Chandigarh, May 21 -- Former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda criticised the Haryana government on Tuesday over a series of issues, including the hike in farm loan interest rates, alleged spying for Pakistan, and governance decisions.

Hooda accused the Haryana government of betraying farmers by raising crop loan interest rates from zero percent to seven percent. He claimed that during the Congress-led UPA government, interest on agricultural loans had been drastically reduced.

Speaking to ANI, Hooda said, "It belonged to the farmer or cooperative, it was 11 to twelve percent in the nationalized bank, then the UPA government reduced it to seven percent. And when I was appointed chairman, it was implemented...