For campaigning in elections while being out on bail for medical reasons Nothing out of the ordinary about it, except that he should have been in jail serving a 10-year sentence awarded in January 2013 for a corruption case. Since May this year Chautala has been out on bail, citing a surgery to implant a pacemaker. After the court got wind of his political activities, it decided to set up a medical board to investigate whether he needed hospitalisation. At that point he promised to surrender and return to prison. He was given time till 17 October to do so but is now using that leeway to continue campaigning for his party. Following a rap on its knuckles by the Delhi High Court, the CBI is now asking for immediate cancellation of his bail, but what is remarkable is the ease with which Chautala has managed to stay out of prison up to the point that polls are upon us. It is a shame that politicians like him remain unfazed by the law. His grandson, a leader of the party, even told a newspaper that though Chautala cannot be an MLA, nothing prevents him from becoming Chief Minister!
