1. Dushyant Singh Chautala was born on 3 April 1988 and is an Indian politician who served as the 6th Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana from 2019 to 2024.
18 Facts About Dushyant Chautala
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Dushyant Chautala represented the Uchana Kalan constituency in Haryana Legislative Assembly from 2019 until 2024 and was sworn-in as Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana upon making an alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party after the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election.
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Dushyant Chautala is the co-founder and president of the Jannayak Janta Party or JJP, a party which was split from the Indian National Lok Dal.
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Dushyant Chautala has served as a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha representing the Hisar constituency from the Indian National Lok Dal from 2014 to 2019.
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Dushyant Chautala has been the President of Table Tennis Federation of India since 2017 and Executive Member of Indian Olympic Association since 2019.
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Dushyant Chautala was born in the village of Daroli, Hisar, Haryana, on 3 April 1988 to Ajay Chautala and Naina Singh Chautala.
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Dushyant Chautala is the grandson of Om Prakash Chautala and the great grandson of former Deputy Prime Minister of India, Devi Lal.
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Dushyant Chautala is the nephew of the Indian National Lok Dal leader, Abhay Singh Chautala.
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Dushyant Chautala comes from one of the most prominent Jat political dynasties of Haryana, and has a younger brother, Digvijay Chautala, who is a politician.
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Dushyant Chautala completed his initial schooling from St Mary School, Hisar and The Lawrence School, Sanawar, Himachal Pradesh.
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Dushyant Chautala completed his Bachelors in Business Administration and Management from California State University, Bakersfield, California.
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Dushyant Chautala has done 'Masters of Law' from National Law University, Delhi.
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In 2017, Chautala became the first Indian to be conferred with the highest civilian honor by the Cooperation Commission of Arizona, USA.
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On 9 December 2018, Dushyant Chautala launched the new party Jannayak Janata Party after he was expelled from Indian National Lok Dal.
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Dushyant Chautala was in a turf war over leadership of the Indian National Lok Dal with his uncle Abhay Singh Chautala.
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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.
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Dushyant Chautala was holding the position of President, Table Tennis Federation of India.
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Dushyant Chautala served as a member of Indian Olympic Association's executive council.