Ranjit Singh Chautala Explained

Ranjit Singh Chautala
Birth Date:18 May 1945
Birth Place:Chautala Sirsa
Parents:Chaudhary Devi Lal
Smt Harki Devi
Spouse:Smt Indira Sihag
Children:Gagandeep Singh
Relatives:Surya Prakash Singh
Alma Mater:Punjab University, Chandigarh
Office:Cabinet Minister
Government of Haryana
Term Start:14 November 2019
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:Ram Chand Kamboj
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
Government of Haryana
Term Start5:1987
Term End5:1990
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party (2024- Present)
Otherparty:INLD, Janata Dal, Congress, BJP[1] [2] [3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

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.

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Notes and References

  1. News: ‘Riots a part of life’: Haryana minister’s shocker on Delhi violence . Hindustan Times . 27 February 2020 . en.
  2. News: Bhatia . Varinder . Chautala Family — a perfect example of dynasty politics . The Indian Express . 21 April 2019 . en.
  3. Book: Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952-2019 . October 2019 . Rajya Sabha Secretariat . 489 .
  4. News: 2 March 2004 . Ranjit Chautala joins BJP . The Tribune .
  5. Web site: Mahajan . Anilesh S . 14 November 2019 . With two Chautalas in Haryana cabinet, BJP looks at wooing Jat community . 2022-10-09 . India Today . en.