Sangli is a metropolitan town and the headquarters of Sangli District in Maharashtra,in south-western India. It has earned the nickname "Turmeric City of India" for being the hub of the Asia's largest production and trade of this spice. Sangli is situated on the banks of river Krishna and houses many sugar factories. A significant city in South-Western India,it lies 376 km from Mumbai,230 km from Pune and 638 km from Bangalore. The city has a significant healthcare hub,including its twin City Miraj. Sangli-Miraj combined has more than 1000+ Hospitals and Clinics. Sangli is known as Turmeric city for its global turmeric trade as well grapes,raisins,jaggery and the most significant number of sugar factories in India,with district area having has more than 30 sugar factories. The Sangli region boasts the largest raisin market in Asia. Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad municipal corporation (SMKMC) along with its Urban Agglomeration consisting satellite towns of Madhavnagar &Budhgaon is 93rd biggest in India.
The Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra,India. The party was founded in 1948,having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members. The influence of the party is largely limited to three districts. The party was founded in Maharashtra by Keshavrao Jedhe of Pune,Shankarrao More,Bhausaheb Raut of Mumbai,Nana Patil of Satara,Tulshidas Jadhav of Solapur,Dajiba Desai of Belgaum,Madhavrao Bagal of Kolhapur,P K Bhapkar and Datta Deshmukh of Ahmednagar,Vithalrao Hande and others.
Raosaheb Ramrao Patil,better known as R. R. Patil,was an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was an MLA for Tasgaon vidhan sabha constituency from 1991 to 2015. He was an important leader of modern Maharashtra. He was a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. He became Home Minister of Maharashtra for the second time after the 2009 Maharashtra assembly election victory of the Congress-NCP alliance. He was also the former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
Sangli district is a district of Maharashtra state in India. Sangli city is the district headquarters. It is bordered by Satara district,Solapur district to the North,Karnataka state to the South-East,by Kolhapur district to South-West and by narrow portion on the East side to Ratnagiri district. It is present on the southern tip of Maharashtra.
Sangli-Miraj &Kupwad is urban agglomeration and a municipal corporation in Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is the civic body that governs the inner limits of Pune,India. It is in charge of the civic needs and infrastructure of the metropolis,which is spread over an area of 500 sq. km. and has 3.4 million residents. Established on 15 February 1950,the executive power of the PMC is vested in the Municipal Commissioner,an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer appointed by the Government of Maharashtra. The position is held by Dr. Rajendra Bhosale,IAS. The general body of the PMC consists of 162 directly elected councilors,popularly known as "corporators",headed by a mayor. Murlidhar Mohol (BJP) was elected as the mayor and Sunita Wadekar as the deputy mayor by the newly elected in April 2021. The land for Pune Municipal Corporation was donated by Late Hon. Shri. Bhausaheb Shirole (Patil) who was second Mayor of Pune city and later became an MLC.
The Maharashtra Legislative Council or Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India.
The Nashik Municipal Corporation(NMC),is the governing body of the city of Nashik in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members,is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure,public services and police. Members from the state's leading political parties such as the Nationalist Congress Party,Indian National Congress,Shiv Sena,Bhartiya Janata Party,Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) hold elected offices in the corporation. Nashik municipal corporation (NMC) is located in Nashik. Nashik Municipal Corporation has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town.
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) is the governing body of the city of Thane in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The municipal corporation consisting of democratically elected members,is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure,public services and transport. Members from the nation's and state's leading political parties such as the Nationalist Congress Party,Indian National Congress,Shiv Sena,Bhartiya Janata Party and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena hold elected offices in the corporation.
Maharashtra is India's third largest state by area and has over 112 million inhabitants. Its capital,Mumbai,has a population of approximately 18 million;Nagpur is Maharashtra's second,or winter,capital. Government in the state is organized on the parliamentary system. Power is devolved to large city councils,district councils,subdistrict (taluka) councils,and village parish councils. The numerically strong Maratha–Kunbi community dominates the state's politics. The state has national and regional parties serving different demographics,such as those based on religion,caste,and urban and rural residents.
Fouzia Khan or Fauzia Tahseen Khan,also known as Fauzia Khan,is an Indian politician of the Nationalist Congress Party –Sharadchandra Pawar. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament from Maharashtra. She is the National president of Nationalist Mahila Congress,an Ex-Minister of State of Government of Maharashtra in India. She was two time M.L.C. i.e. member of Legislative Council the upper house of Maharashtra Legislature. Convent-educated Khan is the first Muslim woman in the state who has served as minister in the Maharashtra government.
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.
Sanjay Ramchandra Patil is a politician from Tasgaon of Sangli district of Maharashtra state in India.
Pradeep Hemsingh Jadhav (Naik) was an Indian politician who was a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represented the Kinwat Assembly Constituency and he was also a great leader of the Banjara community. He belonged to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Jadhav was also a cotton trader based in the Adilabad district.
The Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation (SMKC) is the governing body of the Sangli Metropolitan Region in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in Sangli. The municipal corporation consists of democratically-elected members,is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure and public services. It was founded on 9 February 1998. SMKC serves an area approximately 118.18 km2 and provides civil services and facilities for more than 6.5 lakh (650,000) people.
Lalit Vijay Kolhe is an Indian politician,who is currently serving as the Mayor of Jalgaon. He is affiliated with Bharatiya Janata Party since July 2018. He was formerly associated with Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
Arun Lad is a leader of Nationalist Congress Party and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council from Pune. He defeated BJP candidate Sangram Deshmukh by around 49,000 votes in the Pune Graduate constituency of state legislative council.
Saleem Sarang is an Indian politician. He is serving as the Maharashtra State Vice-President of the Nationalist Congress Party since 23 November 2023 and Director of Maulana Azad Minorities Financial Development Corporation Limited (MAMFDC) which works under Government of Maharashtra. Previously he served as the National secretary of Nationalist Congress Party's Minority Department. He founded the Muslim Welfare Association and serving as its president since its inception.
Babasaheb Mohanrao Patil is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who is an MLA from Ahmedpur Assembly constituency in Latur District. He won the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election representing the Nationalist Congress Party.
