The Congress on Monday broke a year-long deadlock in Haryana by naming a former Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, as the Leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP), and appointing Rao Narender Singh, a former state health minister, as the new president of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC).

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The 61-year-old Rao Narender, a senior OBC leader representing the Ahirs (Yadavs) from south Haryana, will replace Udai Bhan, an SC face.

The announcement, made through a letter signed by AICC general secretary KC Venugopal, ended months of factional wrangling that had paralysed the party since the Assembly elections in October last year, when the BJP returned to power.

The communication also placed on record the

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