In a show of strength on Wednesday, 31 party MLAs met Hooda earlier this week and extended their support to him.However, a section of leaders is seeking to oust him as the leader of the party in the assembly and wants the younger generation to take over as the Congress failed to come back to power in the state.But, Hooda did not seem to be in a mood to give up.The Congress MLAs from Haryana had recently felicitated Hooda at his Delhi residence and expressed their desire that he be their leader in the state assembly.It was the first time the Congress MLAs had met after the Haryana assembly poll results were announced even though the meeting was informal.In polls conducted on October 5, the BJP secured an unprecedented third term in the state, winning 48 seats in the 90-member assembly.The Congress won 37 seats.Earlier, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge set up a fact-finding committee — which includes former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, former Rajasthan minister Harish Chaudhary and party leader S Senthil — to ascertain the reasons for the party’s defeat in Haryana.
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