Om Prakash Chautala
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Om Prakash Chautala | |
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8th Chief Minister of Haryana | |
In office 24 July 1999 – 5 March 2005 | |
Preceded by | Bansi Lal |
Succeeded by | Bhupinder Singh Hooda |
In office 22 March 1991 – 6 April 1991 | |
Preceded by | Hukam Singh |
Succeeded by | President's rule |
In office 12 July 1990 – 17 July 1990 | |
Preceded by | Banarsi Das Gupta |
Succeeded by | Hukam Singh |
In office 2 December 1989 – 22 May 1990 | |
Preceded by | Chaudhary Devi Lal |
Succeeded by | Banarsi Das Gupta |
Personal details | |
Born | Chautala, Punjab, British India | 1 January 1935
Political party | Indian National Lok Dal |
Spouse | Sneh Lata Chautala |
Children | 5, including Ajay Singh Chautala and Abhay Singh Chautala |
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Residence(s) | Sirsa district, Haryana |
Occupation | Agriculturalist |
Profession | Politician |
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.