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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Dushyant Chautala
| native_name         = 
| image               = File:Dushyant Chautala.jpg
| caption             = 
| office              = 6th [[List of deputy chief ministers of Haryana|Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana]]
| 1blankname          = Chief Minister
| 1namedata           = [[Manohar Lal Khattar]]
| governor            = [[Satyadev Narayan Arya]] <br> [[Bandaru Dattatreya]]
| predecessor         = [[Chander Mohan]]
| term_start          = 27 October 2019
| term_end            = 
| office1             = President of  [[Jannayak Janta Party]]
| term_start1         = 9 December 2018
| predecessor1        = Office Established
| office2             = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|MLA]], [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2         = 24 October 2019
| constituency2       = [[Uchana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uchana]]
| predecessor2        = [[Premlata Singh]]
| office3             = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term3               = 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
| predecessor3        = [[Kuldeep Bishnoi]]
| successor3          = [[Brijendra Singh (BJP politician)|Brijendra Singh]]
| constituency3       = [[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hisar]]
| office5             = [[President (corporate title)|President]], [[Table Tennis Federation of India]]
| term_start5         = 30 January 2017
| office4             = [[Indian Olympic Association#IOA Executive Council|Executive Member]], [[Indian Olympic Association]]
| term_start4         = 14 July 2019
| term_end4           = 
| successor4          = 
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|4|3}}
| birth_place         = [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]
| party               = [[Jannayak Janta Party]]
| otherparty          = [[Indian National Lok Dal]] (till December 2018)
| father              = [[Ajay Singh Chautala]]
| mother              = [[Naina Singh Chautala]]
| alma_mater          = [[California State University]] ([[BSc]])<br>[[National Law University, Delhi]] ([[LLM]])<br>[[Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]] [[Mass Communication]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myneta.info/loksabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=12171|title = Dushyant Chautala(Jannayak Janta Party):Constituency- HISAR(HARYANA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate}}</ref>
| website             = {{url|http://m.dushyantchautala.com/index}}
}}

'''Dushyant Singh Chautala''' (born 3 April 1988) is a [[Jannayak Janta Party]] politician and current [[Chief minister (India)#Deputy chief minister|Deputy Chief Minister]] of [[Haryana]]. He is the president and co-founder of the [[Jannayak Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dec 9 |first1=PTI |title=INLD splits; Dushyant Chautala announces launch of Jannayak Janata Party {{!}} India News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/inld-splits-dushyant-chautala-announces-launch-of-jannayak-janata-party/articleshow/67013326.cms |access-date=29 October 2019 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> He represents [[Uchana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uchana Kalan]] constituency in [[Haryana Legislative Assembly]], and was sworn-in as Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana after making an alliance with [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] in the [[2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oct 28 |first1=PTI |title=Haryana CM, deputy CM both promise to give state a 'stable, honest' govt {{!}} India News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/haryana-cm-deputy-cm-both-promise-to-give-state-a-stable-honest-govt/articleshow/71796515.cms |access-date=29 October 2019 |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>

He also served as the [[Member of Parliament]] in the [[16th Lok Sabha]] representing [[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hisar]] [[Lok Sabha]] constituency in [[Haryana]].In 2019 MP election he lost his seat to [[BJP]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Results 2014 – North: Powered by Modi, BJP sweeps Delhi, Himachal and Uttarakhand |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/live-election-results-2014-delhi-punjab-haryana-himachal-jandk/ |access-date=29 October 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=16 May 2014 |language=en-IN}}</ref> On 6 October 2020, he was diagnosed with [[COVID-19]] and had to be in home isolation for two weeks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dushyant Chautala, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Tests Positive|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/dushyant-chautala-haryana-deputy-chief-minister-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-2305933|access-date=2021-07-16|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala tests positive for Covid-19|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/haryana-deputy-chief-minister-dushyant-chautala-tests-positive-for-covid-19/articleshow/78513721.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-07-16}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Dushyant Chautala was born in Daroli, [[Hisar (district)|Hisar]] District, [[Haryana]], on 3 April 1988 to [[Ajay Chautala]] and [[Naina Singh Chautala]]. He is the grandson of [[Om Prakash Chautala]] and the great grandson of former [[Deputy prime minister|Deputy Prime Minister]] [[Devi Lal (politician)|Chaudhary Devi Lal]]. He has a younger brother, Digvijay Chautala. He comes from one of the [[Political families of Haryana#Chautala clan|political dynasty of Haryana]] and his family belongs to the [[Jat]] community.<ref name="The Jat patriarch">{{cite journal|title=The Jat patriarch|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1809/18091200.htm|journal=Frontline|volume =18|issue =9|date=April 2001|author=Sukumar Muralidharan}}</ref>

