Sharad Govindrao Pawar is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and has also served in the Union Council Of Ministers as the Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of P.V Narsimha Rao and Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Manmohan Singh. He is the first and current president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),which he founded in 1999,after separating from the Indian National Congress. He leads the NCP delegation in the Rajya Sabha,the upper chamber of the Indian parliament. He is the chairperson of Maha Vikas Aghadi,a regional Maharashtra-based political alliance.
Chhagan Bhujbal is an Indian politician from Maharashtra,who is the member of current Government of Maharashtra,headed by Eknath Shinde. Currently he is Member of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Yeola Assembly. He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 October 1999 –23 December 2003. He earlier also served as Minister of Public Works Department and Minister of Home Affairs in Government of Maharashtra.
The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the state parties in India. The party generally supports Gandhian secularism. It is one of the major political parties in Maharashtra. In July 2023,majority of the elected MLAs and MLCs of the party led by Ajit Pawar joined the National Democratic Alliance government,however,all MPs except two are expected to remain loyal to Sharad Pawar. This caused a direct split between the Ajit Pawar-led NCP Faction and the Founder and President of the party Sharad Pawar.
The Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra,India. The party was founded on 13.06.1948,having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members. The influence of the party is largely limited to three districts. The party was founded in Maharashtra by Keshavrao Jedhe of Pune,Shankarrao More,Bhausaheb Raut of Mumbai,Nana Patil of Satara,Tulshidas Jadhav of Solapur,Dajiba Desai of Belgaum,Madhavrao Bagal of Kolhapur,P K Bhapkar and Datta Deshmukh of Ahmednagar,Vithalrao Hande and others.
Ajit Anantrao Pawar is an Indian politician who alongside Devendra Fadnavis is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2 July 2023. He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2022 to 2023,and was a Member of the Parliament in the Lok Sabha in 1991,representing Baramati constituency. He has also been a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since 1991,representing Baramati constituency.
Udayanraje Bhosale is an Indian politician serving as a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament of India,from Maharashtra since 2020. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Maharashtra is a state in the western region of India and is India's third-largest state by area. It has over 112 million inhabitants and its capital,Mumbai,has a population of approximately 18 million. Nagpur is Maharashtra's second,or winter,capital. Government in the state is organized on the parliamentary system. Power is devolved to large city councils,district councils,sub-district (Taluka) councils,and village parish councils. The numerically strong Maratha–Kunbi community dominates the state's politics. The state has national and regional parties serving different demographics,such as those based on religion,caste,and urban and rural residents.
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently,288 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from the single-seat constituencies. The members of the upper house,the Maharashtra Legislative Council,are indirectly elected through an electoral college.
Although a parliamentary democracy,Indian politics has increasingly 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 established in the 1960s also helped to create and consolidate the dynastic 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.
Vaibhav Madhukar Pichad is an Indian politician from Ahmednagar district. He was a Member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Akole Vidhan Sabha constituency which is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Schedule Tribes. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Maharashtra from Nationalist Congress Party. In 2019 he left Nationalist Congress Party and joined Bhartiya Janata Party. Currently,he is working as National Minister BJP Scheduled Tribes Morcha.
Eknath Sambhaji Shinde is an Indian politician who is serving as the 20th and Current Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 30 June 2022. He is also serving as the Leader of Shiv Sena since February 2023 and the Leader of the House,Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since July 2022. He is also the Member of Legislative Assembly for the Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency of Thane,Maharashtra since 2009 and was formerly the MLA of Thane constituency from 2004 to 2009.
Dhananjay Panditrao Munde is an Indian politician. Dhananjay Munde was in Bhartiya Janta Party as President Youth Wing (BJYM),who is currently a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),and appointed cabinet minister in Eknath Shinde's and was Cabinet Minister in Uddhav Thackeray's Maharashtra State Government.
Snehalata Bipin Kolhe is a 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly member representing Kopargaon constituency. She is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state secretary. She is the daughter-in-law of Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe was an Indian politician and the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and a minister in the Government of Maharashtra.
The Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Stadium is a cricket stadium in Baramati,Pune district,Maharashtra,India. This stadium is available for national-international matches.
The Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi is an Indian political party founded by Prakash Ambedkar on 20 March 2018. The party is primarily based in Maharashtra state in India.
Bharati Pravin Pawar is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare of India from 7 July 2021. She was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Dindori,Loksabha Constituency Maharashtra in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Rohit Rajendra Pawar is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Karjat-Jamkhed constituency in Maharashtra,India. He belongs to the politically influential Pawar family
A political crisis in the Indian state of Maharashtra occurred on 21 October 2019 after the declaration of results of the 2019 legislative assembly election over the formation of a new state government. The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party Shiv Sena alliance crossed the majority of 145 seats needed in the assembly by winning a total of 161 seats in the alliance. Individually BJP won 105 and SHS won 56 seats. The Opposition INC-NCP Alliance with 106 seats did not reach the majority mark. Individually INC won 44 and NCP won 54 seats.
Vikramsinh Ranjitsinh Patankar is an Indian politician from Maharashtra,who was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA),representing the Patan for five terms since 1983 to 2014,winning 1983,1985,1990,1995,1999 and 2009 elections. He is a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party.
The Members of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra were elected in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election,with results announced on 21 October 2019.
