being of the Huda Authorities from 2009 to 2014. He was chosen in 2009 from Narnaur to Haryana Vidhan Sabha from Kuldeep Bishnoy’s Haryana Janhit Congress.
Nonetheless, he was exiled to Parliament shortly after the election of 4 different individuals and appointed minister of the Huda 2.0 authorities. His father, Rao Banshi Singh, was additionally a pastor in Haryana.
Rao Narender Singh competed in parliamentary elections in 2014, 2019 and 2024, however failed. His affidavit exhibits that he submitted it to the Indian Election Fee in 2024. He faces a prison case filed by the Nationwide Guard (Gurgaon) below part 7, 13(1)(d) of the Anti-Corruption Act in 1988.–Jarnail Singh, Vinod Bhahayana, Ramniwas Ghorela, Naresh Selwal–Primarily based on a stinging technique.
The appointment of Rao Narender Singh as HPCC president is taken into account a Congressional bid for OBC voters who’re believed to have been drifting in direction of the BJP since 2014.
Previous to the 2024 Lok Sabha ballot, the BJP changed CM Manohar Lal Khattar with Nayab Singh Saini, the face of the OBC.
In the meantime, Hooda’s reinstatement as CLP chief is in a predicted coverage as nearly all of Haryana’s 37 Congress MLAs are loyal to him. Huda, who served because the Prime Minister of Haryana from 2005 to 2014, has been the face of the state legislature since 2005 when he was appointed by the Excessive Command to guide the state.
AICC Common Secretary Kumari Selja and former MP Brijendra Singh congratulated Hooda and Rao Narender Singh on the appointment by posting a message to X, however former Haryana Captain Ajay Yadav does not appear attention-grabbing.
“The Congress, with immediately’s choice, must mirror on the falling graph of the get together in Haryana. RahulGandhi ji The president of Haryana Meeting, who ought to have a clear, clear picture and youth, hopes, however the choice is the alternative. @rahulgandhi @hariprasadbk2 The morale of the get together leaders is on the lowest stage,” Yadav wrote in X’s put up.
(edited by Amrtansh Arora)
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