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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Chautala is the son of [[Devi Lal (politician)|Chaudhari Devi Lal]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Devi Lal, the man of the masses |last=Singh |first=Raj Pal |year=1988 |publisher=Veenu Printers and Publications |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tJHAAAAMAAJ&q=Lekh+Ram+sihag }}</ref><ref name="The Jat patriarch">{{cite news|title=The Jat patriarch|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1809/18091200.htm|access-date=13 June 2014|date=11 May 2001|volume= | Chautala is the son of [[Devi Lal (politician)|Chaudhari Devi Lal]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Devi Lal, the man of the masses |last=Singh |first=Raj Pal |year=1988 |publisher=Veenu Printers and Publications |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tJHAAAAMAAJ&q=Lekh+Ram+sihag }}</ref><ref name="The Jat patriarch">{{cite news|title=The Jat patriarch|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1809/18091200.htm|access-date=13 June 2014|date=11 May 2001|volume=18 |issue=9}}</ref> a former Deputy Prime [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[India]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Raj Pal Singh|title=Devi Lal, the man of the masses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tJHAAAAMAAJ|access-date=14 July 2011|year=1988|publisher=Veenu Printers & Publishers|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=History of Sirsa Town|year = 1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G0Z457ZOR44C&pg=PA241|access-date=14 July 2011|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distri|pages=241–}}</ref> He was married to Sneh Lata, who died in August 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Haryana Chief Minister OP Chautala's Wife Dies At 81 |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-haryana-chief-minister-op-chautalas-wife-dies-at-81-2083696 |access-date=26 September 2019 |work=NDTV.com |date=11 August 2019}}</ref> He has two sons, [[Ajay Singh Chautala]] and [[Abhay Singh Chautala]], and three daughters. Abhay is former MLA from Ellenabad who In January 2021, resigned from the Haryana Assembly over the three farm legislations , also remained [[Leader of Opposition]], [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]] from October2014 - March2019 , 10th President of Indian Olympic Association and his grandson [[Dushyant Chautala]] is a Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana from [[Uchana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|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.<ref name="Haryana_Leg_Assembly">[http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/Haryana.htm HARYANA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513091707/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/Haryana.htm |date=13 May 2017 }} [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]].</ref> Politically, he had been part of [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]] and Third Front (non-NDA & non-Cong front) at national level.<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Chautala compares Devi Lal with Buddha; slams Cong, BJP {{!}} India News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Chautala-compares-Devi-Lal-with-Buddha-slams-Cong-BJP/articleshow/44418264.cms |access-date=29 October 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=5 October 2014 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, who was serving a 10-year prison term in a teacher recruitment scam case, was released from the Tihar Jail here on Friday after completing due formalities, prison officials said. | Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, who was serving a 10-year prison term in a teacher recruitment scam case, was released from the Tihar Jail here on Friday after completing due formalities, prison officials said. | ||
The 86-year-old Chautala, who was already out on parole, reached Tihar on Friday to complete formalities after which he was released from jail, they said.<ref> https://indianexpress.com/article/india/o-p-chautala-released-tihar-jail-7385748/ </ref> | The 86-year-old Chautala, who was already out on parole, reached Tihar on Friday to complete formalities after which he was released from jail, they said.<ref> https://indianexpress.com/article/india/o-p-chautala-released-tihar-jail-7385748/ </ref> | ||
== Recruitment scam == | |||
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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 [[Indian Penal Code|IPC]] and the [[Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988|Prevention of Corruption Act]].<ref name="Former Haryana CM Chautala, his son, 53 others convicted in teachers' recruitment scam">{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/former-haryana-cm-chautala-his-son-53-others-convicted-in-teachers-recruitment-scam/316028-37-64.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119053056/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/former-haryana-cm-chautala-his-son-53-others-convicted-in-teachers-recruitment-scam/316028-37-64.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 January 2013|access-date=16 January 2013|newspaper=CNN-IBN|title=Former Haryana CM Chautala, his son, 53 others convicted in teachers' recruitment scam|date=16 January 2013}}</ref> Chautala was found guilty of illegally recruiting over 3,000 unqualified teachers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/10year-jail-for-chautala-son-in-recruitment-scam/article4331656.ece |title=Chautala, son jailed for 10 years|work=The Hindu |date=23 January 2013 |access-date=23 January 2013 |location=Chennai, India |first=Jiby |last=Kattakayam}}</ref> A [[Central Bureau of Investigation|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.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-chautala-is-in-jail-all-you-need-to-know-about-jbt-scam-590338.html |title = Why Chautala is in jail: All you need to know about JBT scam}}</ref><ref name="Recruitment scam: Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala convicted, arrested">{{cite news|last=TNN|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Recruitment-scam-Ex-Haryana-CM-Om-Prakash-Chautala-convicted-arrested/articleshow/18043964.cms|access-date=16 January 2013|newspaper=Times of India|date=16 January 2013|title=Recruitment scam: Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala convicted, arrested}}</ref><ref name="Om Prakash Chautala: Rise, fall, rise and downfall">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/om-prakash-chautala-rise-fall-rise-and-downfall/1062743/|title=Om Prakash Chautala: Rise, fall, rise and downfall|newspaper=Indian Express}}</ref> | |||
His sentence has been upheld by the [[Delhi High Court]] and the Supreme Court.<ref name="Teachers’ recruitment scam: Supreme Court upholds jail term of Om Prakash Chautala, son Ajay">{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/jbt-scam-supreme-court-upholds-jail-term-of-om-prakash-chautala-his-son|title=Teachers' recruitment scam: Supreme Court upholds jail term of Om Prakash Chautala, son Ajay|date=4 August 2015|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=23 July 2019}}</ref> | |||
== See also == | |||
* [[Political families of Haryana]] | |||
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