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Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspANI ROHTAK: Senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday further fuelled the rumours

of a potential rift between the national and Haryana leadership of Congress when he slammed the grand old party for 'losing its way'. The former Haryana chief minister added that

the Congress is not the same party it used to be before. He also lauded the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre's decision to revoke Article 370 which granted special status to

Jammu and Kashmir. While addressing a rally in Rohtak, Bhupinder Singh Hooda asserted that he supports the government's decision to revoke the special status from the Valley, however,

many of his colleagues opposed the Centre's decision to abrogate Article 370. He then said that when it comes to patriotism and self-respect, he will not compromise with anyone.

"My party has lost its way, it's not the same Congress it used to be before," said the ex-Haryana CM. "I was born in a patriotic family, those who oppose the abrogation

of Article370, I want to tell them '_usulon par jahan aanch aaye, vahan takrana zaruri hai, jo zinda hai to zinda dikhna zaruri hai_'," added Bhupinder Singh Hooda. However,

Hooda was quick to add that he supported the Centre's move because many soldiers hailing from Haryana are posted in Jammu and Kashmir. He reminded the Manohar Lal Kattar-led Haryana

government that it cannot hide behind the Centre's decision to revoke Article 370 as the state government will soon have to give an account of its regime of the last five years.

Shifting focus to the forthcoming state elections, Hooda said that if he comes to power in the state, he will bring a law like Andhra Pradesh's, where 75 per cent of the jobs go to the

people of the state. Haryana Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in November this year. The current term of the state Assembly expires on November 2, 2019. Back in the 2014 Assembly

elections, BJP had won 47 seats in the 90-seat Assembly and formed the government in the state. Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) was the runner-up with 18 seats while the Congress stood at the

third spot with 17 seats to its name.