Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was an Indian politician who served as the 11th 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 also awarded Padma Bhushan in the year 2003.
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 ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,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.
Kailash Chandra Joshi was an Indian politician who was the 9th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in 1970s. Later he was a member of Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh (2000-2004),and a member of Lok Sabha (2004-2014) from Bhopal belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He started his political career with the Bharatiya Jana Sangh,which later morphed into BJP.
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.
Kuldeep Bishnoi is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as fourth-time member of Haryana Legislative Assembly from Adampur in the Hisar (city) of Haryana. He was also a member of Congress Central Working Committee (CWC). Earlier in 2007,Bishnoi had founded a new party,Haryana Janhit Congress,a breakaway faction of Indian National Congress.
Sarbananda Sonowal is an Indian politician who serving as 9th Minister of Ports,Shipping and Waterways since 2024. He also the Member of the Rajya Sabha representing Assam since 2021 and also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs since 2021. He is the 14th Chief Minister of Assam from 2016 to 2021 and the former of Assam Legislative Assembly from Majuli from 2016 until he resigned in 2021 and from Moran constituency from 2001 to 2004. Sonowal earlier served as the Assam state unit President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2012 to 2014 and again from 2015 to 2016. He has also served as the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs,Government of India,from 2014 to 2016 and the Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development from 2014 to 2014 and the member of the Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur from 2014 to 2016 and from Dibrugarh from 2004 to 2009. He was also the member of the Asom Gana Parishad from 2001 to 2011.
Nabam Rebia is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is Member of the Parliament of India representing Arunachal Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was a speaker of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Ram Narayan Dudi is an Indian politician. He served as the Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from 2014 to 2020. He served as the minister of Revenue,Colonisation &Soldier welfare in Government of Rajasthan from 2003 to 2008. He was elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for four terms from Bilara and Bhopalgarh assembly in Pali,Rajasthan.
Om Prakash Mathur is an Indian politician currently serving as the Governor of Sikkim. He is a former member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan state in India and is a senior politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. Initially,he was groomed by Bhairon Singh Shekhawat but later he became a leader on his own in BJP. He was a Pracharak with the RSS and later General Secretary- in charge of the Gujarat BJP.
Dara Singh Chauhan is an Indian politician,currently serving as member of legislative council,and formerly represented the Madhuban in Uttar Pradesh as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was former Cabinet Minister in Yogi Adityanath ministry. He also represented Ghosi in the 15th Lok Sabha,where he was leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party. In 16th Lok Sabha,he was defeated by Harinarayan Rajbhar who represented Bharatiya Janata Party by more than 140,000 votes.
Sajjan Singh Sindarli was an Indian politician who was a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elected from Sumerpur 1972 to 1977 in Pali district in Rajasthan state. He was elected to assembly in 1972 from Sumerpur constituency. He was elected on ticket of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was also elected as jilla pramukh from Pali on 1 March 1965 to 31 August 1977.
Raghav Chadha is an Indian politician and a member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is the youngest Rajya Sabha MP from the Punjab constituency. He was the former Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and MLA from the Rajendra Nagar assembly constituency in the 7th Delhi Assembly till 2022. Chadha has been elected as Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha. He is also a practising chartered accountant.
Vijay Bahadur Yadav is an Indian politician and a member in 15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. Since 2012,he represents Gorakhpur Rural as a member of Samajwadi Party. Earlier he represented Maniram in 2007–2012 as Bharatiya Janata Party.
Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agrawal is the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh since July 5,2022,and has been a member of the 14th,15th,16th,and 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2002,he has represented Gorakhpur Urban as a member of the BJP.
Madan Lal Saini was an Indian politician who was the former Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha until his death. He hailed from the state of Rajasthan. He was a former MLA in Udaipurwati constituency from Rajasthan. He was a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was serving as President of Rajasthan State BJP until his death.
Dorjee Tshering Lepcha better known as D. T. Lepchais a Bharatiya Janata Party politician and a Member of Parliament at the Rajya Sabha from Sikkim. He has been elected in Sikkim Legislative Assembly election in 2014 and 2019 from Gnathang Machong constituency as candidate of Sikkim Democratic Front but later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party. He was minister of Sikkim Public Works and Transport in Pawan Chamling fifth ministry from 2014 to 2019.
Shobha Rani Kushwaha is an Indian politician and a member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Dholpur Assembly constituency which she won in the 2017 bypolls which were necessiated after her husband Banwari Lal Kushwaha was convicted. She later won the 2018 election on BJP ticket and 2023 election on Congress ticket.
Chunnilal Garasiya is an Indian politician from Rajasthan who served as member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Udaipur Rural seat from 1990 till 1998. A member of Bharatiya Janata Party,he is serving as member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan state since 2024.
Jasvantsinh Salamsinh Parmar is an Indian politician and former surgeon who is serving as member of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat since 2024,representing Bharatiya Janata Party.
