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Haryana election results: Many political families lose bastions

The famous Bhajan Lal family lost Hisar's Adampur seat, which had been its stronghold for over five decades.

Congress candidate Chander Mohan celebrates his win from the Panchkula assembly seat.(ANI)

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Updated on Oct 09, 2024 01:28 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Arjun Chautala wins Rania seat, while father Abhay defeated in Ellenabad

INLD's Arjun Chautala has won the Rania seat against Congress' Sarv Mitter. He is the great grandson of former deputy prime minister Devi Lal.

Arjun Chautala is former deputy prime minister Devi Lal's grandson.

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Updated on Oct 08, 2024 06:04 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Jolt to INLD as prominent INDIA bloc leaders skip Kaithal rally

Prominent leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc skipped the Indian National Lok Dal’s (INLD) annual Kaithal rally organised here to mark the 110th birth anniversary of party patriarch late Devi Lal.

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal with J&K National Conference MP Farooq Abdullah and others during a programme on the 110th birth anniversary of INLD founder and former deputy Prime Minister Chaudhary Devi Lal, in Kaithal on Monday. Prominent leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc skipped the INLD’s annual Kaithal rally organised here to mark the 110th birth anniversary of party patriarch late Devi Lal. (PTI)

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Published on Sep 26, 2023 01:01 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Kaithal

Stage set for INLD’s Kaithal rally, no clarity over Congress’ participation

Several political bigwigs, especially top leaders from the opposition’s newly-formed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) are likely to reach Kaithal to attend the rally

INLD’s Abhay Chautala will lead the Kaithal rally. (HT File)

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Published on Sep 25, 2023 07:25 AM IST

ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Former MP Ajay Chautala re-elected as JJP national chief

Ajay Singh, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in January 2013 by a special CBI court after being convicted in the JBT teachers’ recruitment case, had been selected as the national chief of the JJP on August 31, 2020

The JJP was formed by Ajay’s sons—Dushyant and Digvijay Chautala—in December 2018 after a family feud in the Chautala clan, which led to a vertical split in the Indian National Lok Dal. (HT File)

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Published on Sep 11, 2023 12:26 AM IST

BySunil Rahar, Rohtak

Security up outside Dushyant, Ranjit Chautala’s houses in Sirsa after farmers call for gherao

Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav, Independent Meham MLA Balraj Kundu, BKU Haryana chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni will also take part in the protest against them for supporting the Centre’s farm laws

Security tightened near the houses of deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala and power minister Ranjit Chautala in Sirsa on Tuesday.(HT Photo)

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Published on Oct 06, 2020 11:32 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Rohtak | BySunil Rahar

Rename power plant, expressway after Devi Lal: Abhay to Dushyant, Ranjit

Indian National Lok Dal leader Abhay Chautala on Sunday asked power minister Ranjit Chautala and deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala to rename the Panipat Power Plant and Kundli–Manesar–Palwal (KMP) Expressway after former deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal.

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Published on Feb 16, 2020 10:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Karnal | ByHT Correspondent, Karnal

Splinter group founder to key man: Rise and rise of Dushyant Chautala

Dushyant was busy carving out a different career path.Having reached Parliament after defeating another Haryana political heavyweight, Kuldeep Bishnoi, the youngest MP had notched up in just a few months a record of taking part in 22 debates, posing 152 questions and an attendance of 89%.

Long before Dushyant Chautala hit the headlines as the potential kingmaker in Haryana after a hung assembly emerged from the October 21 assembly elections, he was known as an ideal lawmaker.(PTI)

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Updated on Oct 26, 2019 08:35 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySunetra Choudhury, New Delhi

Dushyant Chautala takes over Devi Lal’s legacy as INLD decimated in Haryana

Dushyant Chautala, JJP founded took over the political legacy of his great grandfather and former deputy prime minister Devi Lal having eroded the support base of the parent outfit.

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Updated on Oct 25, 2019 07:22 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByRajesh Moudgil and Neeraj Mohan

HOT SEAT: MEHAM4-time MLA locked in a multi-cornered fight in Jat heartland

Meham earned infamy for the mayhem in 1989 when it was vacated by the then chief minster Devi Lal on his becoming the deputy prime minister for his son Om Prakash Chautala

BJP candidate Meham Shamsher Kharkara(HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Oct 18, 2019 06:36 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Meham (Rohtak) | ByRajesh Moudgil

All parties invoking Devi Lal’s legacy in Haryana’s Dabwali assembly constituency

Nominees of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and its breakaway outfit Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) are seeking votes in the name of the late towering leader, Devi Lal of Haryana.

BJP candidate Aditya Devi Lal during his campaign at Masitan village in Dabwali .(Sanjeev Kumar/HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 15, 2019 03:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Dabwali (Sirsa) | ByVishal Joshi

BJP’s dominance, weak Oppn put khaps on backfoot in Haryana

Khap leaders say they are focussing on social issues to shed the image of being hardline caste-based organisations in Haryana

There are 90-odd khaps spread mainly across eight districts dominated by the Jat community, which makes up a fourth of Haryana’s total population.(HT FILE)

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Updated on Oct 11, 2019 12:49 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh/Rohtak | ByRajesh Moudgil and Sunil Rahar, Chandigarh/rohtak

INLD’s 2 former Sirsa MPs join Congress

In a major setback to the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), its two former Sirsa MPs Charanjeet Singh Rori and Sushil Indora joined the Congress in the presence of party’s state president Kumari Selja on Tuesday. Selja welcomed the two leaders into the party fold saying they will strengthen the party in Sirsa district.

