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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name= Ajay Singh Chautala
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| office= [[Haryana Legislative Assembly|Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency= [[Dabwali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dabwali]]
| term_start= December 2009
| term_end= January 2013
| predecessor= Dr. Sita Ram
| successor= [[Naina Singh Chautala]]
| office1= [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency1= [[Bhiwani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhiwani]]
| term_start1= October 1999
| term_end1= February 2004
| predecessor1= [[Surender Singh]]
| successor1= [[Kuldeep Bishnoi]]
| office2= [[Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency2= [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Haryana|Haryana]]
| term_start2= 2 August 2004
| term_end2= 3 November 2009
| predecessor2=
| successor2=
| office4= [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency4= [[Nohar (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Nohar]]
| term_start4= 1993
| term_end4= 1998
| predecessor4= Suchitra Arya
| successor4= Suchitra Arya
| office5= [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency5= [[Danta Ramgarh (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)|Danta Ramgarh]]
| term_start5= 1990
| term_end5= 1993
| predecessor5= Narain Singh
| successor5= Narain Singh
| office3= [[Table Tennis Federation of India|President of the Table Tennis Federation of India]]
| term_start3= 7 February 2001
| term_end3= 19 March 2013
| predecessor3= [[Vidya Charan Shukla]]
| successor3= [[Prabhat Chandra Chaturvedi]], IAS
| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|3|13}}
| birth_place= [[Chautala, Sirsa|Chautala]], [[East Punjab]], [[India]]
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| nationality= [[India]]n
| party= [[Janata Party]] (1980 – 1988) [[Janata Dal]] (1988 – 1996) [[Indian National Lok Dal]] (1996 – 2018) [[Jannayak Janta Party]] (2018 – ''present'')
| father= [[Om Prakash Chautala]]
| mother= Sneh Lata Chautala
| spouse= [[Naina Singh Chautala]]
| relations=
| children= {{Collapsible list
| title = ''2 sons''
| [[Dushyant Chautala]]
| [[Digvijay Chautala]]
}}
| residence= [[Tihar Jail]] ''(temporary from 2013 to 2023)'' Sirsa District, [[Haryana]] ''(permanent)''
| alma_mater= [[Kurukshetra University]] [[University of Rajasthan]]
| occupation= Agriculturalist and politician
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'''Ajay Singh Chautala''' (born 13 March 1961) is a former [[Member of parliament (India)|Indian MP]] and sports administrator. He is elder son of former [[Chief Minister of Haryana]] [[Om Prakash Chautala]] and father of current [[List of deputy chief ministers of Haryana|Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana]] [[Dushyant Chautala]].

== Biography ==

Ajay Singh Chautala is a son of [[Om Prakash Chautala]], a former [[Chief minister|Chief Minister]] of [[Haryana]], and a grandson of [[Devi Lal (politician)|Chaudhary 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=26 June 2014|work=Frontline|volume=18|issue=9|date=28 April – 11 May 2001}}</ref> a former deputy prime minister of [[India]]. He has two sons [[Dushyant Chautala]], incumbent deputy chief minister of haryana <ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/in-another-scion-rise-dushyant-comes-out-of-dad-ajays-shadow-to-lead-inld/|title=In another scion rise, Dushyant comes out of dad Ajay's shadow to lead INLD|date=11 April 2014|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> (youngest MP, Hisar Haryana 16th Lok Sabha)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/elections-2014-dushyant-chautala-of-inld-takes-lead-over-hjc-president-kuldeep-bishnoi/articleshow/35213304.cms|title=Elections 2014: Dushyant Chautala of INLD takes lead over HJC president Kuldeep Bishnoi|date=16 May 2014|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> and [[Digvijay Chautala]] (national President N INSO).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/INSO-Makes-it-to-Guinness-Book-of-World-Records/2013/12/01/article1922094.ece|title=INSO Makes it to Guinness Book of World Records|date=1 December 2013|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/3000/most-people-to-sign-up-as-organ-donors-8-hours|title=MOST PEOPLE TO SIGN UP AS ORGAN DONORS - EIGHT HOURS|date=16 December 2013|work=[[Guinness World Records]]|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> He did his B.A. from [[Kurukshetra University]], M.A. (Public Administration) and LL.B. from [[University of Rajasthan|Rajasthan University]]. He joined active politics in 1980s, became MLA from [[Rajasthan]] twice: first from [[Data Ram Garh]] (1989) and then from [[Nohar]] (1993).<ref>[http://haryanaassembly.gov.in/ParliamentMemberDetails.aspx?MemberID=11 Parliament Member Details]. Haryana Vidhan Sabha. Retrieved on 2008-03-19.</ref>

Ajay became MP, Lok Sabha from [[Bhiwani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhiwani]] in 1999.<ref>[http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13HR08.htm Biographical Sketch, ''Member of Parliament'', 13th Lok Sabha] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615015109/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13HR08.htm |date=15 June 2009 }}. Parliament of India. Retrieved on 2008-03-19</ref> He then became MP, Rajya Sabha from [[Haryana]] in 2004. He then became MLA from [[Dabwali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dabwali]] in 2009.

Later Ajay Singh's wife [[Naina Singh Chautala]] became MLA from Dabwali In 2014. Their son [[Dushyant Chautala]] was MP, Lok Sabha from [[Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hisar]] from 2014 to 2019.

== Conviction in Recruitment scam ==

In June 2008 Chautala and 53 others were charged in connection with the appointment of 3,206 junior basic teachers in the [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[Haryana]] during 1999 and 2000. In January 2013 a New Delhi court sentenced Chautala and his father [[Om Prakash 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 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=2013-01-23 |access-date=2013-01-23 |location=Chennai, India |first=Jiby |last=Kattakayam}}</ref> A [[Central Bank of India|CBI]] investigation was ordered by the Supreme Court based on a writ filed by 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>

His and his father's 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|newspaper=Indian Express}}</ref>

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}14 [https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jannayak-janata-party-ajay-chautala-faction-unveils-new-party-5485783/ Jannayak Janata Party: Ajay Chautala faction unveils new party]
[https://indianexpress.com/ The Indian Express.] 10 December 2018.

==External links==
*[http://www.inld.org/our_leader/dr-ajay-singh-chautala/ Ajay Singh Chautala]

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