Sikander Bakht was an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served as the 15th governor of Kerala from 2002 until his death. He was elected as the Vice President of the BJP,served as its leader in the Rajya Sabha,and as a cabinet minister in the NDA government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In 2000,he was awarded Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian honour of the Government of India.
Sarbananda Sonowal is an Indian politician of Bharatiya Janata Party from Assam who is serving as the current Cabinet Minister of Ports,Shipping and Waterways and Cabinet Minister of AYUSH,Government of India and the member of the Rajya Sabha representing Assam since 2021and also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs since 2021. He is the 14th Chief Minister of Assam from 2016 to 2021 and the former of Assam Legislative Assembly from Majuli from 2016 until he resigned in 2021 and from Moran constituency from 2001 to 2004. Sonowal earlier served as the Assam state unit President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2012 to 2014 and again from 2015 to 2016. He has also served as the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs,Government of India,from 2014 to 2016 and the Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development from 2014 to 2014 and the member of the Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur from 2014 to 2016 and from Dibrugarh from 2004 to 2009. He was also the member of the Asom Gana Parishad from 2001 to 2011.
The Pune Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the inner limits of Pune,India. It is in charge of the civic needs and infrastructure of the metropolis,which is spread over an area of 484.61 sq. km. and has 3.4 million residents. Established on 15 February 1950,the executive power of the PMC is vested in the Municipal Commissioner,an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer appointed by the Government of Maharashtra. The position is held by Vikram Kumar,IAS.The general body of the PMC consists of 162 directly elected councilors,popularly known as "corporators",headed by a mayor. Murlidhar Mohol (BJP) was elected as the mayor and Sunita Wadekar as the deputy mayor by the newly elected in April 2021. The land for Pune Municipal Corporation was donated by Late Hon. Shri. Bhausaheb Shirole (Patil) who was second Mayor of Pune city and later became an MLC. The Pune Municipal Corporation has launched an e-Governance initiative,with the goal of leveraging Information Technology to mobilize Government resources and optimize their utilization in order to provide a superior level of service.
Prakash Keshav Javadekar is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and served as the Minister of Environment,Forest and Climate Change from 30 May 2019 till 7 July 2021.
The organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is based upon the Constitution of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The organisation of the BJP is strictly hierarchical,with the president being the highest authority in the party. The party is considered to be a cadre-based party that draws from the Hindutva-based ideology of its parent organisation,the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Laxman Sonopant Joshi,popularly known as Anna Joshi,was a former member of the Lok Sabha. He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and later Nationalist Congress Party. Born in 1935,Anna Joshi studied MSc at Pune University. He was detained under MISA in the emergency for 18 months. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 from Pune. Earlier he was elected to the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha in 1980 and 1985 from Shivaji Nagar seat in Pune. BJP did not nominate him to contest 1996 Lok Sabha election from Pune. He quit BJP in 1998,and joined NCP later. He contested Vidhan Sabha election of 2009 from Kothrud as NCP candidate but came a distant fourth.
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation,Pune is the civic body that governs the neighbourhoods of Pimpri,Akurdi,Chinchwad,Nigdi,and the remainder of the northwestern city limits of Pune,India. It was established on 11 October 1982. It governs an area of 181 km2 with a population of 1.72 million. The executive power of the PCMC is vested in the Municipal Commissioner,an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer appointed by the Government of Maharashtra. The position is held by Shekhar Singh (IAS) during the pandemic in late December 2020. The general body of the PCMC consists of 128 directly elected councilors,popularly known as "corporators",headed by a mayor. Rahul Jadhav (BJP) was elected as the mayor and Sachin Chinchwade (BJP) as the deputy mayor in August 2018. The PCMC headquarters is situated on the Old Pune Mumbai Highway alongside the freeway in the city of Pune.
Although a parliamentary democracy,Indian politics has increasing become dynastic,possibly due to the absence of a party organization,independent civil society associations that mobilize support for the party,and centralized financing of elections. Family members have also led the Congress party for most of the period since 1978 when Indira Gandhi floated the then Congress(I) faction of the party. It also is fairly common in many political parties in Maharashtra. The dynastic phenomenon is seen from national level down to district level and even village level.The three-tier structure of Panchayati Raj created in the 1960s also helped to create and consolidate this phenomenon in rural areas. Apart from government,political families also control cooperative institutions,mainly cooperative sugar factories,district cooperative banks in the state,and since the 1980s private for profit colleges. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party also features several senior leaders who are dynasts. In Maharashtra,the NCP has particularly high level of dynasticism.
Kailash Vijayvargiya is an Indian politician serving as National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party. He started his political career in the Indore Bharatiya Janata Party,and was the mayor of Indore,a six-time legislator who has never lost an assembly election,and a state government cabinet minister for over 12 years before being elevated to the party's central leadership.
Girish Bapat was an Indian politician who served as a member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Pune,Maharashtra in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Earlier he served as the Cabinet Minister for Food,Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection,Food and Drugs Administration and Parliamentary Affairs in the First Fadnavis ministry. He was a member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and one of the top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Vidhan Sabha. He was elected from Kasba Peth constituency to the Vidhan Sabha in five consecutive elections since 1995.
Krishna Pancham Khopde is also known as a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly,in India. He represents the Nagpur East Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is BJP sitting member,having been a member of the 12 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly too. Khopde in 2014 was the chief of the Nagpur City BJP. In 2009 he created a major upset defeating 5 time MLA Satish Chaturvedi of the Indian National Congress. Khopde was a corporator in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation and a standing committee chairman. Khopde is a high school dropout.
Anil Sole is elected from Nagpur Graduate Constituency Maharashtra Legislative Council. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) &RSS and was also the president of the Nagpur City of the BJP and a MLC of Maharashtra.
Pravin Datke is currently National Vice President Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and Municipal Corporator and former Mayor of Nagpur Municipal Corporation. He was State General Secretary BJYM Maharashtra Unit.
Bhimrao Tapkir is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Tapkir is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2011 (Bypoll),2014,2019 from the Khadakwasla constituency assembly constituency in Pune.
Yogesh Pundalik Tilekar is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Tilekar was Corporator in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and was first term member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2014 from the Hadapsar constituency assembly in Pune. He was also the President of Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Maharashtra State for 5 years.Presently he is the President of Bhartiya Janata Party OBC Morcha.
Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has served Lok Sabha,Parliament of India from Mumbai North East since 2019. He served 3-terms as a Corporator in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and was leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Corporation.
Siddharth Anil Shirole is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and first time Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing the Shivajinagar Vidhansabha Constituency from Pune.
Sunil Dnyandev Kamble is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Pune Cantonment in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He has previously served as Corporator in the Pune Municipal Corporation since 1992 - incumbent. He is known for his social work and direct approach. He was also elected as Standing Committee Chairperson of PMC in March 2019. He is the younger brother of 2 times BJP Minister Dilip Kamble. Coming from an extremely poor background,he emerged as a mass leader at a very young age. He began his social life as a young activist in ABVP. He played a pivotal role from the BJP side in campaigning and contacting on booth level in elections to the Balurghat Assembly constituency in West Bengal 2021 elections. Shri. Kamble currently is also a member of the legislative committee on Schedule Castes in the Maharashtra Legislature.
Murlidhar Kisan Mohol is an Indian politician. He was elected Mayor of Pune in November 2019 replacing Mukta Tilak. Mohol is corporator from 12 C ward of Pune Municipal Corporation in 2017 elections as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
The 2015 Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike election was held on 22 April 2015 in all 198 Wards of Bangalore (Bengaluru).
