The National Democratic Alliance is an Indian big tent multi-party political alliance,led by the country's biggest political party,the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded on 15 May 1998. It currently has a majority in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha,and controls the Government of India as well as the governments of 19 out of 28 Indian states and one Union territory.
Ram Naik is a veteran Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party,served as the 19th Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was an Indian politician who served as the vice president of India. He served in that position from August 2002,when he was elected to a five-year term by the electoral college following the death of Krishan Kant,until he resigned on 21 July 2007,after losing the presidential election to Pratibha Patil. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan three times,from 1977 to 1980,1990 to 1992 and 1993 to 1998. He represented several constituencies in Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha from 1952 to 2002. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in the year 2003.
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 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK),Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,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.
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.
Kalraj Mishra is an Indian politician who served as the governor of Rajasthan from 2019 to 2024. He is the former governor of Himachal Pradesh and cabinet minister of Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises in the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Being affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),he was a member of Parliament from Deoria constituency in Uttar Pradesh from 2014 to 2019.
Shrimant Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhosle is an Indian politician serving as a member of the Loksabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India,from Maharashtra since 2024 from Satara. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala is an Indian statesman who was the 12th Governor of Karnataka from 1 September 2014 to 6 July 2021. He is also the longest-serving governor for Karnataka after Khurshed Alam Khan.
Kombarana Ganapathy Bopaiah is an Indian politician who served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been appointed the pro tem speaker of the Legislative Assembly by the Governor of Karnataka.
Raghubar Das is an Indian politician who has served as the 26th governor of Odisha since 2023 until 2024. Das has previously served as the sixth chief minister of Jharkhand from 2014 to 2019. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has twice served as the president of Jharkhand BJP.
Elections in Rajasthan have been held since 1952 to elect members of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and of Lok Sabha. There are 200 assembly constituencies and 25 Lok sabha constituencies. In 2018,Legislative assembly election in Rajasthan were held on 7 December 2018.
Bharatiya Janata Party,Rajasthan is the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajasthan. Madan Rathore is the current president of the BJP Rajasthan,succeeding Chandra Prakash Joshi who served the position from 2023–2024. Vasundhara Raje was the previous Chief Minister of Rajasthan during 2013–2018,previously she served in the same post from 2003 to 2008. She was the first female Chief Minister of Rajasthan. And the former president of the BJP Rajasthan.
Girish Bapat was an Indian politician who served as a member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Pune,Maharashtra in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Earlier he served as the Cabinet Minister for Food,Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection,Food and Drugs Administration and Parliamentary Affairs in the First Fadnavis ministry. He was a member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and one of the top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Vidhan Sabha. He was elected from Kasba Peth constituency to the Vidhan Sabha in five consecutive elections since 1995.
Chandrashekhar Krishnarao Bawankule is President of Bharatiya Janata Party,Maharashtra and Member of 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing Kamptee Vidhan Sabha. He was member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly &Minister for Energy,New and Renewable Energy Maharashtra,Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra),and also appointed Nagpur Guardian Minister on 26 December 2014.
Atul Moreshwar Save is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Save won the chh. sambhajinagar Assembly Constituency of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Election.
Rahul Narwekar is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently the MLA from the Colaba Assembly constituency and also the current Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Narwekar was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council in June 2016 as a Governor's Nominated member. He is the second-youngest person to be elected speaker of any state in the country,the youngest being Shivraj Patil. In May 2023,he completed a 4-day UK tour speaking at the Ideas for India Conference organised by Bridge India in London,and speaking with students at Cambridge University. His tour attracted media attention because of its proximity to the Supreme Court judgement on the disqualification of 16 MLAs of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. In November 2024 he was re-elected on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Colaba constituency and won by a huge margin.
Satish Subhashchandra Poonia is an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He was member of the 15th Rajasthan Assembly from Amber. He served as the state president of Bharatiya Janata Party for Rajasthan. He briefly also served as deputy leader of the opposition in Rajasthan Assembly. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Bharatiya Janata Party,Maharashtra is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Maharashtra The headquarters is located in Mumbai.
Amol Haribhau Jawale is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2024,representing Raver Assembly constituency as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Anuradha Atul Chavan is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. She was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Phulambri as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
