Dushyant Chautala is the leader of the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) and the former Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana (2019 to 2024). Dushyant is the grandson of Om Prakash Chautala and the son of Ajay Chautala and Naina Singh Chautala. In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, he won the Hisar parliamentary seat as the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) candidate by defeating Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) leader Kuldeep Bishnoi with a margin of 31,847 votes. Dushyant became the youngest ever elected MP at 26, for which he holds a record in the 'Limca Book of Records'. Dushyant ended his ties with the INLD in 2018 and founded the JJP. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Chautala was comfortably beaten by Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Brijendra Singh by a massive margin of 3,14,068 votes. However, he won the Uchana Kalan constituency in the 2019 Haryana Assembly polls by defeating BJP candidate Prem Lata with a margin of 47,452 votes. His party won 10 seats in the Haryana Assembly, and he became the Deputy Chief Minister in the Manohar Lal Khattar government after the BJP couldn't get the majority mark on its own. He is again contesting from the Uchana Kalan constituency in the 2024 Haryana Assembly polls.
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On Monday, Former Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda had said several MLAs of the ruling combine are on the verge of quitting.
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Thursday said the new central farm laws need many amendments and urged protesting farmers to give "concrete suggestions".
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister and Jananayak Janata Party (JJP) leader Dushyant Chautala on Saturday said he is hopeful of a solution to the farmers' protest in the next 48 hours.
Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana and Jannayak Janata Party leader Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday announced on social media that he has tested positive for Covd-19.
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Saturday said all places of worship can reopen from June 8 in the state, but no religious gathering will be allowed and social distancing norms must be followed.
Haryana's Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday said that the works under MGNREGA will be encouraged and the state has targeted to spend Rs 1,000 crore this year under the scheme, which is more than double over the previous year.
A group of Kashmiri youths have appealed for help saying they were stuck in Haryana's Hisar district for the past few days due to the nationwide lockdown imposed to check the spread of coronavirus.
In a major setback to Dushyant Chautala, Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) Vice President and MLA Ram Kumar Gautam resigned from his post on Wednesday, saying he was "upset with the functioning of the party". Gautam (73) said JJP leader Dushyant Chautala should not forget that he became Deputy Chief Minister with the support of his party legislators.
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala has written to the central government, urging it to introduce classes on climate change and sustainability in the school curriculum.
The 11 portfolios allocated to Chautala include the excise and taxation, development and panchayats, industries and commerce, and food and civil supplies departments, the order said
Earlier, the cabinet expansion was expected on Tuesday, but Maharashtra imbroglio was one of the factor that delayed the induction of ministers, sources said. On being asked whether two more MLAs from the JJP will get the cabinet berth, Chautala said, "This is an internal matter of our party."
Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya administered the oath at a ceremony held at the Raj Bhawan here on Diwali day.
Haryana Governor Satyadeo Narain Arya invited the BJP to form the next government in the state on Saturday, the party's chief minister-elect Manohar Lal Khattar said here. The announcement came after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staked claim to form the government in Haryana with the support of the Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janata Party (JJP).
On his part, Dushyant said his party has decided to support the BJP "for the stability of the government in Haryana".
Suspense over government formation in Haryana finally ended with BJP and JJP formally announcing an alliance to form the next government.
Asserting that neither the BJP or the Congress is untouchable for him, Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) leader Dushyant Chautala said on Friday that he will support any party which agrees on a common minimum programme with his organisation.
Notably, Chautala had floated the JJP in December last year after a vertical split in the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) following a feud in the Chautala clan. The INLD was decimated in the polls and could manage to win only one seat.
"JJP has believed in strengthening the BSP, its leadership, workers and supporters and gave 40 seats (for contesting polls) to it," Chautala tweeted. "Our intention has been to give political power and self-confidence to 'Bahujan Samaj' and will continue to do so."
According to the BSP, the agreement reached with Dushyant Chautala for the upcoming Assembly elections in Haryana is inappropriate in terms of the proposed seat-sharing formula, BSP president Mayawati said in a tweet in Hindi, adding that the tie-up is called off.
The Jannayak Janata Party and Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday announced that they would contest the upcoming assembly elections in Haryana in the alliance. The BSP will contest on 50 seats while the JJP on 40 in the 90 member state assembly polls due later this year, JJP leader Dushyant Chautala along with BSP General Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra announced the alliance at a press conference.
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