New Delhi: Bhupinder Singh Hooda has managed one thing that Congress satraps Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel and Kamal Nath could not do in the recent past — to continue as the Leader of the Opposition even after a hattrick of electoral setbacks in Haryana. Factionalism and one-upmanship had cost governments for Gehlot in Rajasthan, Baghel in Chhattisgarh and Kamal Nath in Madhya Pradesh in late 2023 and they paid the price with a diminished say in their state units, though not relegated to the margins. These three leaders did not lose like Hooda, yet they could not convince the high command to appoint their loyalists in key posts in the state units. On the other hand, the Jat strongman ensured that only a man of his approval – Rao Narender Singh, a former minister who lost the last three Ass

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