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Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is a political party based primarily in the Indian state of Haryana. It was initially founded as the Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) by Devi Lal in 1996,who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
Devi Lal,also known as Chaudhary Devi Lal,was an Indian statesman and politician who served as 6th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and from 1990 to 1991. Lal emerged as farmer leader from the state of Haryana,and served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 1977 to 1979 and then from 1987 to 1989. He was the founder of Indian National Lok Dal. He was popularly known as Tau,meaning uncle.
Party switching is any change in political party affiliation of a partisan public figure,usually one currently holding elected office.
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 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.
Bansi Lal Legha was an Indian independence activist,senior Congress leader,Chief Minister of Haryana,former Defence Minister of India,and the architect of modern Haryana. Bansi Lal was part of the famous Lal trio of Haryana which also included 'Tau' Devi Lal and Bhajan Lal,that form the major Political families of Haryana.
Suraj Bhan was an Indian politician who was elected to the Lok Sabha for four terms from Ambala. He also served as the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha from July 1996 to December 1997. He served as governor of Uttar Pradesh,Himachal Pradesh,and Bihar.
The key political players in Haryana state in northern India are the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party,the Indian National Congress,the Indian National Lok Dal,The Sarvahit Party and smaller parties like the Haryana Janhit Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party partaking in various state and national level elections in Haryana.
Bhajan Lal Bishnoi was a politician and three-time chief minister of the Indian state of Haryana. He became the Chief Minister for the first time in 1979,was re-elected in 1982,and became the chief minister for the third time by winning the elections in 1991. He also served as the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Environment and Forests in the Rajiv Gandhi government.
Kuldeep Bishnoi is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as fourth-time member of Haryana Legislative Assembly from Adampur in the Hisar (city) of Haryana. He was also a member of Congress Central Working Committee (CWC). Earlier in 2007,Bishnoi had founded a new party,Haryana Janhit Congress,a breakaway faction of Indian National Congress.
General elections were held in India on 3 and 6 January 1980 to elect the members of the 7th Lok Sabha. The Janata Party alliance came into power in the 1977 general elections amidst public anger with the Indian National Congress (R) and the Emergency. However,its position was weak;the loose coalition barely held on to a majority with only 295 seats in the Lok Sabha and never quite had a firm grip on power. Bharatiya Lok Dal leaders Charan Singh and Jagjivan Ram,who had quit the Congress,were members of the Janata alliance but were at loggerheads with Prime Minister Morarji Desai.
Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress,working in the state of Haryana. 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. Its head office is situated at Chandigarh. Senior leader and four times MLA Mr Udai Bhan is the present chief of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee.
Aaya Ram Gaya Ram is a Hindi expression referring to the practice of turncoating,or switching parties in the context of a legislative body. The term originated in 1967 in Haryana when the Member of the Legislative Assembly Gaya Lal shifted his party allegiances thrice within a single day. Lal’s behavior eventually resulted in the imposition of President’s rule in Haryana later that year. Further pressure resulted in the passage of an anti-defection law in 1985. However,the practice of defection is still found today in state legislatures,albeit to a more limited extent.
Elections in Haryana,which is a state in India,have been conducted since 1967 to elect the members of state-level Haryana Legislative Assembly and national-level Lok Sabha. There are 90 assembly constituencies and 10 Lok Sabha constituencies.
The Haryana Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Indian state of Haryana. The seating of the assembly is at Chandigarh,the capital of the state. There are 90 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-post system. The term of office is five years.
This is the alphabetical categorised list of statewide,regional and local political families involved in the politics and various elections of Haryana state of India at state and national level.
Suraj Bhan (1931–2010) was an Indian archaeologist and professor of archaeology. His academic work was said to bear a deep imprint of Marxism. He was also involved with the work of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Haryana and took particular interest in the People's Science movement.
Zakir Hussain is a politician from the Indian state of Haryana. He serves as administrator of Haryana Waqf Board and is the National Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party Minority Morcha. He is a three term former member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Nuh and Taoru constituency.
Udai Bhan is the State President of Haryana State unit of Indian National Congress. He has represented the Hodal Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Haryana Legislative Assembly in 13th assembly (2014-2019). Earlier he has represented Hassanpur Vidhan Sabha Constituency in 1987,2000,2005.
Chaudhary Tayyab Husain was an Indian politician,who served as a Member of Parliament from Gurgaon and Faridabad in the Lok Sabha. He holds the unique record of being elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly to three different Indian states,Punjab,Haryana and Rajasthan,and serving as a Minister in the government bodies of all three.
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