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Who is Jayant Chaudhary?

Jayant Chaudhary

About Jayant Chaudhary

Who is Jayant Chaudhary?

Jayant Chaudhary is the grandson of India’s fifth Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh and son of former Union minister Ajit Singh. Currently, he is the vice president of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).  
 
Jayant has been critical of the 1894 land acquisition law and the large-scale land acquisitions in UP. He has been a part of the agitations to protest the unfair acquisition of land in the state and in the Mathura, Noida, Hathras, Greater Noida, Agra and Aligarh districts.
 
Life and education
 
The Indian politician was born on December 27, 1978, in Dallas, USA. His father Ajit Singh had served as
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Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, Jayant Chaudhary skip Bharat Jodo Yatra in UP

A day after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Uttar Pradesh, none of the prominent opposition leaders joined the Yatra on Wednesday.

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Updated On : 04 Jan 2023 | 1:16 PM IST

Samajwadi Party, RLD chiefs will not join Rahul's Bharat Jodo Yatra in UP

Samajwadi Party national secretary and state spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said, "The SP president is busy with his programmes and there is no likelihood of his joining the yatra"

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Updated On : 27 Dec 2022 | 9:10 AM IST

RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary files nomination for Rajya Sabha polls

Accompanied by Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Chaudhary reached Uttar Pradesh Assembly premises in the morning to file his nomination

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Updated On : 30 May 2022 | 12:52 PM IST

Samajwadi Party fields RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary for Rajya Sabha polls

Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary will be the joint candidate of the Samajwadi Party and RLD for the Rajya Sabha elections

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Updated On : 26 May 2022 | 12:20 PM IST

RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary dissolves all party units in Uttar Pradesh

The RLD, which had contested the state polls in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, had fielded candidates on 33 seats and won eight of them

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Updated On : 14 Mar 2022 | 7:03 PM IST

Respect public opinion: RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary on UP poll results

Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary on Thursday said he respected the public opinion after his alliance with the Samajwadi Party lost the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.

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Updated On : 10 Mar 2022 | 11:02 PM IST

RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary emerges as a factor in UP politics

The battle for Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Jayant Chaudhary is almost over with the completion of the first two phases of polling in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2022.

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Updated On : 15 Feb 2022 | 3:21 PM IST

UP polls: BJP trying to create Hindu-Muslim divide, says RLD president

He said this while addressing a programme in favour of a party candidate in the Sadarpur area of Ghaziabad

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Updated On : 09 Feb 2022 | 2:07 AM IST

UP Assembly polls: Amit Shah cautions Jayant over tie-up with Akhilesh

BJP leader Amit Shah cautioned RLD president Jayant Chaudhary over his party's tie-up with SP, saying Akhilesh Yadav does not even listen to his father and uncle then how would he listen to him.

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Updated On : 03 Feb 2022 | 11:14 PM IST

Home Minister Shah using casteist terminology in electioneering: RLD chief

Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary accused Union Home minister Amit Shah of consistently using "caste-based terminology" during his election campaign in western Uttar Pradesh.

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Updated On : 31 Jan 2022 | 9:43 PM IST

People will teach BJP a lesson in UP polls: Akhilesh, Jayant Chaudhary

The BJP says its government gives subsidised ration to 80 crore poor people in the country and that is their admission of India's growing poverty, confirmed by surveys worldwide, Akhilesh Yadav said

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Updated On : 29 Jan 2022 | 8:25 PM IST

Be wary of BJP: Akhilesh to farmers; Jayant says SP-RLD tie-up 'solid'

Akhilesh Yadav asked farmers to be wary of the BJP, saying the ruling party's government had withdrawn its controversial farm laws only for the sake of votes.

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Updated On : 28 Jan 2022 | 9:18 PM IST

Shah says Jayant Chaudhary chose 'wrong home', reaches out to Jat leaders

Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary has chosen the "wrong home", Amit Shah said as he reached out to Jat leaders at a meeting

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Updated On : 26 Jan 2022 | 9:45 PM IST

Jayant Chaudhary straining every nerve and sinew to put RLD back on the map

Chaudhary is ambitious, but is realistic enough to know his limitations

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Updated On : 17 Jan 2022 | 6:08 AM IST

Akhilesh Yadav, RLD chief meet in Lucknow, seat-sharing discussed

Yadav had earlier said that his party's alliance with the Rastriya Lok Dal is final and only sharing of seats is to be discussed

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Updated On : 23 Nov 2021 | 7:07 PM IST

PM must sack MoS Home; Lakhimpur violence 'pre-meditated': Jayant Chaudhary

PM Modi must sack Union minister Ajay Mishra over the violence here which left eight people dead, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary demanded on Monday

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Updated On : 05 Oct 2021 | 10:04 AM IST

Jayant Chaudhary unanimously elected new RLD president: Statement

Jayant Chaudhary was on Tuesday appointed as the new national president of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), according to a party statement.

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Updated On : 25 May 2021 | 2:05 PM IST

Former MP Jayant Chaudhary set to take over as Rashtriya Lok Dal chief

The national executive of the party will be meeting on Tuesday virtually to anoint Jayant as the new party president, after his father Chaudhary Ajit Singh who founded the RLD, died on May 6

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Updated On : 25 May 2021 | 11:16 AM IST

Govt's 'efforts' to crush farmers' stir has only strengthened them: RLD

RLD national vice president Jayant Chaudhary on Saturday alleged that the government's "efforts" to crush the farmers' movement has only strengthened their unity

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Updated On : 30 Jan 2021 | 11:08 PM IST

Mayawati, Jayant Chaudhary discuss poll issues

The Rashtriya Lok Dal will contest three Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh as part of an alliance with the SP and the BSP

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Updated On : 30 Mar 2019 | 9:32 PM IST