Deputy CM almost forgotten for Dushyant, four other ‘Lal’ dynasties reach home – Times of India

Dushyant Chautala’s JJP, a kingmaker in 2019, entered a cropper. Chautala himself finished fifth in Uchana Kalan with less than 5% of the vote and was among the 65 party candidates who lost their deposits.
In the previous BJP-led government in Haryana, Dushyant Chautala was deputy CM, a post he held till six months ago when his party, Jannayak Janata festival or JJP, severed ties with the BJP. A majority of his MLAs left him soon after, but the state polls were his great hope for a comeback. When the results were announced on Tuesday, it became clear that this grandson of former Prime Minister Om Prakash Chautala and the great-grandson of ex-Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal had even lost his deposit of the Uchana Kalan seat. Worse still, the JJP has not won a single seat and its vote share has fallen from 15% to less than 1%.
However, some consolation for dynastic democracy is that the three influential families of former CMs – Devi Lal, Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal – managed to secure a place in the meeting. One member from each of the Bansi Lal and the Bhajan Lal families and two members of Devi Lal’s family have reached the legislature.
Former CM Bhajan Lal’s son Chander Mohan (Panchkula), former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal’s grandson Aditya Devi Lal (Dabwali), great-grandson Arjun Chautala (Rania) and former CM Bansi Lal’s granddaughter Shruti Chaudhary (Tosham) emerged victorious.
However, the Bhajan Lal family suffered a major setback when Bhavya Bishnoi, grandson of Bhajan Lal and son of Kuldeep Bishnoi, lost the family’s traditional Adampur seat this time. Adampur was represented by the Bhajan Lal family for over five decades from 1968 onwards.
As many as 14 members of famous Lal families were in the fray this time. They included three members each from the families of Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal and eight members from the family of Devi Lal.