Chaudhary Charan Singh BR was an Indian politician and a freedom fighter who served as the 5th prime minister of India from 1979 to 1980 and the 3rd deputy prime minister of India from January 1979 to July 1979. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Baghpat. He served as 5th chief minister of Uttar Pradesh as a member of Bhartiya Kranti Dal. Charan Singh is known for his land and agricultural reform initiatives. He is widely regarded as the "Champion of farmer’s" after his life has been dedicated to advocating for the farmers' wellbeing and rights. Singh was the first non-congress man who formed government in the northern India and became 5th chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
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.
Sompal Shastri or Sompal Singh Shastri born on 20 January 1942 in a Farmer-Jat family and began his career as a politician of Rashtriya Lok Dal from Uttar Pradesh India. He has been Minister for Agriculture for the national government and a member of the Planning Commission. He is Vice Chairman, State Planning Board, Madhya Pradesh.
Harit Pradesh is a proposed new state of India comprising the western parts of Uttar Pradesh state. The etymology derives from harit, meaning 'green', and pradesh, meaning 'state'.
Chaudhary Ajit Singh was an Indian farmer leader and politician. He was the founder and chief of the Rashtriya Lok Dal, a political party recognised in the state of Uttar Pradesh. He was son of the former Prime Minister of India Chaudhary Charan Singh. He tested positive for COVID-19 and was subsequently admitted to a hospital in Gurugram. He died on 6 May 2021 after his condition deteriorated.
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.
Anuradha Choudhary is a politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. She has been a minister in Uttar Pradesh, and also a member of Lok Sabha. She started her career with Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal, joined Samajwadi Party in 2012 and joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2015.
Jayant Singh Chaudhary, better known as Jayant Chaudhary is an Indian politician and a member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh since 2022. Previously, he also served as a member of 15th Lok Sabha from Mathura. He is the National Chairman of the Rashtriya Lok Dal.
Satya Pal Malik is an Indian politician. Malik served as the 10th and last Governor of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, from August 2018 to October 2019, and it was during his tenure that revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was taken on 5 August 2019. Later, he moved to Goa, becoming 18th governor, and also served as the 21st Governor of Meghalaya until October 2022.
Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma is an Indian politician and a Member of parliament (MP) from West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. As a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he is serving his second term as an MP for West Delhi. In 2014 he was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha, and re-elected in 2019 for the 17th Lok Sabha with the highest ever margin of victory in the history of Delhi, a margin of 578,486 votes.
Chaudhary Yashpal Singh was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament of India. He was a member of the 8th Lok Sabha and has also been a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly several times. Singh represented the Saharanpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh. Yashpal Singh was National Vice President of the Samajwadi Party political party. However, he represented the Indian National Congress during the 8th Lok Sabha.
The partial list of political families of Uttar Pradesh state of India and their notable members:
Chaudhary Babulal is an Indian politician from the state of Uttar Pradesh. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Fatehpur Sikri constituency of the 16th Lok Sabha. As a member of the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), he has been one of the most prominent Jat leaders of western Uttar Pradesh for more than three decades.
Begum Tabassum Hasan is a Samajwadi Party political activist, former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from the Kairana Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh, and wife of former MP late Chaudhary Munawwar Hasan. She has been with Bahujan Samaj Party, Ajit Singh's Lok Dal, and Samajwadi Party.
Madan Bhaiya, born Madan Singh Kasana, is an Indian politician. Bhaiya is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and as of 2022 represents the Khatauli Assembly constituency. Bhaiya has a reputation as a folk hero in his area and is often referred to as Bahubali or Bhaiya Ji Madan. He has been linked to gang violence and as of 2013 had over half a dozen alleged murder charges. He travels in a bulletproof car along with 2–3 pilot cars containing his security detail. Bhaiya previously served four terms as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Khekada Assembly constituency of Baghpat district.
Lokdal or Lok Dal is an Indian political party based on agriculture policies, founded by former prime minister of India Charan Singh. It was founded on 26 September 1979 by merging Janata Party (Secular), Socialist Party and Orissa Janata Party. Charan Singh was elected president of Lok Dal and Raj Narain, its working president.
The Mahagathbandhan, or MGB, or simply the Gathbandhan (Alliance), was an anti-Congress, anti-BJP, Indian political alliance formed in the run-up to the 2019 general election under the leadership of two former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party and Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party, along with Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal.
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.
Chandan Singh Chauhan is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He is serving as member in 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly from Meerapur representing Rashtriya Lok Dal. He is son of RLD politician Sanjay Singh Chauhan and Grandson of Chaudhary Narain Singh.
Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party was an Indian political party formed in 1996 by Ajit Singh. Within months of winning Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency from Congress ticket in 1996 Lok Sabha election, Ajit Singh resigned from Congress to form his new party BKKP, with the help of Mahendra Singh Tikait. He contested Baghpat by-poll election on BKKP ticket and won by a margin of 231,440 votes. In 1999, he relaunched his party with the name of Rashtriya Lok Dal.
