Although India is a parliamentary democracy,the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism,possibly due to the absence of party organizations,independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party,or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national,state,regional,and district level. The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers,and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK),Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,Kerala Congress,Jammu &Kashmir National Conference,Indian Union Muslim League,AIMIM,and the Nationalist Congress Party are all dominated by families,mostly those of the party founders.
Devdas Apte is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party and a former member of the Parliament of India representing Jharkhand in the Rajya Sabha,the Upper House of the Parliament. He sat in Parliament from 2 July 2002 to 9 April 2008,when he retired. The son of Shri Kashi Nath and Shrimati Girija Apte,he received a B.A. from Nagpur University,Nagpur,and served as a social worker before going into politics.
Debabrata Biswas is a politician and the General Secretary of the All India Forward Bloc from 1997. He was a Member of the Parliament of India representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament.
M. Rajasekara Murthy was an Indian politician,who was a member 7th Lok Sabha the lower house of the Indian Parliament from the Lok Sabha constituency of Mysore in Karnataka. He also participated in the Freedom Struggle.
K.C. Kondaiah,is an Indian politician and a former member of the Karnataka Legislative Council from Bellary. He is a former member of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.
Daradahalli Byregowda Chandregowda was an Indian politician who was Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly,three-term MLA,one-term MLC,and Member of Parliament—three-terms from Lok Sabha and one-term from Rajya Sabha.
Basavaraj Ganpathrao Patil Sedam is an Indian politician who was the member of parliament in the Lok Sabha from Kalaburagi and member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka. He is a Patron Of Bharat Vikas Sangam and He is brought up in the severe atmosphere of Tarnahalli,in the midst of god fearing,nature-loving agriculturists. His early education was in the Village School,which Studying for his Science graduation,he was attracted to the cultural organization Rashtriya Swamyam Sevak Sangha.
Santosh S. Lad is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister in Government of Karnataka &member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Kalghatgi constituency in the Dharwad district of Karnataka state.
Balwinder Singh Bhunder is an Indian politician,former member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament of India,from the state of Punjab,and is the Secretary General of Shiromani Akali Dal Political party. He is a member of the Shiromani Akali Dal party. He served as the Cabinet Minister for Agriculture,the Cabinet Minister for Forest and the Cabinet Minister for Soil Conservation from 1977 to 1980. He has held former positions of General Secretary of Shiromani Akali Dal,President of All India Kisan Sabha and Member of the Legislative Assembly from Sardulgarh,Mansa district.
Singh W Angou an Indian politician from Manipur and member of the Indian National Congress.
Kaptan Singh Solanki is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the 17th governor of Tripura. From August 2009,he was the member of the parliament of India representing Madhya Pradesh State in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house until May 2014.
Anil Kumar Sahani is an Indian politician and social worker who belongs to bihar.
Eregar Tukaram is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is an MP of Bellary Lok Sabha constituency and a four time MLA from Sandur Assembly constituency in Ballari District. He was the Minister of Medical Education and Bellary District in-charge minister in the second H D Kumaraswamy ministry.
Vinay Dinu Tendulkar is an Indian politician who served as the Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from Goa from 2017 to 2023. He is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and has been the President of Bharatiya Janata Party,Goa from 2012 to 2020,for two consecutive terms.
Lankappa Hanumanthaiah is an Indian poet,politician of the Indian National Congress and a member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament,the Rajya Sabha,from the state of Karnataka.
Maheswar Naik was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament,in 3rd Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Bellary City Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Karnataka State Assembly in India. It is part of Bellary Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency includes 28 wards of Ballari Mahanagara Palika. The constituency came into existence after the 2008 delimitation. It was a part of Bellary Rural Assembly constituency.
M. Basavaraju was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress. He was also member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly and member of Rajya Sabha.
Kolur Basavanagoud was an Indian politician,educationist,and industrialist who served as a member of the Indian Parliament in the 13th Lok Sabha from the Bellary Lok Sabha constituency. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.
B.C. Nanjundaiya is an Indian politician and former Member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament,the Rajya Sabha,from the state of Mysore.
