{{short description|Indian politician (born 1945)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ranjit Singh Chautala | image = File:Ranjit chautala.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|05|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Chautala Sirsa | parents = Chaudhary Devi Lal <br> Smt Harki Devi | spouse = Smt Indira Sihag | children = Gagandeep Singh | relatives = Surya Prakash Singh ({{small|grandson}}) | alma_mater = Punjab University, Chandigarh | office = Cabinet Minister<br/>Government of Haryana | term_start = 14 November 2019 | term_end = 17 October 2024 | successor = | 1blankname = {{centre|Ministry}} | 1namedata = {{centre|'''Term'''}} | 2blankname = Minister of Power | 2namedata = 14 November 2019 | 3blankname = Minister of Minister of New and Renewable energy | 3namedata = 14 November 2019 | 4blankname = Minister of Jail | 4namedata = 14 November 2019 | office1 = Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly | constituency1 = Rania | term_start1 = 2019 | term_end1 = 26 March 2024 | predecessor1 = Ramchand Kamboj | successor1 = Arjun Chautala | constituency2 = Rori | term_start2 = 1987 | term_end2 = 1990 | predecessor2 = Jagdish Mehra | successor2 = Jagdish Mehra | office3 = Deputy Chairman of State Planning Board, Government of Haryana | term_start3 = 2005 | term_end3 = 2009 | office4 = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | term_start4 = 12 September 1990 | term_end4 = 1 August 1992 | constituency4 = Haryana | office5 = Minister of Agriculture <br/>Government of Haryana | term_start5 = 1987 | term_end5 = 1990 | party = Independent | other_party = INLD, Janata Dal, Congress, BJP<ref name=A01>{{cite news |title='Riots a part of life': Haryana minister's shocker on Delhi violence |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/riots-a-part-of-life-haryana-minister-s-shocker-on-delhi-violence/story-TPf4HyKsthiSqxQBqZc81O.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=27 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhatia |first1=Varinder |title=Chautala Family — a perfect example of dynasty politics |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/inld-jjp-chaudhury-devi-lal-chautala-family-a-perfect-example-of-dynasty-politics-5686416/ |work=The Indian Express |date=21 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=A02>{{cite book |title=Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952-2019 |date=October 2019 |publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat |page=489 |url=https://cms.rajyasabha.nic.in/UploadedFiles/ElectronicPublications/Member_Biographical_Book.pdf}}</ref> }} '''Ranjit Singh Chautala''' is a politician and businessman from the Indian state of Haryana. Elected to the Haryana Legislative Assembly and the Rajya Sabha, he has also served in ministerial posts. Previously a member of the Indian National Lok Dal, the Janata Dal, the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, he won the seat of Rania in the 2019 Haryana Assembly elections as an independent.<ref name=A01 /><ref name=A02 /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2 March 2004 |title=Ranjit Chautala joins BJP |work=The Tribune |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040302/haryana.htm#1}}</ref> Following the election, along with his grandnephew Dushyant Chautala, he supported the BJP to secure a majority and entered the Second Manohar Lal Khattar ministry with three portfolios: New and Renewable Energy, Power and Jails.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mahajan |first=Anilesh S |date=14 November 2019 |title=With two Chautalas in Haryana cabinet, BJP looks at wooing Jat community |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/with-two-chautalas-in-haryana-cabinet-bjp-looks-at-wooing-jat-community-1619074-2019-11-14 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
==Family== Ranjit Singh is son of Chaudhary Devi Lal Chautala who served twice as the former Deputy Prime Minister of India. He belongs to a very powerful family who participated in freedom struggle of India. Ranjit Singh's uncle Sahib Ram Sihag was a member of assembly in 1937 and 1946 and his father Devi Lal in Politics since 1951.
==Career== In 1987 he was elected as the MLA of 7th Assembly from Rori Vidhan Sabha on Lok Dal ticket. He also served as agriculture minister of Haryana and his father was Chief Minister. In 1990 he was elected as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Haryana and his father Ch Devi Lal was Deputy Prime Minister of India at that time. He was the Deputy Chairman of State planning board, Haryana in 2005 - 2009. In 2019 he contested Haryana's 14th assembly from Rania Vidhan sabha and won as Independent MLA and became the minister.
== See also ==
* Political families of Haryana
==References== {{reflist}}
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