The Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party,based in the states of Bihar,Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Arun Jaitley was an Indian politician and attorney. A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party,Jaitley served as the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India from 2014 to 2019. Jaitley previously held the cabinet portfolios of Finance,Defence,Corporate Affairs,Commerce and Industry,and Law and Justice in the Vajpayee government and Narendra Modi government.
Ram Vilas Paswan was an Indian politician from Bihar and the Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs,Food and Public Distribution in the first and second Modi ministries. Paswan was also the president of the Lok Janshakti Party,nine-times Lok Sabha member and two-time Rajya Sabha MP. He started his political career as member of Samyukta Socialist Party and was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1969. Later,Paswan joined Lok Dal upon its formation in 1974,and became its general secretary. He opposed the emergency,and was arrested during this period. He first entered the Lok Sabha in 1977,as a Janata Party member from Hajipur constituency,and was elected again in 1980,1989,1991,1996,1998,1999,2004 and 2014.
Buta Singh was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. He was the Union Home Minister of India,Governor of Bihar and was chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes from 2007 to 2010.
Nitish Kumar is an Indian politician who has served as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015,having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest serving chief minister whilst also holding the post for his 9th term.
Sushil Kumar Modi was an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Bihar. He was a Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar as well as the Finance Minister of Bihar from 2005 to 2013 and 2017 to 2020. He was a lifelong member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He was appointed the Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers for the Implementation of Goods and Service Tax in July 2011.
Satya Pal Singh Baghel is an Indian politician and Memeber of Parliament (Loksabha). A member of Bharatiya Janata Party,he got elected to 17th Lok Sabha from Agra and again to 18th Lok Sabha from the same constituency. He previously was a member of Samajwadi Party,in which he got elected to Lok Sabha thrice and to Rajya Sabha once as a member of Bahujan Samajwadi Party.
Dharmendra Pradhan is an Indian politician who serving as Union Minister of Education since 2021. He also served as Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in the Government of India from 2021 to 2024. An alumnus of Talcher College and Utkal University,he has also been the Minister of Petroleum &Natural Gas and the Minister of Steel.
Sarbananda Sonowal is an Indian politician who serving as 9th Minister of Ports,Shipping and Waterways since 2024. He also the Member of the Rajya Sabha representing Assam since 2021 and also a member of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs since 2021. He is the 14th Chief Minister of Assam from 2016 to 2021 and the former of Assam Legislative Assembly from Majuli from 2016 until he resigned in 2021 and from Moran constituency from 2001 to 2004. Sonowal earlier served as the Assam state unit President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2012 to 2014 and again from 2015 to 2016. He has also served as the Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs,Government of India,from 2014 to 2016 and the Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development from 2014 to 2014 and the member of the Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur from 2014 to 2016 and from Dibrugarh from 2004 to 2009. He was also the member of the Asom Gana Parishad from 2001 to 2011.
Gangapuram Kishan Reddy is an Indian politician who serving as the 25th Minister of Coal &45th Minister of Mines since 2024. He also served as Minister of Tourism,Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India from 2019 to 2024. 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.
Ram Sundar Das was an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Bihar state. He was a two-time Member of Parliament from Hajipur constituency.
Amit Anil Chandra Shah is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 32nd Home Minister and the 2nd Minister of Co-operation since June 2024. Shah previously held the same portfolios during the second term of the Modi administration (2019-2024). He is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gandhinagar. He served as the 10th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 2014 to 2020. He has also served as chairman of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) since 2014. He had been elected as a member of the upper house of Parliament,Rajya Sabha,from Gujarat from 2017 to 2019.
Chirag Kumar Paswan is an Indian politician and former actor who is serving as the 19th Minister of Food Processing Industries since June 2024,the 1st president of the Lok Janshakti Party since 2021,2nd president of the Lok Janshakti Party from 2019 to 2021 and a Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from the Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency since 2024. He is the son of late Member of Parliament and Union Minister,Ram Vilas Paswan.
Giriraj Singh is an Indian politician who serving as the 21th Minister of Textiles since 2024. He is the Member of Parliament from the Begusarai Loksabha constituency in 17th and 18th Lok Sabha. He has also formerly served as Minister of Cooperative,Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Resources Development in the Government of Bihar.
Jagat Prakash "J. P." Nadda is an Indian lawyer and politician who serving as the 34th Minister of Health,25th Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers since 2024 and 11th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2020 and the member of the Rajya Sabha representing Gujarat since 2024. A key decision maker of the BJP,he is a close aide to Narendra Modi. He was the BJP's working president from 2019 to 2020. Nadda was also the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the first Modi ministry from 2014 to 2019 and Parliamentary Board Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party. Nadda is the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers in the third Modi ministry.
Vellamvelly Muraleedharan is an Indian politician from Kerala and former Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs of India from 2019 to 2024. He was the eighth State President of BJP in Kerala. He was also a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. He was sworn in as a Union Minister on 30 May 2019. On 12 June 2019,Muraleedharan was appointed Government Deputy Chief Whip in the Rajya Sabha. He contested in the 2024 Indian general election from Attingal constituency,but lost.
Pashupati Kumar Paras is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Food Processing Industries in the Government of India from 2021 till his resignation in 2024. He was also a member of 17th Lok Sabha from Hajipur
Awadhesh Singh also known as Awadhesh Singh Patel is an Indian politician from Bihar and a 3 term Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Singh won the Hajipur on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket in the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
Baleshwar Singh Bharti is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. Bihar served as the member of Bihar Legislative Council for 2 terms from 2000 - 2012.
Rajendra Rai was an Indian politician. He was elected as a member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Hajipur constituency in Vaishali district.
