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7th Chief Minister of Haryana, India
Om Prakash Chautala (born 1 January 1935) is an Indian politician who has served as the 7th
Chief Minister of Haryana from
Indian National Lok Dal . He is the son of 6th
Deputy Prime Minister of India ,
Chaudhary Devi Lal .
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,
Ajay Singh Chautala and
Abhay Singh Chautala , and three daughters.
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 , was 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]
See also
References
^
a
b
HARYANA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Archived 13 May 2017 at the
Wayback Machine
Haryana Legislative Assembly .
^ Singh, Raj Pal (1988).
Devi Lal, the man of the masses . Veenu Printers and Publications. p. 3.
^
"The Jat patriarch" . Vol. 18, no. 9. 11 May 2001. Retrieved 13 June 2014 .
^ Raj Pal Singh (1988).
Devi Lal, the man of the masses . Veenu Printers & Publishers. p. 3. Retrieved 14 July 2011 .
^
History of Sirsa Town . Atlantic Publishers & Distri. 1991. pp. 241–. Retrieved 14 July 2011 .
^
"Former Haryana Chief Minister OP Chautala's Wife Dies At 81" . NDTV.com . 11 August 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019 .
^ PTI (5 October 2014).
"Chautala compares Devi Lal with Buddha; slams Cong, BJP" . The Times of India . Retrieved 29 October 2020 .
^ PTI (2 July 2021).
"O P Chautala released from Tihar Jail" . The Indian Express . Retrieved 5 April 2022 .
^ Sumeda (27 May 2022).
"The 16-year-old assets case in which former Haryana CM OP Chautala has been convicted" . The Hindu .
ISSN
0971-751X . Retrieved 8 October 2022 .
^
"Former Haryana CM Chautala, his son, 53 others convicted in teachers' recruitment scam" . CNN-IBN . 16 January 2013. Archived from
the original on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013 .
^ Kattakayam, Jiby (23 January 2013).
"Chautala, son jailed for 10 years" . The Hindu . Chennai, India. Retrieved 23 January 2013 .
^
"Why Chautala is in jail: All you need to know about JBT scam" . Firstpost . 22 January 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2022 .
^ TNN (16 January 2013).
"Recruitment scam: Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala convicted, arrested" . Times of India . Retrieved 16 January 2013 .
^
"Om Prakash Chautala: Rise, fall, rise and downfall" . Indian Express .
^
"Teachers' recruitment scam: Supreme Court upholds jail term of Om Prakash Chautala, son Ajay" . The Indian Express . 4 August 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2019 .
^ 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 .
^ @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 .
^ Lama, Prawesh (28 May 2022).
"At 87, Om Prakash Chautala is now Tihar's oldest prisoner" . Hindustan Times . Retrieved 28 May 2022 .
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