Devi Lal’s son Ranjit Singh, granddaughters-in-law Sunaina Chautala and Naina Chautala, and protégé Jai Parkash are all invoking his name in their Hisar campaigns.
As Haryana gears up to vote for Lok Sabha polls of 25 May & assembly polls later this year, residents of Chautala claim village has always been a victim of politics.
No members of families of former CMs Bansi Lal & Bhajan Lal are contesting LS elections, but 4 from Devi Lal's family are in fray still — 3 fielded by different parties from Hisar.
INLD MLA Abhay Chautala accused nephew Dushyant of corruption. Haryana Deputy CM and JJP chief said privilege motion should be moved against uncle if charges turn out to be false.
Haryana Deputy CM Dushyant Chautala has backed ally BJP on farm laws, despite his agrarian Jat vote base. Farmers say he misled them by claiming Devi Lal’s legacy, but he says he’ll ensure they benefit.
While the INLD is no longer represented in the assembly, the same can’t be said of the Chautalas, one of the most prominent dynasties of Indian politics.
Hisar MP, reportedly suspended from the INLD Thursday, tells workers not to lose hope until jailed patriarch O.P. Chautala conveys an official decision.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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