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Om Prakash Chautala
ओम प्रकाश चौटाला
9th, 11th, 13th and 16th Chief Minister of Haryana
In office
2 December 1989 – 22 May 1990
Preceded byChaudhary Devi Lal
Succeeded byBanarsi Das Gupta
In office
12 July 1990 – 17 July 1990
Preceded byBanarsi Das Gupta
Succeeded byHukam Singh
In office
22 March 1991 – 6 April 1991
Preceded byHukam Singh
Succeeded byPresident's Rule
In office
24 July 1999 – 4 March 2005
Preceded byBansi Lal
Succeeded byBhupinder Singh Hooda
Personal details
BornJanuary 1, 1935 (1935-01) (age 89)
Political partyIndian National Lok Dal

Om Prakash Chautala (born 1 January 1935) is an Indian politician from the state of Haryana and the leader of the Indian National Lok Dal political party. He is a former Chief Minister of Haryana. Presently, he is the Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha.

Chautala is the son of Chaudhari Devi Lal, a former Deputy Prime Minister of India.[1][2] He has two sons, Ajay & Abhay, who are also in active politics. His grandsons are also active in politics.[citation needed]

He was the Chief Minister of Haryana from 2 December 1989 to 2 May 1990, from 12 July 1990 to 17 July 1990, again from 22 March 1991 to 6 April 1991 and finally from 24 July 1999 to 4 March 2005. Politically, he had been part of NDA and United National Progressive Alliance at national level.

Recruitment scam

The New Delhi court had sentenced him and his elder son Ajay Singh Chautala for ten years imprisonment under various provisions of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act on 22 January 2013. [3] CBI probe was ordered by Supreme Court during NDA regime led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The CBI had on 6 June 2008, chargesheeted him and 53 others in connection with the scam relating to appointment of 3,206 junior basic teachers in the state of Haryana during 1999-2000. On 16 January 2013 he was convicted by a Delhi court for illegal recruitment of over 3000 teachers. Soon after this he and his son Ajay Chautala were immediately taken into police custody.[4][5][6] On 12 September 2013 the Supreme Court of India rejected his ailment plea and instructed him to surrender to Jail authorities immediately.[7]

Controversies

Many Controversies have been associated with OP Chautala since the beginning of his public life.[8]

INLD leader Om Parkash Chautala was publicly disowned by his father Devi Lal. He had allegedly smuggled gold watches worth Rs 100,000. Even his sons had been accused of being involved in controversies.[9]

Meham was perhaps Chautala's biggest political controversy, which brought him national attention. The shadow of Meham was to dog OP Chautala right up to 1996, when Justice Commission K.N. Saikia indicted him as an accessory after the fact, in the killing of Amir Singh.[10]

INLD president OP Chautala has been accused of protecting the then Director General of Police, SPS Rathore in the Ruchika Girhotra child molestation case. The matter, as of now, is sub-judice.[11]

Indicting the former Chief Minister, his two sons, Abhay and Ajay, and their wives for amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 1,467 crore, the CBI has filed a chargesheet in a the Delhi Court. The CBI has submitted that Om Prakash Chautala and his family acquired more than 80 properties in different parts of India between 1993 and 2006.[12]

Om Parkash Chautala, Ajay Chautala and its former state president Sher Singh Barshyami has been convicted in the much publicised JBT Scam. All the 55 accused has been sent to judicial custody. The judgement will be announced on 22 January 2013. The CBI had filed a Chargesheet, in which it is recorded that in the year 1999–2000, 3032 teachers were recruited by the former CM and his son Ajay Chautala along with the other accused on the basis of forged documents. The matter was registered by the CBI on the direction of the Supreme Court and the CBI seized documents and properties in lakhs from various places.[13]

Chautalas may face more trouble as the CBI has recommended registration of cases of cheating, forgery and conspiracy against him and several top officers, including two former chief secretaries, in the HCS nomination recruitment scandal.[14][15] He has been accused of changing of criteria several times, awarding higher marks to candidates in interviews, dropping the vigilance and departmental inquiries against favoured candidates, tampering with and ignoring the deserving candidates’ records. This was how candidates were recruited for the Haryana Civil Services (Executive) in 2004, revealed CBI.a [16]

Om Parkash Chautala & his family is accused by their opponents to amass wealth using the official position.[17] He was presented numerous costly presents including crowns ans Gold Brick.[18]

References

  1. ^ Raj Pal Singh (1988). Devi Lal, the man of the masses. Veenu Printers & Publishers. p. 3. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  2. ^ History of Sirsa Town. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. pp. 241–. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  3. ^ Kattakayam, Jiby (23 January 2013). "Chautala, son jailed for 10 years". Chennai, India: The Hindu. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  4. ^ TNN (16 January 2013). "Recruitment scam: Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala convicted, arrested". Times Of India. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Former Haryana CM Chautala, his son, 53 others convicted in teachers' recruitment scam". CNN-IBN. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  6. ^ Bhardwaj, Mukesh (22 January 2013). "Om Prakash Chautala: Rise, fall, rise and downfall". Indian Express.
  7. ^ "SC rejects ailment plea, says Chautala must go to jail". The Times Of India.
  8. ^ Ajmer Singh (27 November 2004). "The Fattening of the Chautalas – Tehelka". Tehelka. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  9. ^ ET Bureau (20 December 2006). "Famous sons often bring disgrace to family – The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  10. ^ PRATIK KANJILAL (25 July 1999). "The loaves and lathis of office – The Indian express". Indian Express. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  11. ^ ET Bureau (25 December 2009). "Om Prakash Chautala shielded Rathore: Ruchika's father – The Economic Times". Economictimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  12. ^ "Assets case to Ruchika, Chautala under fire". Indianexpress.com. 4 January 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  13. ^ Neeraj Chauhan (7 June 2008). "CBI chargesheets Chautala, son in JBT scam – The Indian express". Indian Express. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  14. ^ Sukhbir Siwach (7 September 2012). "Interviews on Sunday, postings within 24 hrs in Chautala Raj – The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  15. ^ Sukhbir Siwach (7 September 2012). "'Chautala bent rules to promote netas' kin' – The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  16. ^ VARINDER BHATIA (6 September 2012). "Chautala, his PS chief-conspirators; top IAS officers facilitators: CBI – The Indian express". Indian Express. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  17. ^ Sanjay Sharma (15 September 2004). "Haryana's BIGGEST Ever Scam – CM Chautala Auctions 20 Acres Of Gurgaon Land At Throwaway Prices – gurgaonscoop". gurgaonscoop. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  18. ^ Yoginder Gupta (22 November 2004). "Where is the gold brick? – The Tribune". The Tribune. Retrieved 13 June 2011.

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