Om Prakash Chautala

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Om Prakash Chautala
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7th Chief Minister of Haryana
In office
24 July 1999 –5 March 2005 [1]
Residence(s)Sirsa district, Haryana
OccupationAgriculturalist
ProfessionPolitician

Om Prakash Chautala also known as O.P. Chautala (born 1 January 1935) is an Indian politician who has served as the 7th Chief Minister of Haryana from the Indian National Lok Dal. He is the son of 6th Deputy Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Devi Lal. He holds the record for being the oldest prisoner of the Tihar Jail of Delhi (aged 87), before his release in 2020. He was the chief minister of Haryana for record four times.

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Biography

Chautala was born to Devi Lal, [2] [3] the former Deputy Prime Minister of India. [4] [5] He was married to Sneh Lata, who died in August 2019. [6] He has two sons and three daughters, including Abhay Singh Chautala and Ajay Singh Chautala.

Abhay is a Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Ellenabad constituency and has also been the Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Legislative Assembly from October 2014 till March 2019.

Chautala's grandson, Dushyant Chautala, has served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana. He is also a former Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from the Hisar constituency.

Chautala has served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 2 December 1989 to 22 May 1990, from 12 July 1990 to 17 July 1990, again from 22 March 1991 to 6 April 1991 and, finally, from 24 July 1999 to 5 March 2005. [1] Politically, he had been part of NDA and Third Front (non-NDA & non-UPA front) at national level. [7]

Chautala was released from the Tihar Jail on 2 July 2021 after serving nine and a half years of a 10-year prison sentence. [8] His early release was due to a decision of the Delhi government to reduce prison populations to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. [9]

Recruitment scam

In June 2008 OP Chautala and 53 others were charged in connection with the appointment of 3,206 junior basic teachers in the state of Haryana during 1999–2000. In January 2013 a New Delhi court sentenced Chautala and his son Ajay Singh Chautala to ten years' imprisonment under various provisions of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act. [10] Chautala was found guilty of illegally recruiting over 3,000 unqualified teachers. [11] A CBI investigation was ordered by the Supreme Court based on a writ filed by the former director of primary education Sanjeev Kumar, a 1989 batch IAS officer. [12] [13] [14]

His sentence has been upheld by the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court. [15]

Disproportionate assets case

Chautala was awarded a four-year jail term in a 16 years old disproportionate assets case on 27 May 2022 by CBI Court. [16] Along with the jail-time, the Delhi CBI Court also imposed a fine ₹50 lakh. [17] In the process, Chautala became the oldest prisoner of the Tihar Jail of Delhi aged 87. [18]

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  15. ↑ "Teachers' recruitment scam: Supreme Court upholds jail term of Om Prakash Chautala, son Ajay". The Indian Express. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  16. ↑ Parashar, Sachin (28 May 2022). "chautala: After 9 yrs behind bars, Chautala back in jail for 4 years in DA case". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  17. ↑ @ANI (27 May 2022). "Disproportionate assets case: Special CBI Court in Delhi sentences former Haryana CM OP Chautala to four years imprisonment, imposes a fine of Rs 50 lakhs The Court also ordered to confiscate his four properties" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 May 2022– via Twitter.
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