Dharamlal Kaushik (born 1 February 1958) is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janta Party and the 3rd speaker of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from 2009 to 2014. [1] On 4 January 2019,he was elected as the leader of opposition in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly after the BJP lost the legislative assembly election to the INC held in 2018. He also served as the state president of BJP's Chhattisgarh unit from 2014 till March 2019.
Kaushik was first elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1998 from Bilha (Vidhan Sabha). After creation of Chhattisgarh from Madhya Pradesh state,Kaushik contested 2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election but lost to Siyaram Kaushik of Indian National Congress. He was elected to Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly in 2008 by defeating Indian National Congress candidate Siyaram Kaushik by a margin of 6,070 votes. Again,he lost 2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election to his Congress rival Siyaram Kaushik. On 11 December 2018,he again won the election from same constituency and became Leader of the Opposition of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.
Raman Singh is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly since 2023. Formerly,he served as the chief minister of Chhattisgarh and holding the position for three consecutive times. He is also a member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly representing Rajnandgaon since 2008 and from Dongargaon from 2004 to 2008.
Babulal Gaur 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.
Mahendra Karma was an Indian political leader belonging to Indian National Congress from Chhattisgarh. He was the leader of the opposition in the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha from 2004 to 2008. In 2005,he played a top role in organising the Salwa Judum movement against Naxalites,a Maoist group in Chhattisgarh. He was a Minister of Industry and Commerce in the Ajit Jogi cabinet since the state formation in 2000 to 2004. He was assassinated by Naxalites on 25 May 2013 in the 2013 Naxal attack in Darbha valley while returning from a Parivartan Rally meeting organised by his party in Sukma.
Digvijaya Singh is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 2014. He is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and Ex-General Secretary of the Indian National Congress party's All India Congress Committee. Previously,he had served as the 14th and 15th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh,a central Indian state,in two terms from 1993 to 1998 and from 1998 to 2003. Prior to that he was a minister in Chief Minister Arjun Singh's cabinet between 1980 and 1984. In 2019 Indian general election he was defeated by Pragya Singh Thakur for Bhopal Lok Sabha seat.
Arif Beg (1935–2016) was a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader. He hailed from Indore in Madhya Pradesh state. His father,Qaramat ‘Pahalwan’Baig,had reached Indore from Afghanistan.
Sunder Lal Patwa was an Indian politician,who served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a cabinet minister in the Government of India. He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh twice,from 20 January 1980 to 17 February 1980 and from 5 March 1990 to 15 December 1992.
Anusuiya Uikey is a politician currently serving as the governor of Manipur and formerly of Chhattisgarh. She was elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Damua in the 1985 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress. She became Minister for Women and Child Development in Arjun Singh cabinet. By 1998,she had crossed over to the BJP and was its losing candidate in the 1998 Vidhan Sabha election from Damua. She became a member of Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh in 2006.
Govind Narayan Singh,was an Indian politician. He was Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from 30 July 1967 to 12 March 1969. He was also Governor of Bihar state from 26 February 1988 to 24 January 1989.
Chandla Assembly constituency is one of the 230 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. This constituency came into existence in 1951 as one of the 48 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the erstwhile Vindhya Pradesh state,but it was abolished in 1956. It came into existence again in 1976. This constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes since 2008,following delimitation of the legislative assembly constituencies.
Charan Das Mahant is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress who serves as the Opposition Leader in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. He was the member of the Indian Parliament,representing Korba constituency. He is the former Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing.
Gopal Bhargava is an Indian politician and currently senior most legislator and was cabinet minister in the Government of Madhya Pradesh. He has served as a cabinet minister for his six terms,which is the highest number of terms any minister could complete in the government. He has also been the leader of opposition in the 15th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He is the only person who has served as a cabinet minister for 15 consecutive years in the Government of Madhya Pradesh,India. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party,and has been the member of the Legislative Assembly nine times consecutively,representing Rehli since 1985. He is only MLA in History of Madhya Pradesh to win 9 consecutive elections from same constituency. He has become second most senior legislator in Madhya Pradesh history after EX-CM Babulal Gaur. He is also elected as Protem Speaker of 16th Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Vikram Usendi is an Indian politician and MLA representing the Antagarh Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh. He was also a former Member of 16th Lok Sabha representing Kanker of Chhattisgarh,State President of Bharatiya Janata Party Chhattisgarh and a Cabinet minister in Government of Chhattisgarh .
The Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly or the Chhattisgarh Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Chhattisgarh state in India.
The Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha or the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Madhya Pradesh state in India.
Laxmi Narayan Yadav is a socialist leader and former member of parliament (MP) of Bhartiya Janata Party. He has won the 2014 Indian general elections from the Sagar. He is two times MLA from Surkhi assembly seat of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh. First time,he was elected in 1977 from Surkhi from Janata Party. He has defeated Vitthalbhai Patel who was a Congress leader and Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate famed Bollywood lyricist and poet and industrialist. During the same tenure in 1978 –1980 he served as Minister for Higher Education,in Government of Madhya Pradesh in the Sakhlecha ministry. Mr. Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha was the then chief minister. Second time,in 1989,Mr. Yadav again defeated Patel from the same constituency.
Elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 28 November 2018 to elect members of the 230 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh. 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. After the results,Congress and BSP formed the government with Kamal Nath becoming the chief minister.
Kamleshwar Patel is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress party.
Rajvardhan Singh Dattigaon is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was cabinet minister in Shivraj Singh's government and held Industry Policy and Investment Promotion portfolio. He is a descendant of Amjhera estate and is a titular head of the Dattigaon Jagir. He is also known as Maharaja or Rao Saheb of Dattigaon. He represents Badnawar in the state legislative assembly which comes under Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh and is a four-time MLA.
Narayan Chandel is an Indian politician and former Leader Of Opposition of Bharatiya Janata Party,Chhattisgarh State. He represented Janjgir-Champa and also served as Deputy speaker of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.
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.
