Govt has borrowed heavily but there's no development: Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Congress has not been successful in making it a big issue among the people of Haryana

Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former Chief Minister of Haryana, tells Shikha Shalini that the BJP-led government in Haryana has run the state to the ground and will be rejected by the people in the next election. Edited excerpts:

After the last elections, a non-political person was asked to helm Haryana, ignoring the social realities of Haryana politics. What has been the impact of this on the politics of the state?

There was rapid development in the state during the period I was Chief Minister. When I demitted office in 2014, Haryana was on top of the list of states showing rapid