Dushyant Chautala completed his initial schooling from St. Mary School, Hisar and [[The Lawrence School, Sanawar]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]. He completed his B.Sc., (Business Administration) (Management),<ref name=NPI1>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/dushyant-chautala|title=Dushyant Chautala {{!}} National Portal of India|website=www.india.gov.in|access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref> from [[California State University, Bakersfield]], [[California]], [[United States|USA]]. He has done 'Masters of Law' from [[National Law University, Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dushyant Chautala (Jannayak Janta Party): Constituency- HISAR (HARYANA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/LokSabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=12171|access-date=2021-07-16|website=myneta.info}}</ref> He married Meghna Chautala on 18 April 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/whos-who-of-country-at-chautala-scions-wedding/articleshow/58306781.cms|title=Who's who of country at Chautala scion's wedding - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Political career ==
In [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Lok Sabha Elections]], Dushyant Chautala defeated  [[Kuldeep Bishnoi]] of the [[Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)]] by a margin of 31,847 votes<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/elections-2014-kuldeep-bishnois-defeat-a-body-blow-to-leader-projected-as-future-cm/articleshow/35219538.cms|title=Elections 2014: Kuldeep Bishnoi's defeat a body blow to leader projected as future CM|date=2014-05-16|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140519/haryana.htm#6|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Haryana|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref> to become the youngest ever elected Member of the Parliament for which he holds a record in the 'Limca Book of Records'.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/dushyant-s-name-in-limca-book-of-records-as-youngest-mp/story-YpqFcQR39K3Bo1YdiwNJwO.html|title=Dushyant's name in Limca Book of Records as youngest MP|date=2015-01-24|website=www.hindustantimes.com|language=en|access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref> In 2017, Chautala became the first Indian to be conferred with the highest civilian honor by the Cooperation Commission of Arizona, USA.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/punjab-and-haryana/hisar/chautala-dushyanta-honor-in-the-us/articleshow/57333845.cms |title = Hisar News: दुष्यंत चौटाला का अमेरिका में सम्मान - chautala dushyanta honor in the us|date = 25 February 2017}}</ref>

On 9 December 2018, Dushyant Chautala launched the new party [[Jannayak Janata Party]] (JJP) after differences in the family led to his expulsion from [[Indian National Lok Dal]]

=== Jannayak Janata Party formation ===
[[Jannayak Janata Party]] was formed by supporters of Dushyant Chautala in [[Jind]], [[Haryana]] on 9 December 2018.  The name of JJP party was inspired from the legacy of former [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]],
Chaudhary [[Devi Lal]], who was often respectfully referred to as "Jan Nayak" or people's leader.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020218/haryana.htm#5 |title = Sir Chhotu Ram Jayanti celebrated|date = 17 February 2002}}</ref>

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.<ref name=Hin2>{{Cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/haryana-assembly/haryana-results-2019-dushyant-chautala-turns-true-legatee-of-devi-lal/article29789913.ece |title = Dushyant Chautala turns true legatee of Devi Lal|date = 25 October 2019 | newspaper=The Hindu | first=Nistula | last=Hebbar | access-date=27 October 2019 }}</ref> Youth employment, senior citizen pension, fair support price for farmers, and women safety are the main issues of JJP.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2019-09-22|title=JJP sounds the poll bugle in Haryana, holds rally in Rohtak|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/jjp-sounds-the-poll-bugle-in-haryana-holds-rally-in-rohtak/article29483513.ece|access-date=2021-07-16|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Under the leadership of Dushyant Chautala, [[Jannayak Janata Party]] fought its first election for [[Jind]] legislative assembly seat by-election. In the Jind by-election, JJP got 37631 votes and secured the second position.<ref>{{Cite web|title=As INLD Splits, Dushyant Chautala Launches Jannayak Janata Party|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/as-inld-splits-dushyant-chautala-launches-jannayak-janata-party-in-haryana-1960107|access-date=2021-07-16|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

=== Positions held as a Member of Parliament ===
Chautala was a Member, Standing Committee on Urban Development, 2014–2016.<ref name=NPI1 /> He was also a Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015-2018;<ref name=NPI1 /> and a Member, Standing Committee on Commerce, 2016-2019<ref name=NPI1 />

=== Positions held in Sports Associations ===
Chautala holds the position of President, [[Table Tennis Federation of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ttfi.org/cmspages/index/committee|title=Executive Committee|website=ttfi.org|access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ttfi.org/cmspages/index/about/|title=About TTFI|website=ttfi.org|access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/dushyant-chautala-is-new-ttfi-president-4499106/|title=Dushyant Chautala is new TTFI president|date=2017-01-30|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref> He also is a Member, Executive Council, [[Indian Olympic Association]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.ind.in/executive-council|title=EXECUTIVE COUNCIL {{!}} Indian Olympic Association|website=www.olympic.ind.in|access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Devi Lal]]
* [[Political families of Haryana|Dynastic politics of Haryana]]

==References==
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{{Deputy Chief Ministers of Haryana}}

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