The All India Forward Bloc is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939,led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India. It has its main stronghold in West Bengal. The party's current Secretary-General is [G. Devarajan]. Veteran Indian politicians Sarat Chandra Bose and Chitta Basu had been the stalwarts of the party in independent India.
The Swatantra Party was an Indian classical liberal political party,that existed from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by C. Rajagopalachari in reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Indian National Congress's increasingly socialist and statist outlook.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) is the executive committee of the Indian National Congress. It was formed in December 1920 at Nagpur session of INC which was headed by C. Vijayaraghavachariar. It typically consists of fifteen members elected from the All India Congress Committee. It is headed by the Working President.
Gogineni Ranga Nayukulu,also known as N. G. Ranga,was an Indian freedom fighter,classical liberal,parliamentarian and farmers' leader. He was the founding president of the Swatantra Party,and an exponent of the peasant philosophy. He received the Padma Vibhushan award for his contributions to the Peasant Movement. N.G. Ranga served in the Indian Parliament for six decades,from 1930 to 1991.
Vilas Bhaurao Muttemwar is an Indian politician from Maharashtra belonging to the Indian National Congress who served as a member of the 7th,8th,10th,12th,13th,14th and 15th Lok Sabha representing the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency.
Vasant Purushottam Sathe was an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress party. He was a lawyer by training and became a parliamentarian in 1972 and a cabinet minister during the 1980s. He was a socialist and came to prominence in the congress after Indira Gandhi split the party for a second time in 1978. He was also known for his tenure as Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting when he initiated the process which led to Indian television moving into colour broadcasting for the Asian Games 1982 and Hum Log the first colour Indian soap-opera.
Ravishankar Shukla was a leader of the Indian National Congress,Indian independence movement activist,the Premier of the Central Provinces and Berar from 27 April 1946 to 25 January 1950,first Chief Minister of the reorganised Madhya Pradesh state from 1 November 1956 until his death on 31 December 1956,he was elected from Saraipali in Madhya Pradesh. He also served as Member of Constituent Assembly of India from Central Provinces and Berar.
Nagpur Lok Sabha seat is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is spread over Nagpur city and some part of Nagpur district.
Chakravarti Vijayaraghavachariar was an Indian politician. He rose to prominence following his appeal against the false charges alleging him to have instigated a Hindu –Muslim riot in Salem. The legal battle and eventual victory in proving his innocence earned him the title The Lion of South India.
Madhav Shrihari Aney;popularly referred to as Loknayak Bapuji Aney or Bapuji Aney,was an ardent educationist,freedom fighter,statesman,a modern Sanskrit poet and a politician. He was also conferred with the title of "Loknayak Bapuji",which means "The People's Leader and Respected Father". He was one of the founders of the Congress Nationalist Party. He was first among the eminent disciples of Lokmanya Tilak such as N C Kelkar,Kakasaheb Khadilkar,Gangadhar Deshpande,Dr B S Munje,Abhyankar,T B Paranjpe and Vaman Malhar Joshi,who walked in the footsteps of Tilak. Accepting the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi on the death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Aney persuaded his colleagues to see the writing on the wall. At the same time he was not blind in his loyalty. He disapproved Congress throwing itself in Khilafat Movement and warned against excessive wooing of Muslims at the cost of national interests. He regarded unity at any price as elusive and dangerous. Since the best safeguard for the minority was the goodwill of the majority. He never permitted his critical faculties to be blurred by emotion. Mahatma Gandhi admiring his calm logic,confided in him and often sought his counsel. He was chosen to arbitrate the disputes between Subhash Chandra Bose and Jatindra Mohan Sengupta. He was never a breaker or a destroyer but was always a cementing factor believing in synthesis and not in segregation.
The Seva Dal is the grassroots front organization of the Indian National Congress. The organization has a chapter in all the states of India. The members of the organization are known for wearing the Gandhi topi. It is headed by a Chief Organiser Shri Lalji Desai Ji.
Banwarilal Purohit is an Indian politician who is the current and 29th Governor of Punjab,India and Administrator of Chandigarh as of 29 August 2021. He was the former Governor of Tamil Nadu from 2017 to 2021,and former Governor of Assam from 2016 to 2017. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a Member of Parliament from the Nagpur three times,twice as an Indian National Congress member,once as a BJP member.
Dr. Narayan Bhaskar Khare was an Indian politician. He was Chief Minister of Central Province in 1930s as Congress politician. Later he left Congress and joined Hindu Maha Sabha.
Avinash Pandey is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party. He has been a Youth Congress leader and held the post of General Secretary in the Indian Youth Congress when Shri Maninder Singh Bitta was the President. He has been a Member of the Legislative Council,Maharashtra,and was appointed chairman,of Maharashtra State Small Scale Industries Development Corporation (MSSIDC).
Krupal Balaji Tumane is an Indian politician from Nagpur who is re-elected in 17th Lok Sabha &was member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Ramtek constituency of Nagpur district,Maharashtra and is a member of the Shiv Sena political party. He defeated sitting MP and former Cabinet Minister Mukul Wasnik of Indian National Congress Party.
Santoshrao Vyankatrao Gode was an Indian politician and a leader of the Indian National Congress party. He was a Member of the Parliament of India having been elected to the 6th Lok Sabha from Wardha Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra in 1977.
Sameer Dattatraya Meghe is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and represents the Hingna constituency.
Krishna Pancham Khopde is also known as a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly,in India. He represents the Nagpur East Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is BJP sitting member,having been a member of the 12 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly too. Khopde in 2014 was the chief of the Nagpur City BJP. In 2009 he created a major upset defeating 5 time MLA Satish Chaturvedi of the Indian National Congress. Khopde was a corporator in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation and a standing committee chairman. Khopde is a high school dropout.
Dr. Vikas Mahatme is Padmashri Awarded Indian ophthalmologist,social entrepreneur,visionary and a former member of the Parliament in Rajya Sabha. Born in Amravati,he comes from Nagpur in the state of Maharashtra. He is well known across Maharashtra for his charitable and social works. He founded a charitable trust –S. Mahatme Eye Welfare Charitable Trust that runs Mahatme Eye Bank eye hospital in Nagpur as well as branches in Mumbai,Amravati,Gadchiroli and Pune. He received the Padma Shri for his charitable community work as an ophthalmologist. In June 2016,Mahatme was the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections,which he won unopposed. His candidature was strongly backed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. He belongs to the Dhangar community. He has expressed support for implementing Scheduled Tribe reservation for Dhangar community in Maharashtra and is its first community member to get elected to parliament. He is currently a member of the Indian Nursing Council.
Abhijit Govindrao Wanjarri is a leader of Indian National Congress and member of Maharashtra Legislative Council from Nagpur division Graduates Constituency. He won the Nagpur division graduates' constituency election of the Maharashtra Legislative Council and defeated BJP candidate Sandip Joshi by a margin of 18,910 votes.
