Senior Congress leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda met interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence, 10, Janpath in New Delhi on Thursday. They are believed to have discussed the political situation in Haryana, change of leadership of the party in the state and the campaign strategy of the party.The meeting was also attended by senior Congress leader and party's in-charge for Haryana Ghulam Nabi Azad. Hooda's meeting with the Cngress interim president came amid speculations that the veteran Haryana politician was mulling to float a new political outfit ahead of the crucial assembly elections in the state.
Hooda had recently backed the Narendra Modi-led NDA government's move to revoke provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir and also slammed his party for not supporting it.