Om Prakash Chautala
Om Prakash Chautala
Born/Date of Birthday: 1 January 1935
Place of Birth: Chautala, Punjab, British India
Nationality: Indian
Political party: Indian National Lok Dal
Spouse(s): Sneh Lata Chautala
Children: 5, including Ajay Singh Chautala, Abhay Singh Chautala, Sunita Chautala
Grandchildren: Dushyant Chautala, Arjun Singh Chautala, Karan Singh Chautala
Parent(s): Chaudhary Devi Lal (father)
Residence(s): Sirsa district, Haryana
Occupation: Agriculturalist
Profession: Politician
Om Prakash Chautala (born 1 January 1935) is a former Chief Minister of Haryana from Indian National Lok Dal and son of 6th Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal.
Biography
Chautala is the son of Chaudhari 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 October2014 - March2019 , 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-Cong front) at national level.
Though out on parole, Chautala was released from the Tihar Jail on 2 July 2021 from a 10-year prison sentence after completing the due formalities.
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.
