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Bhupinder Singh Hooda will take oath as chief minister of Haryana for a second time on Sunday.
Hooda's name was announced early Sunday by the Congress high command in New Delhi following two days of suspense over the Haryana leadership issue.
The oath-taking ceremony will take place at the Haryana Raj Bhavan here at 4 p.m., state government officials said Sunday.
Party president Sonia Gandhi was authorized by the Congress Legislature Party (CLP), which met in Chandigarh Friday, to name the next chief minister.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda had been the caretaker Chief Minister and had been leading the race. The other person who had been speculated to be in the race for Chief Minister post included Congress MP from Ambala and Union Minister for Tourism Kumari Selja.
Congress had put forward the claim for the post before the Governor, Jagannath Pahadia, after garnering the support of the 7 independent candidates.
