Om Prakash Chautala

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Om Prakash Chautala (Hindi: ओम प्रकाश चौटाला) (born January 1, 1935) is an Indian politician from the state of Haryana. He is the leader of the INLD (Indian National Lok Dal), a Haryana based political party in India, with some support in Delhi, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan. He has been Chief Minister of Haryana of the state , for record five times. In the 2005 Haryana state assembly elections, INLD lost its majority, winning just 9 out of the 90 seats compared to the Congress party's 67 seats. Chautala resigned and Bhupinder Singh Hooda became the Chief Minister of Haryana. His party has five MLAs in Rajasthan. His son Mr Ajay Singh Chautala(MP in Rajya Sabha) is also a popular leader of Haryana.

Chautala is the eldest son of Chaudhari Devi Lal, a former deputy prime minister of India.

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Born on January 1, 1935 at village Chautala in Dabwali tehsil of Sirsa district, Om Prakash Chautala had his education at his native village and later on at Sangria and Dabwali

He also initiated the high scale urban development work in Gurgaon, one of the fastest developing cities in Asia. He is a widely travelled politician covering every sphere of the globe. Om Prakash Chautala was the Chief Minister of Haryana for the following terms:

December 2, 1989 to May 22, 1990 July 12, 1990 to July 17, 1990 July 24, 1999 to March 4, 2005

Chautala was elected to the state assembly five times, 1970, 1990, 1993, 1996 and 2000. He remained a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1987 to 1990.

Chautala was appointed convener of the Anti-Dunkel Rally held on March 18, 1994 at Delhi. He remained member of important committees of the Rajya Sabha and Haryana Vidhan Sabha. He has two sons, Ajay Singh Chautala and Abhey Singh Chautala.

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