Dushyant Chautala
Dushyant Singh Chautala (born 3 April 1988) is a Jannayak Janta Party politician and current Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana. He is the president and co-founder of the Jannayak Janata Party. He represents Uchana Kalan constituency in Haryana Legislative Assembly, and was sworn-in as Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana after making an alliance with Bhartiya Janata Party in the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election. He also served as the Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha representing Hisar Lok Sabha constituency in Haryana.In 2019 MP election he lost his seat to BJP. On 6  October 2020, he was diagnosed with COVID-19 and had to be in home isolation for two weeks. Early life and education. Dushyant Chautala was born in Daroli, Hisar District, Haryana, on 3 April 1988 to Ajay Chautala and Naina Singh Chautala. He is the grandson of Om Prakash Chautala and the great grandson of former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal. He has a younger brother, Digvijay Chautala. He comes from one of the political dynasty of Haryana and his family belongs to the Jat community. Dushyant Chautala completed his initial schooling from St. Mary School, Hisar and The Lawrence  School, Sanawar, Himachal Pradesh. He completed his B.Sc., (Business Administration) (Management), from California State University, Bakersfield, California, USA. He has done 'Masters of Law' from National Law University, Delhi. He married Meghna Chautala on 18 April 2017. Political career. In 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Dushyant Chautala defeated Kuldeep Bishnoi of the Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) by a margin of 31,847 votes to become the youngest ever elected Member of the Parliament for which he holds a record in the 'Limca Book of Records'. In 2017, Chautala became the first Indian to be conferred with the highest civilian honor by the  Cooperation Commission of Arizona, USA. On 9 December 2018, Dushyant Chautala launched the new party Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) after differences in the family led to his expulsion from Indian National Lok Dal Jannayak Janata Party formation. Jannayak Janata Party was formed by supporters of Dushyant Chautala in Jind, Haryana on 9 December 2018. The name of JJP party was inspired from the legacy of former Deputy Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Devi Lal, who was often respectfully referred to as "Jan Nayak" or people's leader. Dushyant Chautala was in a turf war over leadership of the Indian National  Lok Dal (INLD) with his uncle Abhay Chautala. Matters came to a head when Abhay Chautala dissolved the student wing of the INLD, the INSO, which triggered Dushyant to announce the formation of the JJP. Youth employment, senior citizen pension, fair support price for farmers, and women safety are the main issues of JJP. Under the leadership of Dushyant Chautala, Jannayak Janata Party fought its first election for Jind legislative assembly seat by-election. In the Jind by-election, JJP got 37631 votes and secured the second position. Positions held as a Member of Parliament. Chautala was a Member, Standing  Committee on Urban Development, 2014–2016. He was also a Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015-2018; and a Member, Standing Committee on Commerce, 2016-2019 Positions held in Sports Associations. Chautala holds the position of President, Table Tennis Federation of India. He also is a Member, Executive Council, Indian Olympic Association