Hooda’s kindness for his MLAs began soon after he became the Chief Minister. He gifted them trendy notebooks, costing the state Rs 80,000 each, and also conducted a training programme so that the legislators could learn how to operate the machine. It’s a different thing that not many MLAs responded enthusiastically to the programme. Also, needless to say, many of the notebooks were later used by the children of the MLAs as they hardly served any purpose for the politicians.

The MLAs were also given an assistant, paid by the Government, to keep track of their day-to-day work. “This was necessary because it was not easy for the MLAs to keep track of everything on their own. This would ensure that their works are well recorded,” said a senior officer.

The Government also doubled the salaries of ministers and allowances of the MLAs. Salaries of Speaker and ministers were raised to Rs 20,000 from Rs 12,000 while their office allowance was increased to Rs 2,000 from Rs 1,000. The MLAs were also taken good care of and their constituency allowance was hiked to Rs 15,000 from Rs 8,000. Their sumptuary allowance was raised to Rs 3,000 from Rs 1,000. After the legislators demanded an increase in their day allowance in the wake of rising prices, Hooda was kind enough to oblige by hiking the amount to Rs 1,000 per day from Rs 600.