Former INLD MP Charanjeet Singh Rori joining the Congress in the presence of party’s Haryana chief Kumari Selja in Sirsa on Tuesday.(Manoj Dhaka/HT)

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Published on Oct 08, 2019 11:18 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Rohtak | ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

10 members of Haryana’s three popular Lal clans take poll plunge

While 5 kin of former CMs Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal are contesting on Cong tickets, five of Devi Lal family are seeking election as candidates of different parties

(From left to right) Abhay Singh Chautala, Kiran Chaudhry and Kuldeep Bishnoi belong to the well-known political families of Haryana and are contesting the Haryana assembly elections.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Oct 06, 2019 12:04 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Rohtak | BySunil Rahar, Chandigarh/rohtak

Haryana Assembly Polls: Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Garhi-Sampla Kiloi MLA

Hooda hit the headlines when he defeated former deputy prime minister Devi Lal thrice.

Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Garhi-Sampla Kiloi MLA(HT Photo)

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Updated on Sep 21, 2019 10:36 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

Devi Lal’s birth anniversary: INLD, JJP to hold separate rallies in Haryana

Turnout at these events will be considered show of strength ahead of assembly polls in state

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Updated on Sep 20, 2019 11:40 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

Haryana Assembly Polls: Bhai Jai Parkash, Kalayat MLA

He won from Hisar on Janata Dal ticket in 1989 Lok Sabha elections, on Haryana Vikas Party ticket in 1996 and Congress ticket in 2004.

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Updated on Sep 15, 2019 09:52 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent

Dushyant rules out JJP merger with INLD

Talking about Khap leaders, who had been urging the feuding Chautalas to reconcile, Dushyant said they should rather work towards reuniting the entire family of Chaudhary Devi Lal, including senior Congress leader Ranjeet Singh and Aditya Devi Lal.

Says their party will contest all 90 seats in upcoming Haryana assembly polls.(HT File)

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Published on Sep 13, 2019 01:03 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByBhaskar Mukherjee, Hisar

Khap leaders write to Dushyant, ask him to clear stand over reconciliation

In a letter dated September 8, the Khap leaders mentioned that they had met Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal and urged him to unite the family.

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Updated on Sep 09, 2019 09:46 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Rohtak | ByHT Correspondent, Rohtak

Badal urges feuding Chautalas to reconcile

Former Punjab chief minister says reconciliation would be the biggest tribute to former deputy prime minister Devi Lal and Om Prakash Chautala’s wife Sneh Lata

Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal and former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala at the prayer meet held in remembrance of latter’s wife late Sneh Lata in Sirsa.(HT Photo)

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Updated on Aug 21, 2019 07:28 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByHT Correspondent, Hisar

Shah aims for two-third majority in Haryana assembly polls

Setting the tone of Haryana BJP’s campaign for upcoming assembly elections, Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday listed “transparent recruitment and clean governance” as key achievements of the Manohar Lal Khattar –led BJP government.

Union home minister Amit Shah at Aastha rally in Jind on Friday.(Manoj Dhaka/HT)

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Updated on Aug 16, 2019 10:09 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jind | BySunil Rahar, Jind

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Chautalas bank on Arjun for Kurukshetra battlefield

Though Arjun Chautala, INLD’s Kurukshetra candidate, maintains he was asked to fight the election by his grandfather as he was the “most deserving candidate”, it’s no secret that Abhay had been trying to launch his son into politics ever since his nephews established themselves in the political battlefield.

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Updated on Apr 26, 2019 02:49 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Karnal | ByNeeraj Mohan, Karnal

Lok Sabha elections 2019: For Devi Lal’s INLD, a fight for survival

Congress leaders such as Raghuvir Singh Kadian, Anand Singh Dangi, Dharam Vir and Jai Parkash, who is now an independent MLA, and Sampat Singh began their political careers in the INLD.

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Published on Apr 25, 2019 10:33 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByPawan Sharma

Dushyant launches new party, stakes claim to Devi Lal’s legacy

MP Dushyant Chautala said if their party was voted to power, they would waive farm loans, introduce a law to cap fee in private schools and bring back the old pension scheme.

Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala and his brother Digvijay, sons of OP Chautala’s elder son Ajay, were expelled from INLD last month after an internal inquiry found them guilty of indiscipline.(Sushil Kumar/HT PHOTO)

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Updated on Dec 10, 2018 08:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHardik Anand

Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala launches party, stakes claim to grandfather Devi Lal’s legacy

Dushyant and his brother Digvijay, sons of OP Chautala’s elder son Ajay, were expelled from INLD last month after an internal inquiry found them guilty of indiscipline.

Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala on Sunday launched a new political outfit Jannayak Janta Dal at a rally in Jind, considered the political heartland of the state.(Sushil Kumar/HT File PHOTO)

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Published on Dec 09, 2018 11:17 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Jind | ByHardik Anand

Chautala clan rift to escalate as Dushyant digs in heels

The INLD chief got Dushyant and his younger brother Digvijay, who heads INLD’s students’ wing, suspended from the primary membership of the party for disrupting the party’s rally in Gohana.

The INLD chief had initiated disciplinary action against Dushyant and Digvijay and served them a show-cause notice on October 11.(HT File)

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Updated on Oct 19, 2018 10:21 AM IST

Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | ByRajesh Moudgil, Chandigarh

Devi Lal’s birth anniversary set to become Opposition’s rallying point

The Indian National Lok Dal will invite key regional parties to Devi Lal’s 105th birth anniversary celebrations to cement another broad understanding. Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, who has an alliance with the party in Haryana, is expected to be one of the prominent faces at the event.

The INLD draws its electoral strength from the Jat community, and is pitted against the BJP and the Congress in Haryana. It hopes an alliance with the BSP will help attract significant Dalit votes.(File Photo)

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Updated on Aug 24, 2018 11:57 PM IST

New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

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The famous Bhajan Lal family lost Hisar's Adampur seat, which had been its stronghold for over five decades.

INLD's Arjun Chautala has won the Rania seat against Congress' Sarv Mitter. He is the great grandson of former deputy prime minister Devi Lal.

Prominent leaders of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc skipped the Indian National Lok Dal’s (INLD) annual Kaithal rally organised here to mark the 110th birth anniversary of party patriarch late Devi Lal.

Several political bigwigs, especially top leaders from the opposition’s newly-formed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) are likely to reach Kaithal to attend the rally

Ajay Singh, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in January 2013 by a special CBI court after being convicted in the JBT teachers’ recruitment case, had been selected as the national chief of the JJP on August 31, 2020

Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav, Independent Meham MLA Balraj Kundu, BKU Haryana chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni will also take part in the protest against them for supporting the Centre’s farm laws

Indian National Lok Dal leader Abhay Chautala on Sunday asked power minister Ranjit Chautala and deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala to rename the Panipat Power Plant and Kundli–Manesar–Palwal (KMP) Expressway after former deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal.

Dushyant was busy carving out a different career path.Having reached Parliament after defeating another Haryana political heavyweight, Kuldeep Bishnoi, the youngest MP had notched up in just a few months a record of taking part in 22 debates, posing 152 questions and an attendance of 89%.

Dushyant Chautala, JJP founded took over the political legacy of his great grandfather and former deputy prime minister Devi Lal having eroded the support base of the parent outfit.

Meham earned infamy for the mayhem in 1989 when it was vacated by the then chief minster Devi Lal on his becoming the deputy prime minister for his son Om Prakash Chautala

Nominees of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and its breakaway outfit Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) are seeking votes in the name of the late towering leader, Devi Lal of Haryana.

Khap leaders say they are focussing on social issues to shed the image of being hardline caste-based organisations in Haryana

While 5 kin of former CMs Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal are contesting on Cong tickets, five of Devi Lal family are seeking election as candidates of different parties

Hooda hit the headlines when he defeated former deputy prime minister Devi Lal thrice.

Turnout at these events will be considered show of strength ahead of assembly polls in state

He won from Hisar on Janata Dal ticket in 1989 Lok Sabha elections, on Haryana Vikas Party ticket in 1996 and Congress ticket in 2004.

Talking about Khap leaders, who had been urging the feuding Chautalas to reconcile, Dushyant said they should rather work towards reuniting the entire family of Chaudhary Devi Lal, including senior Congress leader Ranjeet Singh and Aditya Devi Lal.

In a letter dated September 8, the Khap leaders mentioned that they had met Shiromani Akali Dal patriarch Parkash Singh Badal and urged him to unite the family.

Former Punjab chief minister says reconciliation would be the biggest tribute to former deputy prime minister Devi Lal and Om Prakash Chautala’s wife Sneh Lata

Setting the tone of Haryana BJP’s campaign for upcoming assembly elections, Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday listed “transparent recruitment and clean governance” as key achievements of the Manohar Lal Khattar –led BJP government.

Congress leaders such as Raghuvir Singh Kadian, Anand Singh Dangi, Dharam Vir and Jai Parkash, who is now an independent MLA, and Sampat Singh began their political careers in the INLD.

MP Dushyant Chautala said if their party was voted to power, they would waive farm loans, introduce a law to cap fee in private schools and bring back the old pension scheme.

Dushyant and his brother Digvijay, sons of OP Chautala’s elder son Ajay, were expelled from INLD last month after an internal inquiry found them guilty of indiscipline.

The INLD chief got Dushyant and his younger brother Digvijay, who heads INLD’s students’ wing, suspended from the primary membership of the party for disrupting the party’s rally in Gohana.

The Indian National Lok Dal will invite key regional parties to Devi Lal’s 105th birth anniversary celebrations to cement another broad understanding. Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, who has an alliance with the party in Haryana, is expected to be one of the prominent faces at the event.

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