Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He served as the 11th prime minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997. He was previously the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. He presently is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka. He is the national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) party.Born in a farming family,he joined the Indian National Congress party in 1953,and remained a member until 1962. He was imprisoned during the Emergency. He became President of the state unit of Janata Dal in 1994,and was considered to be a driving force in the party's victory in Karnataka. He served as the 8th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996.In the 1996 general elections,no party won enough seats to form a government. When the United Front,a coalition of regional parties,formed the central government with the support of the Congress,Deve Gowda was unexpectedly chosen to head the government and was elected Prime Minister. During his tenure as prime minister,he also served as Home Minister for some time. His prime ministerial tenure lasted for less than a year.After his prime ministerial tenure,he was elected to the 12th (1998),14th (2004),15th,and 16th Lok Sabha,as Member of Parliament for the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency. He lost Lok Sabha elections in 2019 from Tumkuru but has been elected to Rajya Sabha since.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is serving as the 17th and current Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh since 2020 and again from 2005 to 2018 and a Member of Legislative Assembly in Madhya Pradesh from Budhni since 2006 and again from 1990 to 1991.He is the longest serving Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He was also the former National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party from 2019 to 2020,a member of the Parliamentary Board and a member of the Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party.He was the National President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha from 2000 to 2002.He was also Member of Lok Sabha representing Vidisha from 1991 to 2005.As a leader of the BJP,Chouhan served as General Secretary and President of Madhya Pradesh state unit.He joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1972,as a 13-year-old.He is known for launching the schemes Ladli Lakshmi Yojana and Beti Bachao Abhiyan.
Kavuri Sambasiva Rao is an Indian politician,engineer and industrialist from the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Bachi Singh Rawat,was an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India and a 4 time MP. He represented the Almora constituency of Uttarakhand.
Sarbananda Sonowal is an Indian politician from Assam who is serving as the current Cabinet Minister of Ports,Shipping and Waterways and Cabinet Minister of AYUSH in the Government of India since 2021. He is also a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Assamand also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs since 2021. He is 14th Chief Minister of Assam and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) in Assam Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2021. Sonowal earlier served as the Assam state President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2012 to 2014 and again in 2015 to 2016. He has also served as the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs,Government of India,from 2014 to 2016.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari is an Indian politician who served as the 22nd governor of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2023. An RSS veteran,Koshyari served as National Vice-President of BJP and party's 1st State president for Uttarakhand. He also served as 2nd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2001 to 2002 and thereafter,was the leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2003. He also served as an MLC in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and MLA in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He later served as an MP in Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from Uttarakhand and then the MP in the 16th Lok Sabha from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency,earning him the distinction of being elected in both houses of State Legislature and both houses of National Parliament respectively.
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna was an Indian National Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh;he later joined Bharatiya Lok Dal and worked with Charan Singh.
Satya Pal Jain is an Additional Solicitor General of India. He is a Member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive Committee. He was elected Member of Parliament from Chandigarh in 1996 and 1998. He is a practising Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India and the Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh.
Ila Pant is an Indian politician who was a Member of Parliament in 12th Lok Sabha from Nainital constituency of Uttar Pradesh. She was married to former minister K. C. Pant.
The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly,also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha,is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand,one of the 28 states of India. It is seated at Dehradun,the winter capital,and Bhararisain,the summer capital of Uttarakhand. The total strength of the assembly is 70 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank",is an Indian politician who was appointed on 31 May 2019 to serve as Minister of Human Resource Development and as of July 2020,following the ministry's name change,his title was changed to Minister of Education.
Vijay Bahuguna is an Indian politician who served as the 6th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He is the eldest son of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna,an independence activist and politician,and also a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Vijay Bahuguna was a member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas of India. He represented the Tehri Garhwal constituency of Uttarakhand and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the 2nd Vidhan Sabha election of the state of Uttarakhand in India. The elections were held on 21 February 2007,when the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in the 70-seat legislature. One seat short of forming a majority,the BJP have had to rely on support from the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and three Independents to form the government. The Indian National Congress became the official opposition,holding 21 seats.
Elections for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in Uttarakhand state,India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The legislative assembly of Uttarakhand creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition,the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.
Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah is a political and social worker,Member of Parliament elected from the Tehri Garhwal constituency in the Indian state of Uttarakhand being a Bhartiya Janata Party Leader and titular queen of erstwhile Tehri Garhwal kingdom which merged to India.
The 2004 Indian general election in Uttarakhand,occurred for 5 seats in the state. 3 seats were won by the Bharatiya Janata Party,1 seat by Indian National Congress and 1 seat by Samajwadi Party.
Tirath Singh Rawat is an Indian politician,a sitting Member of Parliament and former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha from the Garhwal constituency in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the party chief of Bharatiya Janata Party Uttarakhand from 9 February 2013 to 31 December 2015 and former member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from Chaubattakhal constituency from 2012 to 2017. He was also the first Education Minister of Uttarakhand.
Vijaya Barthwal is an Indian politician from the Bhartiya Janta Party. She is one of the most senior and active politician in Uttarakhand. She is three term Member of the Legislative Assembly and had represented Yamkeshwar assembly constituency of Pauri Garhwal,Uttarakhand. She was in the Cabinet of chief minister B. C. Khanduri and Ramesh Pokhriyal's government. She is also served as the first deputy speaker of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.
Balwant Singh Bhauryal - is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party.Now he is second time member of 4th uttarakhand legislative assembly (2017-2021) elected from kapkot constituency of Bageshwar district. Bhauryal was also a member of 2rd Uttarakhand Legislative assembly. elected from Kapkot Bageshwar,Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in India &State chief electoral officer.
Kotdwar Legislative Assembly constituency Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 70 assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand,a northern state of India. Kotdwar is a part of Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency.
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