Chhagan Bhujbal is an Indian politician from Maharashtra,who is the member of current Government of Maharashtra,headed by Eknath Shinde. Currently he is Member of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Yeola Assembly. He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 October 1999 –23 December 2003. He earlier also served as Minister of Public Works Department and Minister of Home Affairs in Government of Maharashtra.
Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Minister of Home Affairs,Minister of Power in the Manmohan Singh government,and the Leader of the House in Lok Sabha until 26 May 2014. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 January 2003 to 4 November 2004.
Manikrao Hodlya Gavit was an Indian politician from Nandurbar district of Maharashtra,India. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC),he represented the Nandurbar constituency from 1980 to 2014,winning the Indian general elections consecutive nine times,marking a record.
Ajit Anantrao Pawar is an Indian politician who alongside Devendra Fadnavis is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2 July 2023. He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2022 to 2023,and was a Member of the Parliament in the Lok Sabha in 1991,representing Baramati constituency. He has also been a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since 1991,representing Baramati constituency.
Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is son of ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan. He is one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Maharashtra. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra state from 8 December 2008 to 9 November 2010. Also,he has served as Minister for Cultural Affairs,Industries,Mines and Protocol in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government and he is also the former PWD Minister of Maharashtra.
Sinnar Assembly constituency is one of the fifteen constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Nashik district. It is a part of the Nashik (ST) along with five other assembly constituencies,namely,Nashik East,Nashik Central,Nashik West,Deolali (SC) and Igatpuri (ST).
The Telangana movement refers to a movement for the creation of a separate state,Telangana,from the pre-existing state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The new state corresponds to the Telugu-speaking portions of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad,which were merged with Andhra Pradesh in 1956,leading to the Mulki Agitations.
Gangapuram Kishan Reddy is an Indian politician who is currently serving as Minister of Tourism,Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1980. He is an MP representing Secunderabad since 2019. He served as the floor leader of the BJP in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009 and gave it up after being elected as the state BJP president of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. He was first state president of Telangana BJP from 2014 to 2016,appointed again as Telangana BJP president on 4 July 2023.
Duddilla Sridhar Babu is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress and is a member of the Telangana Assembly from Manthani Constituency,Peddapalli district which he won for the fifth term as MLA in December 2023. He is a senior Minister in the Telangana Government holding the crucial portfolios of Information Technology,Electronics &Communication,Industry &Commerce and Legislative Affairs. Sridhar Babu is one of the senior most leaders in the Telangana Congress Party,and is an AICC All India Congress Committee Secretary attached to the AICC General Secretary,in charge of Karnataka from July 2022.He was the Minister for Civil Supplies,Consumer Affairs,Legal Metrology and Legislative Affairs in the United Government of Andhra Pradesh prior to that state being divided.
Ch. Birender Singh 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.
Shaktisinh Harishchandrasinhji Gohil is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Parliament and a member of the Indian National Congress. He was as appointed president of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee in June 2023,in run up to 2024 general election.
Manickam Tagore is an Indian politician and current Member of the Parliament of India,representing Virudhunagar,Tamil Nadu.
The Telangana protests 2004-2010 refers to the movements and agitations related to the Telangana movement that took place between the years 2004 and 2010. For the 2004 Assembly and Parliament elections,the Congress party and the TRS had an electoral alliance in the Telangana region to consider the demand of separate Telangana State. However,again in 2006,the then Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy categorically said that the state would remain united. This again resulted in statewide protests. In 2009,Union Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram announced that the Indian government would start the process of forming a separate Telangana state,pending the introduction and passage of a separation resolution in the Andhra Pradesh assembly after an 11-day fast by K. Chandrashekar Rao. This again resulted in protests across both Andhra and Rayalseema as in a short time of the Home Minister's declaration,MLAs from the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions submitted their resignations in protest.
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil is an Indian politician,and a 7-time undefeated MLA from Shirdi Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. He is currently the Minister for Revenue,in the Government of Maharashtra and was the 1st Minister sworn in the Eknath Shinde ministry expansion,after Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis in the Cabinet Expansion held on 9 August 2022. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil has been a member of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha since 1995. He was elected in the 2014 with 1,21,459 votes and most recently in 2019 with record breaking 1,32,316 votes.
Eknath Sambhaji Shinde is an Indian politician who is serving as the 20th and Current Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 30 June 2022. He is also serving as the Leader of Shiv Sena since February 2023 and the Leader of the House,Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since July 2022. He is also the Member of Legislative Assembly for the Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency of Thane,Maharashtra since 2009 and was formerly the MLA of Thane constituency from 2004 to 2009.
Gulab Raghunath Patil is a politician and incumbent Water supply and Sanitation minister of the Maharashtra state. He is a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA),the state's lower house representing rural Jalgaon constituency. He is a member of Shiv Sena party.
Ranjeet Arvindbabu Deshmukh was an Indian politician and Senior Congress leader. He held the position as state unit president of the party on two occasions was the president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC). He was first elected to the MLA in 1985 from the Savner constituency.
Mohammed Ali Shabbir is an Indian politician who had served as the Opposition Leader of Telangana Legislative Council from 4 April 2015 to 22 December 2018.
The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 21 October 2019 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. After a 61.4% turnout in the election,the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (SHS) won a majority. Following differences over the government formation,the alliance was dissolved,precipitating a political crisis.
Vikramsinh Ranjitsinh Patankar is an Indian politician from Maharashtra,who was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA),representing the Patan for five terms since 1983 to 2014,winning 1983,1985,1990,1995,1999 and 2009 elections. He is a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party.
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