Ram Vilas Paswan was an Indian politician from Bihar and the Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs,Food and Public Distribution in the first and second Modi ministries. Paswan was also the president of the Lok Janshakti Party,nine-times Lok Sabha member and two-time Rajya Sabha MP. He started his political career as member of Samyukta Socialist Party and was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1969. Later,Paswan joined Lok Dal upon its formation in 1974,and became its general secretary. He opposed the emergency,and was arrested during this period. He first entered the Lok Sabha in 1977,as a Janata Party member from Hajipur constituency,and was elected again in 1980,1989,1991,1996,1998,1999,2004 and 2014.
India has a parliamentary system as defined by its constitution,with power distributed between the central government and the states.
Thawar Chand Gehlot is an Indian politician who is the current and 19th Governor of Karnataka,being the first person serving as the Governor of Karnataka from Madhya Pradesh. He assumed office of the Governor of Karnataka on July 11,2021. He also served as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2014 to 2021. He was also the Leader of the House in the upper house of Indian Parliament. He was a member of the Parliamentary Board and the Central Election Committee of the BJP.
Indrajit Gupta was an Indian politician who belonged to the Communist Party of India (CPI). From 1996 to 1998,he served as Union Home Minister in the United Front governments of prime ministers H. D. Deve Gowda and I. K. Gujral. That was a dramatic reversal of roles,as the home ministry had,since independence in 1947,banned the CPI thrice,with many of its members,including Gupta,being sent to prison or pushed underground for long stretches. He was the longest-serving member having been elected eleven times to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament.He suffered his only electoral reverse when he lost to Ashok Krishna Dutt in 1977 after the CPI supported Emergency.
Rabi Ray was an Indian socialist politician,a Gandhian,a speaker of the Lok Sabha and a former Union minister. He hailed from Odisha. He joined the Socialist Party in 1948,and later became member of the Samyukta Socialist Party,the Janata Party and the Janata Dal.
Ranganath Mishra was the 21st Chief Justice of India,serving from 25 September 1990 to 24 November 1991. He was also the first chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India. He also served as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from the Congress Party between 1998 and 2004. He is the second Supreme court judge to become a Rajya Sabha member after Baharul Islam who was also elected as Indian National Congress member.
Sanjaya Sinh is an Indian politician and a former member of the Rajya Sabha. He was twice elected to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh during the 1980s and held state ministerial posts. In 1990,he became a member of the upper house of the Parliament of India,which is known as the Rajya Sabha,and in 1998 he was elected to the lower house,called the Lok Sabha. His term in the 12th Lok Sabha session lasted until the following year. Subsequently,in 2009,he was successful in obtaining a second term in that house as a member of the 15th Lok Sabha representing the Sultanpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh. He represented the state of Assam in the Rajya Sabha. He resigned from Rajya Sabha and Indian National Congress to join Bharatiya Janata Party on 30 July 2019.
Renubala Pradhan is an Indian politician from the Biju Janata Dal party. She is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Orissa in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
Chandradeo Prasad Verma was a politician who was elected to the Lok Sabha's lower house of the Parliament of India from the Arrah,Bihar in 1977,1980 and 1996. He was the Union Minister of State for Rural Areas and Employment. He was earlier Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly and a Cabinet minister in Bihar.
Saroj Dubey was an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh in 1991 as a member of the Janata Dal. However,later after the break-up of the Janata Dal,She joined the Rashtriya Janata Dal and was a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament of India representing Bihar. Her son Anurag Dubey and daughter-in-law Anu Dubey are Supreme Court lawyers. Her grandson Aditya Dubey is an environmental activist. Her granddaughter Anoushka Tiwari is studying Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University,USA.
Ram Pujan Patel was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Phulpur,Uttar Pradesh as member of the Janata Dal. He was Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies in V. P. Singh ministry from 23 April 1990 to 10 November 1990. He was also Uttar Pradesh State Janata Dal president.
Ila Panda was an Indian politician She was a Member of Parliament,representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Janata Dal.
Sribatcha Digal is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Janata Party.
Robin Kakati (1909-1996) was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament,representing Assam in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Janata Party.
Nisith Pramanik is an Indian politician and a Union Minister of State,Ministry of Home Affairs and Minister of State,Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports from West Bengal. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Cooch Behar,West Bengal in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Padmacharan Samantasinhar is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Janata Party.
Maheswar Naik is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Debananda Amat (1916-2011) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Sundargarh,Odisha as a member of the Janata Dal.
Sanatan Bisi was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament,representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Janata Dal.
Raj Mangal Mishra was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Gopalganj,Bihar as a member of the Janata Dal.
