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.
Chaudhary Chander Kumar serving as Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Jawali. Previously he was elected as MLA from Guler constituency for 5 terms between 1983 and 2004. He also served as Minister in serving key portfolios like Higher Education,Health,Environment and so on. He represented the Kangra constituency of Himachal Pradesh as a Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2009.
Shanta Kumar Sharma is an Indian politician who was the 3rd Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh and a Union Minister in the Government of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Kangra constituency in 1989. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998,1999 and 2014 from the same constituency. He has written a number of books. He is the first and only person not of a Rajput background who has served as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
Kaul Singh Thakur was the Health and Family Welfare minister in Himachal Pradesh Cabinet until December,2017. He has also served as the Himachal Pradesh Congress President two times.
Sat Mahajan was the Rural Development Minister of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. He was a politician and a social worker.
Harji Ram Burdak was an Indian politician from Nagaur district in Rajasthan. He served as Minister of Agriculture in Government of Rajasthan. He was member of the Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for six terms between 1967 and 2013.
C. P. Joshi is an Indian politician and a five-time MLA from Nathdwara,Rajasthan. He was born in a Brahmin family in Nathdwara,Rajasthan and he is a member of the Indian National Congress. He has previously served as Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Previously,he was the Member of Parliament of India from Bhilwara in the 15th Lok Sabha. He was one of the first 19 members of India's new cabinet sworn in on 22 May 2009,despite being a first-time member of the Lok Sabha. As a union minister,Joshi held key portfolios like Road Transport and Highways,and Rural Development and Panchayati Raj in the Second Manmohan Singh ministry. Moreover,he was also a Cabinet Minister of the Government of Rajasthan from 1998 to 2003.
Jai Ram Thakur is an Indian politician,and was the Chief Minister of the state of Himachal Pradesh from 2017 to 2022. He is serving his sixth term as MLA in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly,winning continuously since 1998 and has previously served as a Cabinet Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party Government of Himachal Pradesh. Thakur was the Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj from 2009 to 2012. He is serving as Leader of opposition in current legislative assembly of the state. He is elected to Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Seraj Assembly constituency of Mandi district. He won his first election in the year 1998 from now delimited constituency of Chachiot (Seraj).
Sarveen Choudhary is an Indian politician,from the northern state of Himachal Pradesh. She is an MLA from Shahpur. She is the cabinet minister in Bharatiya Janata Party ministry in Himachal Pradesh holding Urban,Town &Country Planning departments. In Dhumal Government she was minister of Social Justice and empowerment. She was elected to Himachal Pradesh Assembly from Kangra. She is elected from Shahpur Vidhansabha constituency.
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.
Sudhir Sharma is a former Minister of Housing,Urban Development and Town &Country Planning in the Government of Himachal Pradesh. Sudhir Sharma was first elected to Himachal Pradesh State Assembly in 2003 from Baijnath Constituency. He won again from Baijnath in 2007. In 2012 he won from Dharmshala for third time.
Brij Behari Lal Butail is an Indian Politician from Palampur. He was MLA of Palampur and he was the 12th Speaker of Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He retired from politics in 2017 and his son Ashish Butail was elected as MLA of Palampur in January 2018.
The key political players in Himachal Pradesh state in north-west India are the Indian National Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party.
Kishori Lal is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party,and a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2007-2012 and won again in 2017 elections. He represented the Baijnath constituency in Kangra district. Recently he lost in 2022 assembly elections.
Mulkh Raj is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a former member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing the Baijnath assembly constituency of Himachal Pradesh. Mulkh Raj belongs to the Koli community of Himachal Pradesh. He lost to Kishori Lal in 2022 Assembly Election with a margin of 3446 votes.
Kishan Kapoor is an Indian politician and the member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Member of parliament,Lok Sabha from Kangra Lok Sabha constituency of Himachal Pradesh. He won the seat by a record margin of votes in the General election 2019. He had won by the margin of 4.77 lakh votes which is the 2nd largest voting percentage at 72.2% all over the country. He previously served as Food,Civil supplies &Consumer Affairs minister in the Himachal Pradesh Government. In the past,he has served three terms as a Cabinet minister and five terms as a member of the legislative assembly representing the Dharamshala assembly constituency. He is one of the senior most Bhartiya Janta Party leaders from the state.
Ashish Butail is an Indian politician,tea planter and entrepreneur. He belongs to the Indian National Congress party,and has been elected to the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Palampur since 2018. He currently serves as Chief Parliamentary Secretary in Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s cabinet.
Mohan Lal Brakta is the current MLA for the Rohru constituency in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Chief Parliamentary Secretary and a prominent Koli leader by caste. He was elected at the December 2022 Legislative Assembly election.
Sunder Singh Thakur is an Indian politician. He is serving as member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kullu since 2017. He is chief parliamentary secretary in Government of Himachal Pradesh.
Dr. Salig Ram was a medical doctor,freedom fighter,and politician from Himachal Pradesh,India. He belonged to the Indian National Congress. Over 1966-72,he served as a Member of Parliament from Himachal Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha. Over 1972-77,he served as a Minister with various portfolios in the Government of Himachal Pradesh,principally under the Chief Ministership of Y.S. Parmar and later for a brief period under Thakur Ram Lal. He was known as a dissident of Y.S. Parmar.
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