Smriti Zubin Irani is an Indian politician and former actress,fashion model and television producer. She was Minister of Women and Child Development from 2019 to 2024,and also Minister of Minority Affairs from 2022 to 2024. She previously served as Minister of Human Resource Development,Minister of Textiles,and Minister of Information and Broadcasting. She was the youngest minister in prime minister Narendra Modi's second ministry in 2019.
Vasundhara Raje Scindia is an Indian politician,who has held two terms as the chief minister of Rajasthan. She was previously a minister in the Union Cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and was India's first Minister of Small Scale Industries and Agro and Rural Industries,which now known as Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises. In 2003,she became the first woman to serve as the Chief Minister for the state of Rajasthan. She is currently one of the national vice presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). A member of the Scindia family,she is also the matriarch of the Bamraulia family of Dholpur.
Shish Ram Ola was a politician from Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan. Ola dominated the Jat politics of Shekhawati region for a period of more than 4 decades. He was elected in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for seven terms and also elected in Lok Sabha for five terms. He was a member of Indian National Congress.
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.
Krishna Tirath is an Indian politician from INC. She was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India representing the North West Delhi constituency of Delhi. She was Minister of State in Ministry of Women and Child Development in the second Manmohan Singh ministry. She left the Indian National Congress (INC) political party,and on 19 January 2015 she joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Later on in March 2019 she rejoined the Indian National Congress.
Margaret Nazareth Alva is an Indian politician. She served as the 17th Governor of Goa,23rd Governor of Gujarat,19th Governor of Rajasthan and 4th Governor of Uttarakhand at various times between 2009 and 2014. She has formerly served as the Cabinet Minister. She took over in Rajasthan from the Punjab governor,Shivraj Patil,who had been holding an additional charge of that state. Before being appointed governor,she was a senior figure in the Indian National Congress and was Joint Secretary of the All India Congress Committee. Her mother-in-law,Violet Alva,was Second Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha in 1960s.
Bhupesh Baghel,popularly known as Kaka,is an Indian politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2018 to 2023. He was president of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress from 2014 to 2019. He represents the Patan constituency in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly since 2013 and from 2003 to 2008. He had been cabinet minister of Transportation in undivided Madhya Pradesh in Digvijaya Singh government from 1999 to 2003. He was first Minister for Revenue,Public Health Engineering and Relief Work of Chhattisgarh.
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.
Kamla Beniwal was an Indian independence activist and politician. She was a senior member of Indian National Congress party. She served as a minister in different posts and Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan in 2003. Later she served as Governor of different Indian states between 2009 and 2014. She became the first woman minister in Rajasthan in 1954 at the age of 27. She was the first ever woman Governor of any northeastern state. She was a recipient of Tamra Patra Award from former prime minister Indira Gandhi in recognition of her contribution in the freedom struggle.
Nitin Kashinath Raut is an Indian politician,Businessman and social activist from Maharashtra. He was a former Cabinet minister in the Uddhav Thackeray ministry,Government of Maharashtra. He is the Working President of the Indian National Congress party Maharashtra and Chairman AICC for SC Department. He was the Cabinet Minister of Employment Guarantee and Water Conservation in the Government of Maharashtra,India until 2014.
Sabitri Mitra is an Indian politician,belonging to the All India Trinamool Congress,who has served as Cabinet Minister of Women and Child Development and Social Welfare in the Government of West Bengal. She has also served as MLA for Manikchak constituency from 2011 until 2016 and again since 2021.
Rakhi Birla is an Indian politician serving as Deputy Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly. She has served as Cabinet Minister of Women &Child,Social Welfare and Languages in the Government of Delhi. She represents Mangol Puri constituency from Aam Admi Party.
Kumari Vimla Verma was an Indian politician and social worker. She was a Member of Parliament,having been elected from the Seoni constituency in the state of Madhya Pradesh as an Indian National Congress candidate.
Varsha Eknath Gaikwad is an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress party,who was the Cabinet Minister of Maharashtra from 30 December 2019 to 29 June 2022. She is a four term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing the Dharavi Assembly Constituency in Mumbai,Maharashtra.
Murari Lal Meena is an Indian politician,He is currently serving Member of Parliament,18th Lok Sabha from Dausa since 2024. former serving as a member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Dausa Constituency since 2018. He previously served as an MLA from the Bandikui constituency from 2003 to 2008 and subsequently from the Dausa constituency from 2008 to 2013. He is also a former cabinet minister and minister of state in the Government of Rajasthan. Meena had fielded his wife as a Congress candidate against Jaskaur Meena,the BJP candidate from Dausa in the 17th Lok Sabha elections of India,but she lost the election. Meena is considered a supporter of Sachin Pilot. In 2024 Indian general election,Meena is the candidate of the Indian National Congress from Dausa.
Tribhuvaneshwar Saran Singh Deo,also known by his initials as T. S. Singh Deo or T. S. Baba,is an Indian politician from Ambikapur,Chhattisgarh. He was the First Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from June 2023 to December 2023.
Shakuntala Rawat is an Indian politician and the Former Cabinet Minister Of Industry State Enterprise Devasthan Department under the Government of Rajasthan. She was Member of Legislative Assembly of Rajasthan from Bansur,Alwar,Rajasthan,and was the Former President of State,Women Congress Committee of Rajasthan after which she became the Former General Secretary,All India Women Congress.
Dansari Anasuya,commonly known as Seethakka,is an Indian politician currently serving as a cabinet minister for Panchayati Raj &Rural Development,Rural Water Supply,Women and Child Welfare in Government of Telangana. She represents Mulug assembly constituency in the Telangana legislative assembly. She won the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election and Telangana Legislative Assembly elections in 2018 and 2023. She was appointed general secretary of All India Mahila Congress in June 2018 and in August 2019 became state in-charge of Chhattisgarh Mahila Congress. She is sometimes referred to as 'Iron Lady of Telangana'.
Bhajan Lal Jatav is an Indian politician. He is currently serving Member of Parliament,18th Lok Sabha from Karauli–Dholpur since 2024. He served as Minister of Public Works Department in the Government of Rajasthan. He was Minister of State as Home Defense and Civil Defense Department in Government of Rajasthan. He was a Member of the 14th and 15th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Weir Assembly constituency. He served as Chairman of RSRDC Corporation. He is a Member of the Indian National Congress.
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