Kamal Nath is an Indian politician who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for approximately 15 months and resigned after a political crisis. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from March 2020 to April 2022.
Babulal Gaur Yadav was an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He was elected ten times to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly,twice from Bhopal South and eight times from Govindpura. He retired from electoral politics in 2018 due to old age.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan,is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from 2020 to 2023 and previously from 2005 to 2018 and a Member of Legislative Assembly in Madhya Pradesh from Budhni since 2006 and previously from 1990 to 1991. He is the longest serving Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
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 ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,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.
P. C. Sharma is an Indian politician and member of Madhya Pradesh's 15th Vidhan Sabha,who was Cabinet Minister of Law and Legal Affairs Department,Public Relations Department,Science and Technology Department,Department of Civil Aviation,Department Associated with the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Government.of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath Ministry,Government of Madhya Pradesh. He represents Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim in Madhya Pradesh.
Sunder Lal Patwa was an Indian politician,who served as the 11th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the only politician who defeated congress strong man Kamal Nath in 1997 from Chhindwara constituency for member of parliament. He was born in the village of Kukreshwar located between Manasa and Rampura in the Neemuch District of Madhya Pradesh.
Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha was an Indian politician who served as the 10th Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh from 18 January 1978 to 19 January 1980. He was a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He hailed from Mandsaur district.
Govind Singh is an Indian politician from the INC. On 28 April 2022 Kamal Nath has resigned as the Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly. All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Sonia Gandhi appointed former minister and senior party MLA from Lahar,India Govind Singh as Leader of Opposition. He served as the Minister of Cooperatives,Parliamentary affairs and General administration in Government of Madhya Pradesh under Chief Minister Kamal Nath between December 2018 and March 2020.
Jitendra Patwari is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. He was the Cabinet Minister for Higher Education,Sports and Youth Affairs of Madhya Pradesh. He is the current president of Madhya Pradesh Congress.
Dr Vijaylaxmi Sadho is an Indian social worker,politician and a former member of parliament elected from Madhya Pradesh,being an Indian National Congress candidate. Sadho represents Maheshwar in the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. She took oath as a cabinet minister of new MP government on 25 December 2018.
Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 28 November 2018 to elect members of the 230 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. It is believed that the election was a direct political battle between the BJP and the INC. One of the main centers of attraction was the contest between Congress heavy-weight Arun Yadav and the then Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. While the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government had tried to win for consecutive 4th term,the INC fought for winning the state after 2003. The election led to a hung assembly,with the INC emerging as the single largest party and the BJP winning the popular vote.
Tulsi Ram Silawat is an Indian politician serving as a cabinet minister in the Madhya Pradesh state government and a two-time representative of the Sanwer constituency in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He took the oath as a cabinet minister in the new Madhya Pradesh government on 25 December,2018. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 21 March,2020,and took oath as the Water Resources Minister under Shivraj Singh Chouhan's cabinet on 21 April,2020. On 20 October,2020,he resigned from the post of Water Resources Minister. Because,as per Article 164 (4) of the Indian Constitution,a minister who is not a member of the House must be elected to an assembly within 6 months of being appointed minister.
Ramnivas Rawat is an Indian politician serving as Madhya Pradesh Working President of the Indian National Congress . He started his political career in Indian Youth Congress and had been the five-time legislator from Vijaypur constituency in Madhya Pradesh Vijaypur and cabinet minister in the Government of Madhya Pradesh in Digvijaya Singh cabinet. He unsuccessfully contested for Indian parliament in 2019 against BJP leader Narendra Singh Tomar.
Imarti Devi is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She had served as Minister of Women and Child Development in Madhya Pradesh Government,first in Kamal Nath's Congress government from December 2018 to March 2020,and later under Shivraj Chauhan's BJP government from July 2020 to November 2020. She lost the 2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections from Dabra against the Suresh Raje of Indian National Congress.
Tarun Bhanot is an Indian politician who is the former Finance Minister of Madhya Pradesh. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. Bhanot became a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2013 from the constituency of Jabalpur West and was re-elected in 2018. He resigned as Finance Minister after Chief Minister Kamal Nath's government lost its majority in the Legislative Assembly,which resulted in the collapse of the Nath Government.
Umang Singhar is an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh and a member Indian National Congress. He was the forest minister in the Kamal Nath Ministry between 2019-2020. He is a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Gandhwani constituency. He is known as a big adivasi leader in the state of Madhya Pradesh. He was first elected to Madhya Pradesh assembly in 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He is the leader of opposition in Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
The Kamal Nath ministry was the Council of Ministers in 15th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Kamal Nath.
In March 2020,a political crisis took place in the state of Madhya Pradesh,India,due to the resignation of 22 sitting MLAs of the Indian National Congress party from the state's Legislative Assembly. It eventually led to the fall of the Kamal Nath government and the subsequent formation of the fourth Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Madhya Pradesh on 17 November 2023 to elect all 230 members of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 3 December 2023.
