Dushyant Singh Chautala (born 3 April 1988) is a

Jannayak Janta Party The Jannayak Janta Party, abbreviated as, JJP is an Indian state-level political party in Haryana, India. JJP is a recognized state political party. JJP was founded on 9 December 2018 by Dushyant Chautala with the ideology of Devi Lal, who serv ...

politician and current

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. He is the president and co-founder of the

Jannayak Janata Party The Jannayak Janta Party, abbreviated as, JJP is an Indian state-level political party in Haryana, India. JJP is a recognized state political party. JJP was founded on 9 December 2018 by Dushyant Chautala with the ideology of Devi Lal, who se ...

. He represents Uchana Kalan constituency in Haryana Legislative Assembly, and was sworn-in as Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana after making an alliance with

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in the

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. He also served as the

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in the

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representing Hisar

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constituency in

. In 2019 MP election he lost his seat to

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. On 6 October 2020, he was diagnosed with

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and had to be in home isolation for two weeks.

Early life and education

Dushyant Chautala was born in Daroli, Hisar District,

, on 3 April 1988 to Ajay Chautala and

Naina Singh Chautala Naina Singh Chautala is an Indian politician from Jannayak Janata Party and a member of Haryana Legislative Assembly from Badhra. Previously she was the member of Indian National Lok Dal and represented Dabwali in Haryana Legislative Asse ...

. He is the grandson of

Om Prakash Chautala Om Prakash Chautala (born 1 January 1935) is an Indian politician from Haryana who served as 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 ...

and the great grandson of former

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. He has a younger brother, Digvijay Chautala. He comes from one of the political dynasties of Haryana and his family belongs to the

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community. Dushyant Chautala completed his initial schooling from St. Mary School, Hisar and

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. He completed his B.Sc., (Business Administration) (Management), from

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. He has done 'Masters of Law' from National Law University, Delhi. He married Meghna Chautala on 18 April 2017.

Political career

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, Dushyant Chautala defeated

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of the Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) by a margin of 31,847 votes to become the youngest ever elected Member of the Parliament for which he holds a record in the 'Limca Book of Records'. In 2017, Chautala became the first Indian to be conferred with the highest civilian honor by the Cooperation Commission of Arizona, USA. On 9 December 2018, Dushyant Chautala launched the new party

(JJP) after differences in the family led to his expulsion from

Indian National Lok Dal Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is a political party in India, in the state of Haryana. INLD was founded in October 1996 as Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) by Choudhary Devi Lal, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of India in the V.P. Singh's Cabin ...

Jannayak Janata Party formation

was formed by supporters of Dushyant Chautala in

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on 9 December 2018. The name of JJP party was inspired from the legacy of former

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, Chaudhary

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, who was often respectfully referred to as "Jan Nayak" or people's leader. Dushyant Chautala was in a turf war over leadership of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) with his uncle Abhay Chautala. Matters came to a head when Abhay Chautala dissolved the student wing of the INLD, the INSO, which triggered Dushyant to announce the formation of the JJP. Youth employment, senior citizen pension, fair support price for farmers, and women safety are the main issues of JJP. Under the leadership of Dushyant Chautala,

fought its first election for

legislative assembly seat by-election. In the Jind by-election, JJP got 37631 votes and secured the second position.

Positions held as a Member of Parliament

Chautala was a Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development, 2014–2016. He was also a Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015-2018; and a Member, Standing Committee on Commerce, 2016-2019.

Positions held in Sports Associations

Chautala holds the position of President,

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. He also is a Member, Executive Council,

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