The Samajwadi Party is a socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. The Samajwadi Party is currently led by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav.
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.
Shankersinh Vaghela is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Gujarat from. He was also the Leader of Opposition in 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
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.
Vijaybhai Ramniklalbhai Rupani is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021 for two terms. He was a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, representing Rajkot West. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
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.
Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala is an Indian politician and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying in the Second Modi ministry. He was elected to 18th Lok Sabha from Rajkot. He was a member of Rajya Sabha, representing the Indian state of Gujarat and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a former member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Amreli and formerly served as a minister in Government of Gujarat.
Komatireddy Venkat Reddy is an Indian politician and currently serves as the cabinet minister of Roads & Buildings and Cinematography in Telangana. He served as a MLA for the Nalgonda Constituency for 20 years consecutively, following which he served as a Member of Parliament of Bhuvanagiri Parliament Constituency from 2019 to 2023.
He joined the Congress Party in 1986 as NSUI District in charge and has worked his way up. He has been the star campaigner of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, known for his unwavering participation in the formation of the State of Telangana and some revolutionary development in Nalgonda. He was the Deputy Floor Leader, Telangana Congress Legislative Party.
Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya was an Indian politician who was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Porbandar constituency of Gujarat and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. He was a five time Member of the Legislative Assembly and twice Member of parliament, Lok Sabha.
Manubhai Shah was an Indian politician who played an important political and developmental role in independent India for over half a century. He was the inaugural minister of Ministry of Heavy Industries.
Jagdish Thakor is an Indian National Congress politician from Gujarat, India. He was the member of 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Patan constituency of Gujarat. Thakor belongs to the Koli community of Gujarat.
Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma is an Indian politician and was Member of parliament (MP) from West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. As a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he served two terms as an MP for West Delhi. In 2014 he was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha, and re-elected in 2019 for the 17th Lok Sabha with the highest-ever margin of victory in the history of Delhi, a margin of 578,486 votes.
Jagat Prakash Nadda is an Indian lawyer and politician who is serving as the 34th Minister of Health, 25th Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since 2024 and 11th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2020 and the member of the Rajya Sabha representing Gujarat since 2024. A key decision maker of the BJP, he is a close aide to Narendra Modi. He was the BJP's working president from 2019 to 2020. Nadda was also the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019 and Parliamentary Board Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party. Nadda is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the third Modi ministry.
Rajkot West is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Rajkot district and it came into existence after 2008 delimitation. Prior to that some areas under it were called 'Rajkot II' seat. Its current MLA was Gujarat's Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. It is a segment of Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency.
Raghav Chadha is an Indian politician and a member of the Aam Aadmi Party, who is serving as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian parliament. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha by the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 2022. He served as the former Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and a Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from the Rajendra Nagar constituency from 2020 till 2022. He is also a working chartered accountant.
Sukhbir Singh Badal is an Indian politician and businessman who served twice as the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab and is currently the president of Shiromani Akali Dal, and was a member of Parliament from the Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency. He is the son of Parkash Singh Badal, who has served five times as the Chief Minister of Punjab. He is influential over the Sikh organisations of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Badal and his family have ownership stakes in an array of businesses- including real estate, transport and other activities.
Jayesh Vitthalbhai Radadiya is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party and currently serving as the Cabinet Minister of Food, Civil Supply and Consumer Affairs, Cottage Industries, Printing & Stationery in Government of Gujarat. He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly representing Jetpur constituency in 14th Legislative Assembly of Gujarat.
Dr. Mahendra Munjpara is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of State for AYUSH and Minister of State for Woman and Child Development in the Second Modi ministry from 7 July 2021 until 9 June 2024. He is member of parliament to the 17th Lok Sabha from Surendranagar constituency, Gujarat. He won the 2019 general election as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate. Before his political career, he has been a practicing doctor in Surendranagar as a Cardiologist and Echocardiologist. Munjapara belong to Koli community of Gujarat.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Punjab on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
