Dushyant Chautala

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Dushyant Chautala
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Chautala in 2024
6th Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana
In office
27 October 2019 12 March 2024
Alma mater California State University (BSc)
National Law University, Delhi (LLM)
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology (MA Mass Communication) [1]
Website m.dushyantchautala.com/index

Dushyant Singh Chautala (born 3 April 1988) is an Indian politician who served as the 6th Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana from 2019 to 2024. [2] He represents the Uchana Kalan [3] constituency in Haryana Legislative Assembly since 2019 and was sworn-in as Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana upon making an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party after the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election. [4]

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He is the co-founder and president of the Jannayak Janta Party or JJP, a party which was split from the Indian National Lok Dal. He founded the party on 9 December 2018. [2]

He has also served as a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha representing the Hisar constituency from the Indian National Lok Dal from 2014 to 2019. In 2019, he lost his seat under the JJP to the Bharatiya Janata Party. [5] He has also been the President of Table Tennis Federation of India since 2017 and Executive Member of Indian Olympic Association since 2019.

Early life and education

Dushyant Chautala was born in the village of Daroli, Hisar, Haryana, on 3 April 1988 to Ajay Chautala and Naina Singh Chautala. He is the grandson of Om Prakash Chautala and the great grandson of former Deputy Prime Minister of India, Devi Lal. He is also the nephew of the Indian National Lok Dal leader, Abhay Singh Chautala. He comes from one of the most prominent Jat political dynasties of Haryana, and has a younger brother, Digvijay Chautala, who is also a politician. [6]

Dushyant Chautala completed his initial schooling from St. Mary School, Hisar and The Lawrence School, Sanawar, Himachal Pradesh. He completed his Bachelors in Business Administration and Management [7] from California State University, Bakersfield, California. He has done 'Masters of Law' from National Law University, Delhi. [8] He married Meghna Chautala on 18 April 2017. [9]

Political career

Indian National Lok Dal

Dushyant Chautala's political career started under the Indian National Lok Dal, under the leadership of his grandfather, Om Prakash Chautala.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Dushyant Chautala defeated Kuldeep Bishnoi from Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) by a margin of 31,847 votes [10] [11] to become the youngest ever elected Member of the Parliament at 26 for which he holds a record in the 'Limca Book of Records'. [12] In 2017, Chautala became the first Indian to be conferred with the highest civilian honor by the Cooperation Commission of Arizona, USA. [13]

On 9 December 2018, Dushyant Chautala launched the new party Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) after he was expelled from Indian National Lok Dal.

Formation of the Jannayak Janata Party

Jannayak Janata Party was formed by supporters of Dushyant Chautala in Jind, Haryana on 9 December 2018. The name of JJP party was inspired from the legacy of former Deputy Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Devi Lal, who was often respectfully referred to as "Jan Nayak" or people's leader. [14]

Dushyant Chautala was in a turf war over leadership of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) with his uncle Abhay Singh Chautala. Matters came to a head when Abhay Chautala dissolved the student wing of the INLD, the INSO, which triggered Dushyant to announce the formation of the JJP. [15] Youth employment, senior citizen pension, fair support price for farmers, and women safety were the main issues held up during the 2019 election for the JJP. [16]

Under the leadership of Dushyant Chautala, Jannayak Janata Party fought its first election for Jind legislative assembly seat by-election. In the Jind by-election, JJP got 37,631 votes and secured the second position. [17]

Positions held as a Member of Parliament

Chautala was a Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development, 2014–2016. [7] He was also a Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015-2018; [7] and a Member, Standing Committee on Commerce, 2016-2019. [7]

Positions held in Sports Associations

Chautala holds the position of President, Table Tennis Federation of India. [18] [19] [20] He also is a member of Indian Olympic Association's [21] executive council.

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