Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for four terms and has also served in the Union Council of Ministers as the Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of P.V. Narsimha Rao and Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Manmohan Singh. He is the first and former president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),"which he founded in 1999,after separating from the Indian National Congress". His faction of the NCP was split by his nephew,Ajit Pawar. He leads his faction of the NCP in the Rajya Sabha,the upper chamber of the Indian parliament. He is the chairperson of Maha Vikas Aghadi,a regional Maharashtra-based political alliance.His NCP was split by his nephew,Ajit Pawar
The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the state parties in India. It refers to the Ajit Pawar faction after the 2023 split in the party when the Supreme Court of India granted the original party name and symbol to the Nationalist Congress Party. It was one of the major political parties in Maharashtra and was a recognised state party in Nagaland and Kerala. In July 2023,majority of the elected MLAs and MLCs of the party led by Ajit Pawar joined the National Democratic Alliance government,however,all MPs except two remained loyal to Sharad Pawar. This caused a direct split between the Ajit Pawar-led faction and the founder and president Sharad Pawar who formed the Nationalist Congress Party after EC recognised the Ajit Pawar faction as the original party.
The Baramati Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 parliamentary constituencies in the state of Maharashtra,India. Located in the Pune district,it comprises six Vidhan Sabha segments:Daund,Indapur,Baramati,Purandar,Bhor,and Khadakwasala. The constituency has been a stronghold of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Pawar family since the 1960s. Sharad Pawar,the founder of the NCP,represented the seat from 1996 to 2004. Since 2009,his daughter Supriya Sule has held the seat,winning consecutive elections in 2009,2014,2019,and 2024.
Jayant Rajaram Patil is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He has been representing Islampur in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for more than 3 decades. He was the Cabinet Minister of the Water Resources Department in Uddhav Thackeray ministry. Previously he has been the Rural Development Minister,the Finance Minister and the Home Minister of Maharashtra.
Supriya Sule is an Indian politician from the Nationalist Congress Party and currently a Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha representing Baramati since 2009,leader of Nationalist Congress Party (SP) in Lok Sabha since 2014 and the Working National President of Nationalist Congress Party since 2023. Previously,she served as the Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra from 2006 to 2009. In 2011,she launched a state-wide campaign against female foeticide. Recently,she has been honored with Mumbai Women of the Decade Achievers Award by All Ladies League for social service. She is the daughter of Sharad Pawar,chief of Nationalist Congress Party (SP).
Ajit Anantrao Pawar is an.Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2 July 2023 alongside Devendra Fadnavis.
Sanjay Dina Patil is an Indian politician from Mumbai. He was elected to Maharashtra State assembly in 2004 from Bhandup. In 2009,he was elected to 15th Lok Sabha from Mumbai North East constituency in Maharashtra state in India,as a Nationalist Congress Party candidate. He lost the reelection for the same seat in 2014. He was succeeded by Kirit Somaiya of the Bharatiya Janata Party of India.
Udayanraje Bhosle is an Indian politician serving as a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament of India,from Maharashtra since 2020. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Maharashtra is India's third largest state by area and has over 112 million inhabitants. Its capital,Mumbai,has a population of approximately 18 million;Nagpur is Maharashtra's second,or winter,capital. Government in the state is organized on the parliamentary system. Power is devolved to large city councils,district councils,subdistrict (taluka) councils,and village parish councils. The numerically strong Maratha–Kunbi community dominates the state's politics. The state has national and regional parties serving different demographics,such as those based on religion,caste,and urban and rural residents.
Vijaysinh Shankarao Mohite-Patil is a politician from the Nationalist Congress Party and Member of Parliament (MP) for Madha in Maharashtra since the 2014 general election till the 2019 general election. He is member of Nationalist Congress Party.
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India. It consists of 288 members directly elected from single-seat constituencies. The Assembly meets at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai,though the winter session is held in Nagpur. Along with the Maharashtra Legislative Council,it comprises the legislature of Maharashtra. The presiding officer of the Assembly is the Speaker. Members of the Assembly are directly elected by the people of Maharashtra through elections held every five years,unless the Assembly is dissolved earlier. The current Assembly was elected in October 2019.
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.
Sanjay Ramchandra Patil is a politician from Tasgaon of Sangli district of Maharashtra state in India.
Amar Sharadrao Kale is a member of the 18th Lok Sabha. He represents the Wardha Lok Sabha Constituency. He belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party.
Sujay Vikhe Patil is an Indian politician and was a member of the 17th Lok Sabha,representing Ahmednagar constituency,Maharashtra. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He contested his first election of his political career in 2019 of Lok Sabha and he was elected by huge voting margin of 2,81,526 votes against NCP candidate. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections,he was defeated by Nilesh Lanke of NCP-Sharad Pawar.
A General assembly election is scheduled to be held in Maharashtra on 20 November 2024 to elect the 288 members of the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly,the counting and the results will be declared on 23 November 2024.
Bajrang Manohar Sonwane is an Indian politician. He is a member of NCP–SP.
Bhaskar Murlidhar Bhagare is an Indian politician,social worker and Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Dindori Lok Sabha constituency as a member of Nationalist Congress Party –Sharadchandra Pawar party. In 2024 Indian General Elections,he defeated Bharati Pravin Pawar of Bharatiya Janta Party by a margin of 113199 votes.
Dhairyasheel Rajsinh Mohite-Patil is an Indian politician currently serving as the Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Madha Lok Sabha constituency. He affiliated with the Nationalist Congress Party.
Suresh Gopinath Mhatre also known by locals as Balya Mama is an Indian politician and businessman from Maharashtra,who has been serving as a member of Lok Sabha from Bhiwandi seat since 2024.
