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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 president of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and a Rajya Sabha MP.
 
In 2024 LS polls, Jayant-led RLD was part of the NDA coalition and his party won 2 seats in Uttar Pradesh. After the declaration of the results, Jayant was inducted as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
 
Jayant has been critical of the 1894 land acquisition law and the large-scale land acquisitions in UP. He has been a part of
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Trade ties must not compromise policy sovereignty, says Jayant Chaudhary

Addressing a skills summit organised by FICCI here, the minister said the government is sensitive and allied to the strong support and solidarity extended by the Indian industry

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Updated On : 08 Aug 2025 | 11:04 PM IST

Skill ministry eyes 1990s-style reforms for vocational education

The skill ministry is currently working on introducing a new national policy on skilling, replacing the previous version launched in 2015

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Updated On : 15 Jul 2025 | 11:52 PM IST

RLD aims to strengthen grassroots presence in Rajasthan: Jayant Chaudhary

Speaking at a party programme in Jaipur, Chaudhary said that RLD will continue to fight for the rights of farmers, youths and marginalised communities, following the ideals of Chaudhary Charan Singh

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Updated On : 11 Jul 2025 | 11:08 PM IST

AI doing a lot, but still need head, heart, hand of human: Jayant Chaudhary

On a lighter note, the minister said he would call Artificial Intelligence amorphic or shapeless because artificial in the Indian context means 'naqli' or not real

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Updated On : 23 Jan 2025 | 9:41 PM IST

Trump, Zelenskyy, Scholz among 60 top leaders to address WEF Davos meet

Indian participation would include five union ministers -- Ashwini Vaishnaw, CR Patil, K Ram Mohan Naidu, Chirag Paswan and Jayant Chaudhary -- and three chief ministers

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Updated On : 14 Jan 2025 | 10:38 PM IST

Skilling should be aligned with job market's needs: Jayant Chaudhary

Later talking to reporters, he mentioned increasing migration from rural to urban areas and said everyone might not be getting jobs

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Updated On : 18 Sep 2024 | 7:18 PM IST

Bharat Ratna: 'Dil jeet liya', says Jayant; Sonia welcomes announcement

Political leaders congratulate and pay tribute to the winners of this year's Bharat Ratna awards - P V Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh, and M S Swaminathan. Here is what they had to say

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Updated On : 09 Feb 2024 | 2:43 PM IST

SP, RLD announce alliance for Lok Sabha polls; latter gets 7 seats in UP

"Congratulations to everyone on the alliance of RLD and SP. Let us all unite for victory," Yadav said in a post on X

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Updated On : 19 Jan 2024 | 11:09 PM IST

Wrong to discuss UCC now as its structure not yet known: Jayant Chaudhary

RLD's alliance partner Samajwadi Party has slammed the government over UCC

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Updated On : 04 Jul 2023 | 7:17 AM IST

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