Describing the Hooda government as a 'property dealer government', he said that the Congress-led government was misleading people of the state.

'When the Hooda government took over in February 2005, there was Rs.1,750 crore surplus but now there is a Rs.10,000 crore deficit. The result of this assembly poll will be different from that of the Lok Sabha,' Chautala said.

The term of the present assembly and the government was to end in March 2010.

The ruling Congress in the state emerged confident to seek early state polls after winning nine out of 10 Lok Sabha seats in the April-May general elections.

The general elections saw the Congress leading in nearly 60 assembly segments. The INLD led in only seven segments while its alliance partner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led in seven others.

The Congress has 62 legislators, excluding the assembly speaker, in the current assembly. Six seats in the assembly are vacant presently due to resignations. One minister, Kartar Devi of the Congress, died last week following prolonged illness.

The INLD has eight legislators in the outgoing house while there are 10 Independents.