However, Chautala never enjoyed the same political status that his father Devi Lal had attained in state and national politics.
In the present circumstances, Chautala and his son will not be able to contest elections in future until their conviction is reversed by a higher court.
In the JBT scam, Chautala and others were convicted for bribery charges and tampering with lists to accommodate their favourites and those who had paid money to get recruited as teachers in Haryana's government schools. The recruitment was done for over 3,200 teachers in 1999-2000, when Chautala was chief minister.
