Ramdas Gangaram Kadam is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He was Member of the Legislative Assembly from Khed Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ratnagiri District,Maharashtra,India as a member of Shiv Sena. He has been elected consecutively for 4 terms in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for 1990,1995,1999 and 2004. He got elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council from Shiv Sena Party in Jan. 2010. He was Cabinet Minister of Environment in Maharashtra State Government and guardian minister of Nanded district.
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 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK),Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,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.
Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in Eastern India.
Deogarh is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Debagarh district.
Morada is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district,Odisha.
Rairangpur is a constituency of the Odisha Legislative Assembly,in Mayurbhanj district,Odisha.
Saraskana is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district,Odisha.
Surada is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district,Odisha.
Jharigam is an Odisha Legislative Assembly constituency in Nabarangpur district,Odisha.
Khallikote is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district,Odisha.
Pottangi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district,Odisha,India.
Rayagada is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Rayagada district,Odisha.
Daspalla is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Nayagarh district,Odisha.
Salipur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Cuttack district,Odisha.
Ekamra-Bhubaneswar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khordha district,Odisha,India.
Arabinda Dhali is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). Dhali is a sixth-term member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly and represented the Malkangiri from 1992 to 2000 and the Jayadev constituency from 2009 to 2014. He was a former transport and corporation minister in BJD-BJP alliance. He had quit BJP,Odisha to join Bharatiya Janshakti Party on 30 April 2006. With Rama Chandra Panda,a former Deputy Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly,he joined Bharatiya Janshakti Party. Then on Monday,March 24 2008,he joined the Samajwadi Party. Later,he joined Biju Janata Dal and won as an MLA from Jayadev Assembly constituency in 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. He later quit BJD and joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 3 March 2024. Mr. Dhali will fight 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election from BJP for the Jayadev assembly segment in Khurda district.
Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka is an Indian politician hailing from Rayagada,Koraput. He was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Koraput,Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Indian National Congress. He retained his seat again by winning with a margin of 1,47,744 votes in the 2024 Indian general election. He is currently the only member from Odisha Congress in the Lok Sabha
Chandrama Santha was an Indian politician who served in the Orissa Legislative Assembly from 1980 until 1990. A member of the Indian National Congress,she represented the Pottangi constituency.
Pitam Padhi is an Indian politician from Odisha. He was a Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 2019,representing Pottangi Assembly constituency as a Member of the Biju Janata Dal.
