Nayna Chautala
If you are familiar with Haryana politics, you would not expect a woman from the Chautala family participating in it. Times have changed. This is the first time this family has selected a woman to contest elections.
She is confident of doing well in the polls as she has full support from the party workers. She is contesting from Dabwali Assembly constituency on INLD ticket. She is the first daughter-in-law from former Deputy PM Chowdhury Devilal's family to contest elections. She is the daughter in law of Haryana's former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala. She is married to Ajay Singh Chautala, who is currently behind bars along with Om Prakash Chautala after being convicted in Teacher's recruitment scam..
Nayna is the mother of Hissar's MP Dushyant Chautala.
Nayna has got no other influence in politics other than her family connections. Even the people of Dabwali say that they will support her because she represents Chautala family. She came into limelight when she campaigned for her son in 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. She led her son to victory and is now set to hoist her own flag on her husband's constituency.
She happens to be the wife of two times former MP and three times MLA, and mother of one of the youngest MPs of the country, but till a week ago Naina Singh Chautala was a demure wife and a doting mother, looking after the house.
Despite almost all her family members being noted political leaders, she steadfastly stayed away from politics. But now Naina finds herself in the middle of a political battle, where she has been tasked to fill the vacuum in the absence of her incarcerated husband Ajay Singh Chautala. In its 62 years of politics, beginning with Chaudhary Devi Lal, former Dy PM, the Chautala family has never fielded a woman candidate.
But the "compelling" and "unfortunate" circumstances of the family have forced a change in the family script.
