Om Prakash Chautala

Om Prakash Chautala
8th Chief Minister of Haryana
In office
24 July 1999 – 5 March 2005
Preceded byBansi Lal
Succeeded byBhupinder Singh Hooda
In office
22 March 1991 – 6 April 1991
Preceded byHukam Singh
Succeeded byPresident's rule
In office
12 July 1990 – 17 July 1990
Preceded byBanarsi Das Gupta
Succeeded byHukam Singh
In office
2 December 1989 – 22 May 1990
Preceded byChaudhary Devi Lal
Succeeded byBanarsi Das Gupta
Personal details
Born (1935-01-01) 1 January 1935 (age 88)
Chautala, Punjab, British India
Political partyIndian National Lok Dal
SpouseSneh Lata Chautala
Children5, including Ajay Singh Chautala and Abhay Singh Chautala
Parent
Residence(s)Sirsa district, Haryana
OccupationAgriculturalist
ProfessionPolitician

Om Prakash Chautala (born 1 January 1935) is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Haryana from Indian National Lok Dal. He is the son of 6th Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal.

Biography

Chautala is the son of Devi Lal, a former Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was married to Sneh Lata, who died in August 2019. He has two sons, Ajay Singh Chautala and Abhay Singh Chautala, and three daughters. Abhay is MLA from Ellenabad also remained Leader of Opposition, Haryana Legislative Assembly from October 2014 - March 2019, 10th President of Indian Olympic Association and his grandson Dushyant Chautala is a Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana from Uchana, Jind Seat of Haryana Vidhan Sabha and former MP from Hisar Lok Sabha Seat. He was 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. Politically, he had been part of NDA and Third Front (non-NDA & non-UPA front) at national level.

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

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. Chautala was found guilty of illegally recruiting over 3,000 unqualified teachers. 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.

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

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. Along with the jail-time, the Delhi CBI Court also imposed a fine ₹50 lakh. In the process, Chautala became the oldest prisoner of the Tihar Jail of Delhi aged 87.

See also


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