Ranjit Singh Chautala

Ranjit Singh Chautala
Cabinet Minister
Government of Haryana
In office
14 November 2019 – 17 October 2024
Ministry
Term
Minister of Power14 November 2019
Minister of Minister of New and Renewable energy14 November 2019
Minister of Jail14 November 2019
Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly
In office
2019 – 26 March 2024
Preceded byRamchand Kamboj
Succeeded byArjun Chautala
ConstituencyRania
In office
1987 – 17 October 2024
Preceded byJagdish Mehra
Succeeded byJagdish Mehra
ConstituencyRori
Deputy Chairman of State Planning Board, Government of Haryana
In office
2005–2009
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
12 September 1990 – 1 August 1992
ConstituencyHaryana
Minister of Agriculture
Government of Haryana
In office
1987–1990
Personal details
Born (1945-05-18) 18 May 1945 (age 79)
Chautala Sirsa
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		INLD, Janata Dal, Congress, BJP[1][2][3]
SpouseSmt Indira Sihag
ChildrenGagandeep Singh
Parent(s)Chaudhary Devi Lal
Smt Harki Devi
RelativesSurya Prakash Singh (grandson)
Alma materPunjab University, Chandigarh

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.[1][3][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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "'Riots a part of life': Haryana minister's shocker on Delhi violence". Hindustan Times. 27 February 2020.
  2. ^ Bhatia, Varinder (21 April 2019). "Chautala Family — a perfect example of dynasty politics". The Indian Express.
  3. ^ a b Rajya Sabha Members Biographical Sketches 1952-2019 (PDF). Rajya Sabha Secretariat. October 2019. p. 489.
  4. ^ "Ranjit Chautala joins BJP". The Tribune. 2 March 2004.
  5. ^ Mahajan, Anilesh S (14 November 2019). "With two Chautalas in Haryana cabinet, BJP looks at wooing Jat community". India Today. Retrieved 9 October 2022.