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| Full name = Jayant Singh Jat
| image = File:Chaudhary Jayant Singh.jpg
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| office = Chairman of [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]]
| term_start = 25 May 2021<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jayant-chaudhary-appointed-new-rld-president/articleshow/82935316.cms|title = Jayant Chaudhary appointed new RLD president|newspaper = The Economic Times}}</ref>
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Ajit Singh (politician)|Ajit Singh]]
| constituency_MP1 = [[Rajya Sabha]] (UP)
| parliament1 = Indian
| term_start1 = 5 July 2022
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Sukhram Singh Yadav]]
| successor1 =
| constituency_MP2 = [[Mathura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mathura]]
| parliament2 = Indian
| term_start2 = 2009
| term_end2 = 2014
| predecessor2 = [[Manvendra Singh (Mathura politician)|Manvendra Singh]]
| successor2 = [[Hema Malini]]
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|12|27}}
| birth_place = [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], [[U.S.]]
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| nationality = Indian
| party = [[File:Rashtriya Lok Dal Flag new.jpg|20px]] [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]]
| spouse = {{Marriage|Charu Singh|2003}}
| children = 2 daughters
| father = [[Chaudhary Ajit Singh]]
| mother = Radhika Singh
| relatives = [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]] ({{small|grandfather}}) [[Gayatri Devi (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Gayarti Devi]] ({{small|grandmother}})
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| alma_mater = [[Sri Venkateswara College]]
| occupation = Politician
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| footnotes = [http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4273&lastls=15 Biographical Note on Lok Sabha]
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'''Chaudhary Jayant Singh''' (born 27 December 1978) is an Indian politician and a current member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He also served as member in [[15th Lok Sabha]] from Mathura. He is the National Chairman of The [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]] Party.

==Early life==
He was born in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], United States to [[Chaudhary Ajit Singh]] and Radhika Singh in a [[Jat]] family of the Tewatia (Teotia) clan. He originally belongs to Bhatona, [[Bulandshahr]]. He is the National President of the [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]] (RLD) and was a member of Parliament from [[Mathura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mathura]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]] state in the [[15th Lok Sabha]].

He graduated from [[Sri Venkateswara College]] of the [[Delhi University]] and in 2002 received a master's degree in accounting and finance from the [[London School of Economics and Political Science]].
<ref>{{cite web |url= http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4273 |title=Detailed Profile - Shri Jayant Singh Chaudhary - Members of Parliament (Lok Sabha) - Who's Who - Government: National Portal of India |work=india.gov.in |access-date=23 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Dhritrashtra-Syndrome-dominates-phase-III-in-UP/articleshow/33974831.cms | title='Dhritrashtra Syndrome' dominates phase III in UP | work=[[The Times of India]] | author=Ashish Tripathi | date=20 April 2014}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who is Jayant Chaudhary|url=https://www.business-standard.com/about/who-is-jayant-chaudhary|work=[[Business Standard]]|access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>

== Career ==
He started his political career as a member of parliament from [[Mathura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mathura]], which has majority of Jat people. He was one of the prime movers on Land Acquisition issue and had introduced a Private Member Bill on Land Acquisition in the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main50.asp?filename=Ws120811Land_acquisition.asp |title=Learning lessons from the neighborhood |newspaper=Tehelka |access-date=26 October 2011}}</ref> Jayant Singh Chaudhary was a member of the Standing Committee on Commerce, the Consultative Committee on Finance, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and the Committee on Government Assurances. He has served previously on the Standing Committees on Agriculture and Finance as well as the Committee on Ethics.

He again contested from [[Mathura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mathura]] in [[2014 Indian general election]] but lost his seat against [[BJP]] candidate [[Hema Malini]].

Chaudhary called the [[Lakhimpur Kheri incident]] where 8 people died in a [[vehicle-ramming attack]] "not less than a terror attack".<ref>{{cite news |title=Lakhimpur incident a 'terror attack', slap UAPA on accused: Jayant Chaudhary {{!}} english.lokmat.com |url=https://english.lokmat.com/politics/lakhimpur-incident-a-terror-attack-slap-uapa-on-accused-jayant-chaudhary/ |access-date=14 October 2021 |work=Lokmat English |date=8 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Jaiswal">{{cite news |last1=Jaiswal |first1=Anuja |title=Lakhimpur Kheri incident no less than a terror attack, says Jayant Chaudhary, seeks UAPA against minister, son {{!}} Agra News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agra/lakhimpur-kheri-incident-no-less-than-a-terror-attack-says-jayant-chaudhary-seeks-uapa-against-minister-son/articleshow/86846660.cms |access-date=13 October 2021 |work=The Times of India |agency=TNN |date=7 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
In May 2023, he was elected a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] as a joint candidate of the [[Samajwadi Party]] and the [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-27 |title=Rajya Sabha elections: Jayant Chaudhary named joint candidate of SP, RLD |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rajya-sabha-elections-jayant-chaudhary-named-joint-candidate-of-sp-rld-101653590494470.html |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

== Family ==
Jayant is married and has two children. He is the grandson of [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]], former [[prime minister of India]] and son of [[Chaudhary Ajit Singh]], former union minister.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-mathura-son-keeps-out-ajit-singh-invokes-his-grandfather/454656/|title=In Mathura, son keeps out Ajit Singh, invokes his grandfather - Indian Express|work=indianexpress.com|date=5 May 2009|access-date=23 August 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://m.facebook.com/JayantRLD/ Jayant Singh - Facebook]
* [https://mobile.twitter.com/jayantrld Jayant Singh - Twitter]
* [http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4273&lastls=15 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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[[Category:Politicians from Dallas]]
[[Category:United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]

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