The squabbles between leaders have also cost Congress dearly. Before the election results, Rahul Gandhi and his team failed to take credit for the fact that the strength of Congress in Haryana is due to Rahul. Throughout the campaign, efforts were made to ensure that Rahul gets the credit instead of Hooda. And after the elections, Rahul should decide who will be the Chief Minister. The result of this is that the dispute of Hooda vs Selja vs Randeep Surjewala was not resolved at the ground level. Everyone kept doing their own politics. Everyone kept claiming for the post of Chief Minister. On the other hand, BJP did not allow any controversy.
Another weakness of Congress was that all the big leaders got entangled in their own areas. Everyone felt that Congress was winning, hence secure your seat so that you get a chance to become the Chief Minister after the elections. While Kumari Selja was busy in Sirsa due to this concern, Randeep Surjewala did not leave Kaithal seat. From there he remained busy in making his son win. His concern was only about one seat. Similarly, the entire family of Captain Ajay Yadav, who was once a big leader of Ahirwal, was busy in Rao Chiranjeevi’s seat. In the elections, he was promoted as a contender for the future Deputy Chief Minister. The Hooda family was definitely working hard everywhere but it was not enough to win the elections.