The Samajwadi Party is a socialist political party in India. It was founded by formerly Janata Dal politicians Mulayam Singh Yadav and Beni Prasad Verma and is headquartered in New Delhi. The Samajwadi Party is currently led by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav. He was chosen as the President for the first time in an Emergency meeting in 2017. He was chosen for second time in 2017 at Agra Convention of Samajwadi Party. He was chosen for the third time at the party's national convention held in September 2022 at Lucknow.
Ram Naik is a veteran Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, served as the 19th Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
From a historical perspective, Professor Ishtiaq Ahmed of the University of Stockholm and Professor Shamsul Islam of the University of Delhi classified the Muslims of the subcontinent into two categories during the era of the Indian independence movement: Indian nationalist Muslims and Indian Muslim nationalists. The All India Azad Muslim Conference represented Indian nationalist Muslims, while the All-India Muslim League represented the Indian Muslim nationalists. One such popular debate was the Madani–Iqbal debate.
Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk, Munir Nawaz Jang, also known as Syed Mehdi Ali, was an Indian Muslim politician. He was a close friend of Syed Ahmed Khan, was involved in the Aligarh Movement and was one of the founders of the All India Muslim League in 1906.
Although India is a parliamentary democracy, the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism, possibly due to the absence of party organizations, independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party, or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national, state, regional, and district level. The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers, and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties, other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal, Shiv Sena, Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal Secular, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Kerala Congress, Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, Indian Union Muslim League, AIMIM, and the Nationalist Congress Party are all dominated by families, mostly those of the party founders.
Al-Jame-atul Islamia is an Islamic seminary of Sunni-Barelvi Muslims in India. It is located in Raunahi, Ayodhya District, near Lucknow, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in India.
Dr Mohamed Ayub or Dr. Ayub is an Indian politician and president of Peace Party of India. He Is MLA in Sixteenth Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. Since 2012 he represents Khalilabad in Sant Kabir Nagar district as a member of Peace Party of India.
Rashtriya Ulama Council (RUC') is a political party of India formed in 2008.
Aamir Rashadi Madni is an Indian politician, cleric and educator. He is a graduate from Madinah University. At present he runs various educational institutions in Azamgarh, Uttar Praesh under the patronage of Jameatur Rashad and also does social work. He is also the founder and national president of a political party Rashtriya Ulama Council (RUC) which has a strong hold specially in Uttar Pradesh and is working in 14 other states of India like Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu. The party has participated in general and assembly elections in many of these states.
Zubair Khan is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress political party. Zubair Khan is the current Secretary of the All India Congress Committee and the Party In-Charge of Uttar Pradesh. He assumed this position on 17 June 2013. Formerly, Zubair Khan was elected as the Member of Legislative Assembly for Rajasthan on three instances, in 1990, when he became one of the youngest MLA in India at 26 years, 1993 and 2003.
As’ad Madani was an Indian Deobandi Islamic scholar and a politician, who served as the sixth general secretary and the seventh President of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind. He was a member of the executive body of Darul Uloom Deoband. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh for three terms as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind or Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind is one of the leading organizations of Islamic scholars belonging to the Deobandi school of thought in India. It was founded in November 1919 by a group of Muslim scholars including Abdul Bari Firangi Mahali, Kifayatullah Dehlawi, Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti and Sanaullah Amritsari.
Itwa is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Itwa in the Siddharth Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Bansi is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Bansi in the Siddharth Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Shohratgarh is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Shohratgarh in the Siddharth Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Hifzur Rahman Seoharwi was an Indian Sunni Islamic scholar and an activist of the Indian independence movement, who served as the fourth general secretary of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind. He fought against British rule for 25 years (1922-1947) and spent eight years in jail. As a politician, he opposed the partition of India, and served as a member of the Indian Parliament for the Indian National Congress from Amroha from 1952 to 1962.
Rizwan Ahmad Khan is an Indian politician and member of the Peace Party of India and the Bahujan Samaj Party. He represented Kanth, Uttar Pradesh in the 14th and 15th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh. He held office from February 2002 to March 2012.
Kamlesh Tiwari was an Indian politician who founded the Hindu Samaj Party in 2017.
Dr. Masood Ahmad is an Indian politician and a member of 1993 Legislative Assembly of Tanda, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represented the Tanda, Ambedkar Nagar constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a state President of Rashtriya Lok Dal of Uttar Pradesh since August 2016 to March 2022. He was former Education Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1993.
