Lal Krishna Advani is an Indian politician who served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the co-founders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),a right-wing Hindu nationalist volunteer organization. He is the longest serving Minister of Home Affairs serving from 1998 to 2004. He is also the longest serving Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. He was the prime ministerial candidate of the BJP during the 2009 general election.
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar popularly known as Dadasaheb,was an Indian politician and independence activist who served as the President of the Central Legislative Assembly,then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India,and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India. His son Purushottam Mavalankar was later elected to the Lok Sabha twice from Gujarat.
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.
Tushar Chaudhary is an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress in Gujarat. He was elected to Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 2002 and 2022,and to Lok Sabha in 2004 and 2009.
Madhusudan Devram Mistry is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress.
Ahmedbhai Muhamedbhai Patel,also known as Ahmed Patel,was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from the Indian National Congress. He was the political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
Arvind Kumar Sharma is an Indian dental surgeon,politician and a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Rohtak. He represented the Karnal constituency of Haryana in 15th Lok Sabha and was a member of the Indian National Congress but he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019.
Aruvanpalli Puthiyapurayil Abdullakkutty(born 8 May 1967) is an Indian politician. He was elected as the National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party on 26 September 2020. He has also served as the BJP Vice President of Kerala state. He is also a former member of Lok Sabha from Kannur and former MLA from Kannur constituency of Kerala state.
Punjala Shiv Shankar was an Indian politician. He served as the Minister of External Affairs,Law,and Petroleum. He was a very influential minister in Indira Gandhi's and Rajiv Gandhi's cabinets and was one of the most senior politicians in India. He also served as Governor of Sikkim from 1994 to 1995 and Governor of Kerala from 1995 to 1996.
Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2009 general election in India. It was dissolved on 18 May 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat,a state in Western India. Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat. It is one of the most prestigious parliamentary constituencies in India,being represented by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani and the current Home Minister and former BJP chief Amit Shah. The constituency was created in 1967 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Somchandbhai Solanki of the Indian National Congress (INC).
Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala is an Indian politician and Minister of Fisheries,Animal Husbandry and Dairying in the Second Modi ministry. He was elected to 18th Lok Sabha from Rajkot. He was a member of Rajya Sabha,representing the Indian state of Gujarat and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a former member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Amreli and formerly served as a minister in Government of Gujarat.
Rajeev Shankarrao Satav was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress. At the time of his death,he was the member of the Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament from Maharashtra.
The Rathva or Rathwa is a Subcaste of the Koli caste found in the Indian state of Gujarat. Rathava Kolis were agriculturist by profession and turbulent by habits but now lives like Adivasis such as Bhil because of their neighborhood
Ramsinh Rathwa is Indian politician from Gujarat and belong to Bhartiya Janata Party. Rathwa belong to the Koli caste of Gujarat.
Bharti Dhirubhai Shiyal is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Bhavnagar,Gujarat as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She was earlier elected to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 2012 from Talaja in Bhavnagar district. She is consulting Ayurvedic practitioner by profession. She belong to Koli community of Gujarat. She is a National Vice President of the BJP.
Manibhai Jaberbhai Patel (1920-1996) was an Indian industrialist,writer,politician and a member of the 4th Lok Sabha. He represented Damoh Lok Sabha constituency from 1967 and was a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms,from 1957–62 and 1962–67. He was the author of a number of books which included Nehru Vani,Janata ke Jawahar,Shantidoot Shastriji,Shreemati Indira Gandhi,Panchayaten Aur Humara Dayitwa and Pagdandiyon ki Awaz. The Government of India awarded him Padma Bhushan,the third highest Indian civilian award,in 1971.
Mitesh Rameshbhai Patel (known as Bakabhai) is an Indian politician and Chairperson and Managing Director of Laxmi Protein Products Pvt Ltd located in Vasad,Gujarat. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Anand,Gujarat in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He recorded a victory by 197,718 votes. He defeated Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki of Indian National Congress,who served as Minister of State under UPAII.
Daulatsinhji Pratapsinhji Jadeja was an Indian politician and the member of parliament who represented Jamnagar Lok Sabha constituency from 1971 to 1984 in the Fifth,Seventh and Eighth Lok Sabha. He also served assembly member of Gujarat state from 1977 to 1980.
Rathva is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
