The All India Forward Bloc (abbr.AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939,led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India. During the 1951–1952 and 1957 Indian general election,the party was known as Forward Bloc (Marxist). It has its main stronghold in West Bengal. The party's current Secretary-General is G. Devarajan. Veteran Indian politicians Sarat Chandra Bose (brother of Subhas Chandra Bose) and Chitta Basu had been the stalwarts of the party in independent India.
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.
Marri Chenna Reddy was an Indian politician active in several states. He was the 6th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1978 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1990. He also served as the governor of Uttar Pradesh (1974–1977),governor of Punjab (1982–1983),governor of Rajasthan from February 1992 to May 1993,and governor of Tamil Nadu from 1993 until his death. He was a leader of Indian National Congress Party.
Ramesh Chennithala,,,is an Indian politician,and a permanent invitee to Working Committee of the Indian National Congress. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He also served as the state Home Minister in the Government of Kerala for two years. He holds the record of the youngest minister in Kerala at the age of 28.
Randeep Singh Surjewala is an Indian politician from Haryana and a member of Indian National Congress party. He was an MLA in the Haryana state legislature until 2019 and a former minister. He held water supply and sanitation,parliamentary affairs,electronics and information technology,science and technology and public works as a minister in Haryana cabinet. In 2005,he was given the responsibility of Transport and Parliamentary Affairs and thus became the youngest minister in Haryana. He defeated Om Prakash Chautala in 1996 and 2005. As of December 2017,Surjewala is one of the official spokespersons of Indian National Congress party,and as of September 2021,is a General Secretary of the Indian National Congress and Party in-charge for Karnataka. In the biennial elections of the Rajya Sabha for the State of Rajasthan,held on 10 June 2022,Mr. Surjewala was elected as a Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha,with his term to start on 5 July 2022.
Vijay Jolly is a politician of the state of Delhi belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Chaudhary Birender Singh Sheokand is a senior Indian political leader and a well-known face in Indian Politics. He lately served as Minister of Rural Development,Panchayati Raj,Sanitation &Drinking Water from 2014 to 2016 and later as the Union Minister of Steel from 2016 to 2019 in the Narendra Modi led NDA Government in India.
The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Tripura. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state,as well as selecting candidates for local,state,and national elections. The president of the Tripura Congress is Birajit Sinha. The head office of the organization is Congress Bhawan,situated in Agartala.
Sudip Roy Barman is an Indian politician from Tripura. He served as the MLA of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from the Agartala constituency which he held since 1998 by winning four elections consecutively on INC ticket by handsome margins. In 2018,he contested from Agartala constituency and won on BJP ticket. On 7 February 2022,he quit BJP and resigned from his MLA post. On 8 February he joined the Indian National Congress in Delhi. Again on 23 June 2022,he contested from Agartala constituency and won on INC ticket defeating his nearest rival of BJP by more than 3500 votes.
The North-East Democratic Alliance is a political coalition that was formed on May 24,2016,by Bharatiya Janata Party. The motive of the new political front was to unite non-Congress parties in Northeast India .Himanta Biswa Sarma was appointed as the convenor of the front.
Ashish Kumar Saha is an Indian politician from Tripura,India. He is currently serving as President of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee.
Prakash Chandra Das is a politician of Bharatiya Janata Party from the state of Tripura,India. He is a former Minister in the INC-TUJS coalition government that governed the state of Tripura between 1988-1993 and is also a three-time MLA. He contested as an Indian National Congress candidate from the Bamutia(SC) constituency six times consecutively from 1988 to 2013 winning thrice,in 1988,1998 and 2003.
Pritam Singh is an Indian politician who is a six-term Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chakrata,Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. A member of the Indian National Congress he is serving as Central Election Committee (CEC) Member. He has served as the Leader of Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly and has also served as the president of Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee. He is a six-term Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. During the Congress government in Uttarakhand he had served as a Cabinet Minister for Home,Rural Development,Food and Civil Supplies,Panchayti Raj and Minor Irrigation in Government of Uttarakhand. He was also elected as a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1993. Singh represents Chakrata assembly.
Arif Aqueel was an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress party. He was the Muslim MLA from Bhopal Uttar in the state of Madhya Pradesh. He served as a Cabinet Minister,Ministry of Minority Affairs and Backward Classes,Ministry of Bhopal Gas Relief and Distribution,Ministry of Medium and Small Enterprises,Government of Madhya Pradesh. He is the only Muslim minister in Madhya Pradesh to hold this post after a gap of 15 years.
Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress party from Madhya Pradesh. Hailing from the Chambal region,he has been a four-time Member of Legislative Assembly of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Bhind constituency since 1990. Previously,he had served the 13th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly as the deputy leader of the opposition and as the leader of the opposition. Prior to that,he was a minister in Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh's cabinet between 1998 and 2003.
Amit Chavda is an Indian politician from the state of Gujarat,India. He belongs to the Indian National Congress and is also a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly elected from Anklav assembly constituency.
The 2022 Indian presidential election was the 16th presidential election in India held on 18 July 2022 to elect the president of India. The incumbent president Ram Nath Kovind did not run for reelection. The election had a turnout of 99.12%.
Bhupen Kumar Borah is an Indian National Congress politician from Assam and president of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee since 2021. He was previously a two-term member of the Assam Legislative Assembly representing Bihpuria from 2006 to 2016.
Billal Miah is an Indian politician from Tripura. He is a former member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from the Boxanagar,having first been elected in the 1988 and 1998 elections. He was the working President of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee before leaving INC on 24th Aug 2023. He was welcomed in BJP by Hon'ble CM Prof. Dr Manik Saha in Presence of Dr Mahesh Sharma,MP.
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is an Indian politician. He is serving as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. As a member of Indian National Congress,he is a 4-time and incumbent MLA from Nadaun assembly constituency of Himachal Pradesh. He was the president of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee from 2013 to 2019.
