{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | honorific_prefix = Dr. | name = Ajay Singh Chautala | honorific_suffix = | image_size = | caption = | order = | office = Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly | constituency = Dabwali | term_start = December 2009 | term_end = January 2013 | predecessor = Dr. Sita Ram | successor = Naina Singh Chautala | office1 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | constituency1 = Bhiwani | term_start1 = October 1999 | term_end1 = February 2004 | predecessor1 = Surender Singh | successor1 = Kuldeep Bishnoi | office2 = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | constituency2 = Haryana | term_start2 = 2 August 2004 | term_end2 = 3 November 2009 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | office4 = Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | constituency4 = Nohar | term_start4 = 1993 | term_end4 = 1998 | predecessor4 = Suchitra Arya | successor4 = Suchitra Arya | office5 = Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly | constituency5 = Danta Ramgarh | term_start5 = 1990 | term_end5 = 1993 | predecessor5 = Narain Singh | successor5 = Narain Singh | office3 = President of the Table Tennis Federation of India | term_start3 = 7 February 2001 | term_end3 = 19 March 2013 | predecessor3 = Vidya Charan Shukla | successor3 = Prabhat Chandra Chaturvedi, (IAS) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|3|13}} | birth_place = Chautala, Punjab, India | death_date = | death_place = | other_party = Janata Party (1980 – 1988) <br/> Janata Dal (1988 – 1996) <br/> Indian National Lok Dal (1996 – 2018) | party = Jannayak Janta Party (2018 – ''present'') | father = Om Prakash Chautala | mother = Sneh Lata Chautala | spouse = Naina Singh Chautala | relations = | children = {{Collapsible list | title = ''2 sons'' | Dushyant Chautala | Digvijay Chautala }} | alma_mater = Kurukshetra University <br> University of Rajasthan | occupation = Agriculturalist and politician | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Ajay Singh Chautala''' (born 13 March 1961) is a former Indian MP and sports administrator. He is the elder son of former Chief Minister of Haryana Om Prakash Chautala and father of former Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana Dushyant Chautala.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-10 |title=Jannayak Janata Party: Ajay Chautala faction unveils new party |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jannayak-janata-party-ajay-chautala-faction-unveils-new-party-5485783/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
== Biography ==
Ajay Singh Chautala is a son of Om Prakash Chautala, a former Chief Minister of Haryana, and a grandson of Chaudhary Devi Lal,<ref>{{cite book |title=Devi Lal, the man of the masses |last=Singh |first=Raj Pal |year=1988 |publisher=Veenu Printers and Publications |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tJHAAAAMAAJ&q=Lekh+Ram+sihag }}</ref><ref name="The Jat patriarch">{{cite news|title=The Jat patriarch|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1809/18091200.htm|access-date=26 June 2014|work=Frontline|volume=18|issue=9|date=28 April – 11 May 2001}}</ref> a former deputy prime minister of India. He has two sons Dushyant Chautala, former deputy chief minister of Haryana <ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/in-another-scion-rise-dushyant-comes-out-of-dad-ajays-shadow-to-lead-inld/|title=In another scion rise, Dushyant comes out of dad Ajay's shadow to lead INLD|date=11 April 2014|work=The Indian Express|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> (youngest MP, Hisar Haryana 16th Lok Sabha)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/elections-2014-dushyant-chautala-of-inld-takes-lead-over-hjc-president-kuldeep-bishnoi/articleshow/35213304.cms|title=Elections 2014: Dushyant Chautala of INLD takes lead over HJC president Kuldeep Bishnoi|date=16 May 2014|newspaper=The Economic Times|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> and Digvijay Chautala (national President N INSO).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/INSO-Makes-it-to-Guinness-Book-of-World-Records/2013/12/01/article1922094.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714234649/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/INSO-Makes-it-to-Guinness-Book-of-World-Records/2013/12/01/article1922094.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2014|title=INSO Makes it to Guinness Book of World Records|date=1 December 2013|work=The Indian Express|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/3000/most-people-to-sign-up-as-organ-donors-8-hours|title=MOST PEOPLE TO SIGN UP AS ORGAN DONORS - EIGHT HOURS|date=16 December 2013|work=Guinness World Records|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> He did his B.A. from Kurukshetra University, M.A. (Public Administration) and LL.B. from Rajasthan University. He entered active politics in the 1980s, and became MLA from Rajasthan twice: first from Danta Ramgarh (1989) and then from Nohar (1993).<ref>[http://haryanaassembly.gov.in/ParliamentMemberDetails.aspx?MemberID=11 Parliament Member Details]. Haryana Vidhan Sabha. Retrieved on 2008-03-19.</ref>
Ajay became MP, Lok Sabha from Bhiwani in 1999.<ref>[http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13HR08.htm Biographical Sketch, ''Member of Parliament'', 13th Lok Sabha] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615015109/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13HR08.htm |date=15 June 2009 }}. Parliament of India. Retrieved on 2008-03-19</ref> He then became MP, Rajya Sabha from Haryana in 2004. He then became MLA from Dabwali in 2009.
Later Ajay Singh's wife Naina Singh Chautala became MLA from Dabwali In 2014. Their son Dushyant Chautala was MP, Lok Sabha from Hisar from 2014 to 2019.
== Conviction in Recruitment scam ==
In June 2008 Chautala and 53 others were charged in connection with the appointment of 3,206 junior basic teachers in the state of Haryana during 1999 and 2000. In January 2013 a New Delhi court sentenced Chautala and his father Om Prakash Chautala to ten years' imprisonment under various provisions of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act.<ref name="Former Haryana CM Chautala, his son, 53 others convicted in teachers' recruitment scam">{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/former-haryana-cm-chautala-his-son-53-others-convicted-in-teachers-recruitment-scam/316028-37-64.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119053056/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/former-haryana-cm-chautala-his-son-53-others-convicted-in-teachers-recruitment-scam/316028-37-64.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 January 2013|access-date=16 January 2013|newspaper=CNN-IBN|title=Former Haryana CM Chautala, his son, 53 others convicted in teachers' recruitment scam|date=16 January 2013}}</ref> Chautala was found guilty of illegally recruiting over 3,000 teachers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/10year-jail-for-chautala-son-in-recruitment-scam/article4331656.ece |title=Chautala, son jailed for 10 years|work=The Hindu |date=2013-01-23 |access-date=2013-01-23 |location=Chennai, India |first=Jiby |last=Kattakayam}}</ref> A CBI investigation was ordered by the Supreme Court based on a writ filed by former director of primary education Sanjeev Kumar, a 1989 batch IAS officer.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-chautala-is-in-jail-all-you-need-to-know-about-jbt-scam-590338.html |title = Why Chautala is in jail: All you need to know about JBT scam}}</ref><ref name="Recruitment scam: Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala convicted, arrested">{{cite news|last=TNN|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Recruitment-scam-Ex-Haryana-CM-Om-Prakash-Chautala-convicted-arrested/articleshow/18043964.cms|access-date=16 January 2013|newspaper=Times Of India|date=16 January 2013|title=Recruitment scam: Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala convicted, arrested}}</ref>
His and his father's sentences have been upheld by the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India.<ref name="Teachers’ recruitment scam: Supreme Court upholds jail term of Om Prakash Chautala, son Ajay">{{cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/jbt-scam-supreme-court-upholds-jail-term-of-om-prakash-chautala-his-son|title=Teachers' recruitment scam: Supreme Court upholds jail term of Om Prakash Chautala, son Ajay|newspaper=Indian Express}}</ref>
==See also== * Devi Lal * Dynastic politics of Haryana * Dushyant Chautala
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