Political ambitions clash within the Chautala clan, leading to the break-up of the INLD.
It’s been in the works since 2013, when Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) supremo Om Prakash Chautala, 83, and his elder son Ajay Singh, 57, were incarcerated for 10 years in a recruitment scam. The reins, tightly held until then by the senior Chautala, really began unravelling when it became evident that both he and Ajay were no longer eligible to contest elections till 2029, six years after they complete their sentence.
So the party’s Gohana rally on October 7 could not have been a pleasant experience for Chautala, out on furlough from jail. “Dushyant Chautala, CM aaya, CM aaya!” the INLD’s youth brigade owing allegiance to Ajay Chautala’s two sons—Hisar MP Dushyant Singh and his younger brother Digvijay Singh—chanted incessantly, repeatedly interrupting their grandfather and uncle Abhay Singh as they vainly tried to speak.
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