Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu is an Indian politician who served as the 13th vice president of India from 2017 to 2022. He has also served as the minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation,Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Modi Cabinet.
Sikander Bakht was an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served as the 15th governor of Kerala from 2002 until his death. He was elected as the Vice President of the BJP,served as its leader in the Rajya Sabha,and as a cabinet minister in the NDA government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In 2000,he was awarded Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian honour of the Government of India.
K. Jana Krishnamurthi was an Indian political leader who rose to be the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2001. A former Union Law Minister and a member of the Parliament of India,Krishnamurthi was the second person from Tamil Nadu to head a national party in India after Kamaraj.
Suresh Pachouri is an Indian politician and current member of Bharatiya Janata Party from Madhya Pradesh. He had served as union minister of state in the Ministry of Defence (1995-1996) and in the Ministry of Personnel,Public Grievances and Pensions and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (2004-2008) in the Government of India.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi is an Indian senior advocate and politician. As politician,he is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and a member of the Parliament of India representing Telangana in the Rajya Sabha,the Upper House of the Indian Parliament,since August 2024. He is also a spokesperson for the INC. He is one of the senior advocates of the Supreme Court of India.
B. S. Gnanadesikan was a Sr. Vice President of Tamil Maanila Congress(M) and a two time Member of the Parliament of India representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Previously he was the President of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee from 2011 to 2014.
Iychettira Prema Cariappa is an Indian political and social worker. A politician from Indian National Congress party,she was a former Mayor of Bangalore and a former MP,as she was representing Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament. She is also the chairperson of the Central Social Welfare Board.
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.
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Karnataka. Its head office is situated at the Congress Bhawan,Queens Road,Bengaluru. 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.
Avinash Pandey or Pande is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party. He has been a Youth Congress leader and held the post of General Secretary in the Indian Youth Congress when Shri Maninder Singh Bitta was the President. He has been a member of the Legislative Council,Maharashtra,and was appointed chairman,of Maharashtra State Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (MSSIDC).
M. M. Jacob,in full Mundakkal Mathew Jacob,was an Indian politician,working in Indian National Congress. He married Achamma Kunnuthara from Tiruvalla,Kerala and had four daughters. He was appointed Governor of Meghalaya in 1995 and again in 2000 for a second term. He also discharged the function of the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh as well for some time in 1996. He is longest serving governor of any Indian state. He served for more than 11 years.
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.
GangadharaiahParameshwara is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Home Minister of Karnataka since 27 May 2023. He has also served as the seventh Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka,and longest-serving President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee for two consecutive terms.
Ajay Maken is a politician from the Indian National Congress party. He is the treasurer of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). A three time member of the Parliament of India and three time MLA,Delhi Legislative Assembly,formerly a minister in the cabinet of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and a minister in the cabinet of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
Satya Prakash Malviya was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1984 and 1990 from Uttar Pradesh. He served as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals in Chandra Shekhar cabinet from 1990 to 1991.
Arun Singh is an Indian politician who holds the positions of National General Secretary and Head Quarter In-charge of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Singh is currently serving his second term as a member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha. Over the period,Singh has discharged the responsibility as BJP's State Incharge of various states,including Andhra Pradesh,Rajasthan,Karnataka,Odisha,Jharkhand and Ladakh.
Venumbaka Vijayasai Reddy is a Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha;Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport,Tourism and Culture and the National General Secretary of YSR Congress Party. He is a Chartered Accountant by profession.
Syed Naseer Hussain is an Indian politician of Indian National Congress and a Member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament,the Rajya Sabha,from the state of Karnataka. He served as National Media Panelist (AICC) for the past three years. He also served as National Secretary and Chief Election Authority of Indian Youth Congress. He also served as the Chairman of various committees;Vice-Chairman,two labour boards and Chairman,two sub- committees,Government of India. He is from Bellary. He appointed as member of CWC in Congress. Currently,Hussain serves on the Congress Working Committee as a full time Member and is responsible for managing the office of the Indian National Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.
Kolur Basavanagoud was an Indian politician,educationist,and industrialist who served as a member of the Indian Parliament in the 13th Lok Sabha from the Bellary Lok Sabha constituency. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.
