Murli Deora was an Indian politician,businessman,and social worker. He was the Mayor of Mumbai,a Member of Parliament in both the Upper and Lower Houses,and a Minister of Cabinet rank. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.
Sanjay Nirupam is a former member of the Indian Parliament from Indian National Congress party,and former President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee. Nirupam served two terms as an MP in the Rajya Sabha first as a member of the Shiv Sena and then as a member of the Congress Party. He represented North Mumbai Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 to 2014.
Borivali is a suburb which is located in the north-western end of Mumbai,India. It has a large Marathi population. Traditionally the tribals and East Indians lived in Borivali.
Urmila Matondkar is an Indian actress and politician. Known for her work primarily in Hindi films,in addition to Telugu,Malayalam,Marathi and Tamil films,she has received numerous accolades,including the Filmfare Award and the Nandi Award. Having established a distinctive on-screen persona,she is known for her acting skills,style statements and dancing skills.
Kamal Nath is an Indian politician who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for approximately 15 months and resigned after a political crisis. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from March 2020 to April 2022.
China Gate is a 1998 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Rajkumar Santoshi. It was released on 27 November 1998. China Gate follows the basic storyline of the classic Seven Samurai. The film was critically acclaimed for Santoshi's writing and direction. The song "Chamma Chamma" picturised on Urmila Matondkar became a chart buster and was used in Baz Luhrmann's film Moulin Rouge!. The film won Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue.
Gopinathrao Pandurang Munde was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra,often called a Lokneta,meaning a people's leader. He was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and served as the Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in Narendra Modi's cabinet until his death. Munde was well-known for his efforts in curbing the underworld in Mumbai during his tenure as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra,overseeing the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1995 to 1999. He was a key figure in introducing the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA),later ratified by the Supreme Court of India.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari is an Indian politician who served as the 22nd governor of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2023. An RSS veteran,Koshyari served as National Vice-President of BJP and party's 3rd State president for Uttarakhand. He also served as 2nd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2001 to 2002 and thereafter,was the leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2003. He also served as an MLC in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and MLA in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He later served as an MP in Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from Uttarakhand and then the MP in the 16th Lok Sabha from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency,earning him the distinction of being elected in both houses of State Legislature and both houses of National Parliament respectively.
Eknath Khadse is a politician and leader of the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra state. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Muktainagar constituency for six consecutive terms till 2019. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 1987 until his resignation in October 2020. He is a member of Legislative Council of Maharashtra.
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Navneet Kaur Rana is an Indian politician and former actress,primarily known for her work in Telugu cinema. She was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) from Amravati in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an independent candidate. In the 2024 elections,she contested from the same constituency on a BJP ticket but lost to Congress candidate Balwant Wankhede by a margin of 19,731 votes..
Daradahalli Byregowda Chandregowda was an Indian politician who was Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly,three-term MLA,one-term MLC,and Member of Parliament—three-terms from Lok Sabha and one-term from Rajya Sabha.
Although a parliamentary democracy,Indian politics has increasingly become dynastic,possibly due to the absence of a party organization,independent civil society associations that mobilize support for the party,and centralized financing of elections. Family members have also led the Congress party for most of the period since 1978 when Indira Gandhi floated the then Congress(I) faction of the party. It also is fairly common in many political parties in Maharashtra. The dynastic phenomenon is seen from national level down to district level and even village level.The three-tier structure of Panchayati Raj established in the 1960s also helped to create and consolidate the dynastic phenomenon in rural areas. Apart from government,political families also control cooperative institutions,mainly cooperative sugar factories,district cooperative banks in the state,and since the 1980s private for profit colleges. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party also features several senior leaders who are dynasts. In Maharashtra,the NCP has particularly high level of dynasticism.
Nana Falgunrao Patole also known as Nanabhau,is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress Party and the President of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee. In 2014,he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondia Lok Sabha constituency. He won the election by a margin of 1.5 lakh votes,defeating the current MP,senior NCP leader,and former Union Minister Praful Patel.
Krishan Pal Gurjar is an Indian politician and is the present Minister of State of Power and Heavy Industries. As a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha,he represents the Faridabad constituency in the state of Haryana. He won this seat in the 2014 Indian general election as a BJP candidate by a margin of 4,66,873 votes and he won election with margin of over 6 lakh in 2019 from Faridabad constituency. In August 2014 he also inaugurated Manjhawli bridge which is his dream project. In March 2024,he was re-fielded as the BJP candidate for the Faridabad constituency in the 2024 General Elections.
Gopal Jee Thakur is an Indian Politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party,and a Member of Parliament representing Darbhanga in Bihar,India.
Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He has served Lok Sabha,Parliament of India from Mumbai North East since 2019. He served 3-terms as a Corporator in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and was leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Corporation.
Sunil Dattatray Rane is an Indian politician who is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Borivali assembly constituency. Rane is the son of former Bharatiya Janata Party leader Datta Rane. In the last election,Rane won the Borivali seat by 95,021 votes. He defeated Kumar Khillare of Congress.
