Vasundhara Raje Scindia is an Indian politician who held the post of 13th Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 2013 to 11 December 2018 - previously she served for the same post from 2003 to 2008 and was the first woman to hold the post.
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was the 11th Vice President of India. He was also a M.L.A. from Shrimadhopur.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. Shekhawat was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a leading member of the National Democratic Alliance at the time of election. He served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan three times, from 1977 to 1980, 1990 to 1992 and 1993 to 1998.
Parasram Maderna was an Indian National Congress politician and senior Jat leader from Rajasthan, India. He originated from Lakshman Nagar village in Jodhpur district. His grand daughter Divya Maderna, is presently the MLA from his constituency Osian, Jodhpur
This is a partial listing of prominent political families of Rajasthan.
Sumitra Singh is a politician from the Indian state of Rajasthan. Unanimously elected Speaker of the 12th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 2003 when she won the assembly election on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket, she is the first woman to have held that post in Rajasthan. She held this post till January 2009. Singh was elected to the Assembly for nine out of twelve terms, six times out of which from the Jhunjhunu constituency.
Ram Niwas Mirdha was an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He served as member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1953 to 1967 and as speaker of the assembly from 1957 to 1967. Mirdha was as a cabinet minister of the Government of India for several departments during the 1970s and 1980s and became of member of the Lok Sabha for Barmer, Rajasthan, from 1991 to 1996. He was a member of the executive board of UNESCO from 1993 to 1997. He served as chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi until his death from multiple organ failure.
Poonam Chand Vishnoi is a former speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 7 July 1980 to 20 March 1985. He is a senior leader of Indian National Congress Party in Rajasthan. He hails from Jodhpur region of Rajasthan. He was elected to Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Bhinmal, Phalodi and Luni, They also served as deputy speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and Cabinet Minister in Rajasthan Government.
Kailash Chandra Meghwal was former Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, former union minister of state in Government of India and a national vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party. He represents MLA of Shahpura, Bhilwara constituency of Rajasthan in 14th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly & Ex-MP Tonk constituency of Rajasthan in 14th Lok Sabha. He was minister of state for social justice and empowerment from 2003 to 2004.
Hari Shankar Bhabhra is a former speaker of the Rajasthan legislative assembly. He attained the office of the Speaker from 16 March 1990 to 5 October 1994. He won the state legislative elections in 1985, 1990, and 1993 from Ratangarh in Churu district. A resident of Didwana in Nagaur district he contested and won from Ratangarh constituency of Churu District. He is a state leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was also Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 6 October 1994 to 1 December 1998. Bhabhra was the Deputy chairperson of Economic Policy and Reform Council in the Rajasthan Government. He was a Member of the Rajya Sabha in 1978-84.
The Government of Rajasthan also known as the State Government of Rajasthan, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Rajasthan and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Rajasthan, a judiciary and a legislative. Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan, and houses the Vidhan Sabha and the secretariat.
Deependra Singh Shekhawat is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress in the state of Rajasthan and has been the former Speaker of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly since 2 January 2009-2014. He is again elected as MLA from Shrimadhopur for tenure of 2018-2023 from National Congress Party. The picture of Deependra Singh Shekhawat is attached in below section of this article.
Shanti Lal Chaplot is a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in the Rajasthan, India, former MP and former Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 7 April 1995 to 18 March 1998.
Om Birla is an Indian politician who is the 17th and current Speaker of the Lok Sabha. He serves a Member of Parliament for the Kota-Bundi constituency in Rajasthan. Prior to parliament, he was elected thrice to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the Kota South constituency. On 19 June 2019, he was elected Speaker. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janta Party.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Rajasthan:
Elections in Rajasthan are 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.
Government of Telangana is a democratically elected body that governs the State of Telangana, India. The state government is headed by the Governor of Telangana as the nominal head of state, with a democratically elected Chief Minister as the real head of the executive. The governor who is appointed for five years appoints the chief minister and his council of ministers. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state, the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and his council of ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers is vested. The state government maintains its capital at Hyderabad and is seated at the Government Secretariat or the Sachivalayam.
The Second Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh was constituted on 1 Apr 1957 as a result of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 1957 which was concluded on 25 Feb 1957. The Second Legislative Assembly had 430 elected and 1 nominated MLAs. The assembly was in house for full term of five years before being dissolved on 6 Mar 1962.
Pandit Ram Kishore Vyas was a freedom fighter and senior Indian National Congress leader from the state of Rajasthan before he died. Born to Pandit Laduram on 23 May 1908 in Jaipur. He held various offices including Lt Governor of Pondicherry in 1980, Speaker of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 1972-1977, Home Minister of Rajasthan, President of Rajasthan Pradesh Indian National Congress thrice.
