Sharad 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 current president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),which he founded in 1999,after separating from the Indian National Congress. He leads the NCP delegation 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.
The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the state parties in India. The party generally supports Gandhian secularism. It is one of the major political parties in Maharashtra. 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 are expected to remain loyal to Sharad Pawar. This caused a direct split between the Ajit Pawar-led NCP Faction and the Founder and President of the party Sharad Pawar.
Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra,first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term,from 1 November 2004 to 5 December 2008. He also served in the Union cabinet as the Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.
Majalgaon is a municipal council in Beed district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the headquarters of the Majalgaon taluka of Beed district. Majalgaon is situated at northestern side of Beed district.
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.
Ajit Anantrao Pawar is an Indian politician who alongside Devendra Fadnavis is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2 July 2023. He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2022 to 2023,and was a Member of the Parliament in the Lok Sabha in 1991,representing Baramati constituency. He has also been a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly since 1991,representing Baramati constituency.
Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is son of ex-Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan. He is one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Maharashtra. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra state from 8 December 2008 to 9 November 2010. Also,he has served as Minister for Cultural Affairs,Industries,Mines and Protocol in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government and he is also the former PWD Minister of Maharashtra.
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.
Kaij Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
Georai Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
Majalgaon Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
Vijay Bhausaheb Thorat is an Indian politician who served as the revenue minister in Maharashtra state. He also served as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Thorat is a senior member of the Congress Party. He is an MLA from Sangamner constituency.
The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the legislature of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is situated in the Nariman Point area of South Mumbai in the capital Mumbai. Presently,288 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from the single-seat constituencies. The members of the upper house,the Maharashtra Legislative Council,are indirectly elected through an electoral college.
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.
Dhananjay Panditrao Munde is an Indian politician. Dhananjay Munde was in Bhartiya Janta Party as President Youth Wing (BJYM),who is currently a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),and appointed cabinet minister in Eknath Shinde's and was Cabinet Minister in Uddhav Thackeray's Maharashtra State Government.
Jitendra Satish Awhad is an Indian politician from Maharashtra currently serving as the Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra for 3 terms representing Mumbra-Kalwa in Thane. He has previously served as Cabinet Minister of Medical Education and Horticulture in 2014 and Housing and Minority Affairs from 2019 to 2022. He belongs to the Nationalist Congress Party.
Sundarrao Abasaheb Solanke (1927-2014) was an Indian politician who served as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra state.
Devthana is a village located in Dharur tehsil of Beed district. It belongs to Majalgaon constituency of Maharashtra legislative assembly.
Solunke (सोळुंके) is the surname of a prominent Maratha or Rajput clan mostly from Maharashtra and neighbouring states in India.
The Members of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra were elected in the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election,with results announced on 21 October 2019.
