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.
Suraj Bhan was an Indian politician who was elected to the Lok Sabha for four terms from Ambala. He also served as the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha from July 1996 to December 1997. He served as governor of Uttar Pradesh,Himachal Pradesh,and Bihar.
Kalraj Mishra is an Indian politician,serving as the governor of Rajasthan. He is the former governor of Himachal Pradesh and cabinet minister of Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises in the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Being affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),he was a member of Parliament from Deoria constituency in Uttar Pradesh from 2014 to 2019.
Keshari Nath Tripathi was an Indian politician,who served as Governor of West Bengal from July 2014 to July 2019 and also as Governor of Bihar,Meghalaya,and Mizoram at various times. He was a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Speaker of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly three times,and the president of Bharatiya Janata Party,Uttar Pradesh.
Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh BR,better known as Nanaji Deshmukh,was a social reformer and politician from India. He worked in the fields of education,health,and rural self-reliance. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna,India's highest civilian award in 2019 by the Government of India. He was a leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and also a member of the Rajya Sabha.
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.
Ashthabhuja Prasad Shukla is an Indian politician. He represented the Khalilabad constituency in the Lok Sabha during 1991-1996. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Dr. Madan Prasad Jaiswal was a member of the 11th Lok Sabha,12th Lok Sabha,and 13th Lok Sabha of India. He represented Bettiah constituency of Bihar from 1996 to 2004,and was a founding member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Hari Kewal Prasad alternatively known as Hari Kewal Prasad Kushwaha was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament for four terms. He was a member of the 9th,10th,12th and the 14th Lok Sabhas of India. In all four terms,he represented the Salempur constituency of Uttar Pradesh and was a member of the Samajwadi Party political party before his death. and his son Ravindra Kushwaha is also currently Member of Parliament 2014 till now
The 2014 Indian general election polls in Uttar Pradesh for 80 Lok Sabha seats was held in six phases on 10,17,24,30 April and 7,12 May 2014. The total voter strength of Uttar Pradesh was 134,351,297.
Savitri Bai Phule is an Indian politician and president of the Kanshiram Bahujan Samaj Party (KBSP). She was elected to the state assembly in 2012 from Balha in Bahraich district as a candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party. She contested 2014 Lok Sabha election from Bahraich and became member of 16th Lok Sabha.
Vinod Kumar Sonkar is an Indian politician,a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Member of Parliament from Kaushambi,Uttar Pradesh,from 2014 to 2024. During his tenure as Member of Parliament,he served as the chairperson of the Lok Sabha parliamentary committee on Ethics. He has also served as a National secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Lallu Singh is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and has won the 2014 Indian general elections and again in the 2019 Lok Sabha election from the Ayodhya.
Sharad Tripathi was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the state of Uttar Pradesh. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Sant Kabir Nagar constituency in the 2014 general election.
Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi is an Indian politician and former professor. A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Member of Parliament from its Upper House,the Rajya Sabha. Trivedi is the Senior National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Maniram (Vidhan Sabha constituency) was one of the 425 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Uttar Pradesh state in central India. It was a part of the Gorakhpur district and one of the assembly constituencies in the Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha constituency). Maniram Assembly constituency came into existence in 1962 and ceased to exist in 2008 as a result of "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order,2008".
Swatantra Dev Singh is an Indian politician and currently he is cabinet minister in the Ministry of Jal Shakti,Government of Uttar Pradesh. He got an opportunity to represent the Bundelkhand region in the Yogi government and was made a minister with independent charge in the Yogi government.
Akshaibar Lal is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Bahraich,Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He defeated his nearest rival,Shabbir Balmiki of Samajwadi Party by 1,28,752 votes. He was a member of the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Balha from 2017 to 2019. Lal served as an MLA for five terms.
Rajesh Tripathi is an Indian politician and a member of 18th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing Chillupar. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party,and had represented the Chillupar constituency as a member of the 15th and 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.
Kushwaha is a surname used by people of Koeri caste in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The Kushwahas are also known as Maurya,Shakya,Saini in various parts of north India. As per one opinion,the Kushwaha surname is also common among members of Kachhi caste,who later merged with the Koeris to become a single homogeneous community. They are a dominant OBC community in the state of Bihar.
