Kirit Somaiya is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who represented Mumbai North-East in the 16th Lok Sabha and the 13th Lok Sabha. He is currently appointed as the vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party's Maharashtra unit.
Mira Road is a suburb north of Mumbai in Thane District and is also a part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. It falls within the Police Jurisdiction of Mira-Bhayander,Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate. Mira Road is situated in the north-western portion of Salsette Island,Maharashtra state,India. Mira Road has a large Gujarati population followed by other ethnic groups.
Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is son of ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan. He was one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Maharashtra but later resigned and joined Bhartiya Janata Party on 13 Feb 2024. 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.
Ganesh Ramchandra Naik is an Indian politician. He is the Bharatiya Janata Party member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 150-Airoli Assembly constituency. He represented Thane constituency in the past,and was the Thane Guardian Minister in the state government. He was the minister of Labour,Excise and Environment in the previous government.
Vikramgad is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis is an Indian politician who is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 30 June 2022 alongside Ajit Pawar who was sworn in as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the 5th time on 2 July 2023. He also served as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 31 October 2014 to 12 November 2019,Leader of the Opposition,Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2022 and the President of BJP,Maharashtra state unit from 2013 to 2015. Having been sworn in at the age of 44,he is the second-youngest Chief Minister in Maharashtra's history after Sharad Pawar. He served a 5-day long second term as Chief Minister during the 2019 Maharashtra political crisis,before resigning on 28 November 2019. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh,Fadnavis has represented the Nagpur South West constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since 2009 and Nagpur West from 1999 to 2009. He was also Mayor of Nagpur from 1997 to 2001.
Ashish Shelar is an Indian politician and cricket administrator belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as Maharashtra Legislative Assembly member representing Vandre West since 2014. He is president of the Mumbai unit of the BJP. He was elected as vice president of Mumbai Cricket Association on 17 June 2015. Elected as treasurer of the BCCI. On 9 September 2015,Shelar gained controversy when he helped ban the sale of meat for 8 days for the annual Jain celebration,Paryushana,at which time total fast from any and every food is required. Most constituencies in Maharashtra ban the sale of meat for only 4 days. The ban was criticized by the BJP's Maharashtra coalition partner,Shiv Sena.
Although a parliamentary democracy,Indian politics has increasingly become dynastic,possibly due to the absence of a party organization,independent civil society associations that mobilize support for the party,and centralized financing of elections. Family members have also led the Congress party for most of the period since 1978 when Indira Gandhi floated the then Congress(I) faction of the party. It also is fairly common in many political parties in Maharashtra. The dynastic phenomenon is seen from national level down to district level and even village level.The three-tier structure of Panchayati Raj established in the 1960s also helped to create and consolidate the dynastic phenomenon in rural areas. Apart from government,political families also control cooperative institutions,mainly cooperative sugar factories,district cooperative banks in the state,and since the 1980s private for profit colleges. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party also features several senior leaders who are dynasts. In Maharashtra,the NCP has particularly high level of dynasticism.
Chintaman Vanaga was an Indian politician and Adivasi leader from Maharashtra and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was member of 16th Lok Sabha elected from Palghar alongside being a two-time Member of Parliament (India) from Dahanu.
Ashok Nete is member of the 16th Lok Sabha from Gadchiroli–Chimur in Maharashtra state of India associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly twice:1999–2004 and 2004–2009.
Sardar Tara Singh was an Indian politician,the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party,and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elected from the Mulund assembly constituency in Mumbai.
Ashok Dharmaraj Patil is a Shiv Sena politician from Mumbai,Maharashtra. He is current Member of Legislative Assembly from Bhandup Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mumbai,Maharashtra,India as a member of Shiv Sena. He is former Chairman of Mumbai's premium transport service Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
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.
Ashok G. Modak is an Indian national born in 1940 currently residing in Mumbai. He did his Master of Arts (M.A.) first in Economics (1963) and later in Political Science (1967) from the University of Pune. He obtained his Doctorate (Ph.D.) from the Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi in 1980. His Doctorate subject was "Soviet Economic Aid to India." In recognition of his contribution in the field of education,the Government of India nominated him for the position of National Research Professor on 6 January 2015 for a period of five years.
Vijayrao Bhaskarrao Auti is a leader of Shivsena. He has served office as a Deputy Speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in the year 2018–2019. He had been elected for three consecutive terms in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for 2004,2009 and 2014. Vijay Auti is the son of Bhaskarrao Auti,freedom fighter and ex-MLA from Parner. Ravi Gaikwad,Chief of RTO Thane,Chief of road safety cell,Government of Maharashtra,is his nephew,son of his elder sister Pushpa Gaikwad.
Kisan Shankar Kathore is politician from Ambernath,Thane,in Maharashtra state of India. He was Sarpanch of Sagaon Group Gram Panchayat (Tal-Ambernath) between 1978 and 1992. He also worked as President of Thane Zilla Parishad from 2002 to 2004. He moved from Nationalist Congress Party to Bharatiya Janata Party in October 2014.
Parag Madhusudan Alavani is a sitting MLA from Vile Parle,Mumbai,Maharashtra,representing Bharatiya Janata Party. His constituency is in the Mumbai Suburban district.
Dhanare Paskal Janya was an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a first term member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
Yogesh Sagar is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a three term member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is well known for his social work. He has also been awarded the ‘Best MLA Award’for three consecutive years by Praja Foundation.
Annie Shekhar was an Indian politician who was a senior member of the Indian National Congress.
