Purno Agitok Sangma was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990 and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998. He was the candidate for the 2012 Indian presidential election,supported by BJP and AIADMK,however he lost to Congress politician Shri Pranab Mukherjee. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,India's second highest civilian award,posthumously in 2017 in the field of Public Affairs and was the first recipient of Padma Vibhushan from Meghalaya.
The All India Forward Bloc 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. It has its main stronghold in West Bengal. The party's current Secretary-General is Debabrata Biswas. Veteran Indian politicians Sarat Chandra Bose and Chitta Basu had been the stalwarts of the party in independent India.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a centre-right to right-wing conservative Indian political alliance led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded in 1998 and currently controls the government of India as well as the government of 15 Indian states and one Union territory.
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy served as the chief minister of the Indian state of United Andhra Pradesh in 1983 and then from 1992 to 1994. Reddy was a member of the Indian National Congress and was elected to the Lok Sabha six times. Reddy also served as a Union cabinet Minister,along with serving on several parliamentary committees. He lost the 1999 elections and subsequently retired from active politics. Botanical Garden in Hyderabad is named after him.
Tarun Gogoi was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and led the party to a record three consecutive electoral victories and was the longest serving chief minister of the state. During his tenure as the chief minister,he is credited with ending militant insurgency and mitigating violence in addition to improving the state's fiscal condition.
Raghunandan Lal Bhatia was an Indian politician. He was the Governor of Kerala from 23 June 2004 to 10 July 2008,and was the Governor of Bihar from 10 July 2008 to 28 June 2009. He signed the Border Peace and Tranquility Agreement with China on behalf of the Republic of India.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the 17th and current Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh,having been elected to the same position 3 times in the past,and a Member of Legislative Assembly in Madhya Pradesh from Budhni. He previously served as the Chief Minister of the Madhya Pradesh,between 2005 and 2018,and holds the record as the state's longest serving Chief Minister. He was also former National Vice-president,member of the Parliamentary Board and a member of the Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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 senior 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.
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.
Sarbananda Sonowal is an Indian politician from Assam who is the current Cabinet Minister of Ports,Shipping and Waterways and Cabinet Minister of AYUSH in the Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Assam and also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs. He is a former Chief Minister of Assam and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) in Assam Legislative Assembly. 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. He was chosen to be the Chief Minister of Assam after the 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election and he became the first Chief Minister of Assam from Bharatiya Janata Party. During the cabinet reshuffle on 7 July 2021,he was inducted Cabinet minister in the 2nd Modi Cabinet.
Ranee Narah is an Indian National Congress politician from Assam,and former Rajya Sabha MP for the state between 2016-2022. She was previously a three-term Lok Sabha MP from Lakhimpur constituency,1998-2004 and 2009-2014,and Minister of State in the Union Tribal Affairs ministry from 2012 to 2014.
Takam Sanjoy is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament belonging to the Indian National Congress. In the 2009 general election he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Arunachal West constituency of Arunachal Pradesh.
Sriballav Panigrahi was an Indian politician,a leader of the Indian National Congress party in Odisha and was a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). He was elected to the Parliament of India from the Deogarh Lok Sabha constituency,three times,1984,1991 and 1996.
Virendra Verma was an Indian politician,born in Shamli,Uttar Pradesh. He served as the Governor of Punjab and the Administrator of Chandigarh (1990) as well as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh (1990–1993).
Moinul Hoque Choudhury was an Indian politician from Assam. A five-time MLA;he was the Minister of Commerce and Industrial Development during Indira Gandhi regime in 1971. He is also known as the Industrial Reformer of the Barak Valley.
Imran Masood is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chairman of Saharanpur's Municipal Council and MLA from Muzzafarabad seat in Saharanpur District in the UP state assembly. He was a vice president of Indian National Congress,Uttar Pradesh. He was a member of Advisory council in Uttar Pradesh Congress. He was former National secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC).
Boko Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Boko forms part of the Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the SC reserved constituencies of Assam. Nandita Das of INC is the present MLA of the constituency.
Chaygaon Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Chaygaon forms part of the Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency.
Mohan Joshi is an Indian politician from Pune,Maharashtra. He represents the Indian National Congress in various organizational and constitutional capacities,including as head of the MPCC as state general secretary since 2009. He belongs to the Pune Constituency,Maharashtra. He is also chairman of the Tennikoit Federation of India and the President of Maharashtra State Branch of All India Harijan Sevak Sangh.
Prithibi Majhi is an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament,representing Assam in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament representing the Indian National Congress. He was a Deputy Speaker and Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly and a minister in the Tarun Gogoi cabinet.
