Chhagan Bhujbal is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. Currently he is serving as Cabinet Minister of Food and Civil Supply,Consumer Affairs in Government of Maharashtra and Member of 14th Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra from Yeola Assembly. He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 October 1999 –23 December 2003.He earlier also served as Minister of Public Works Department and Minister of Home Affairs in Government of Maharashtra.
Purno Agitok Sangma was an Indian politician who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998 and Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990. He was the candidate for the 2012 Indian presidential election,supported by BJP,however he lost to Congress politician Shri Pranab Mukherjee. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,India's second highest civilian award,posthumously in 2017 in the field of Public Affairs and was the first recipient of Padma Vibhushan from Meghalaya.
Although India is a parliamentary democracy,the country's politics has become dynastic,possibly due to the absence of party organizations,independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party,and 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 senior 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,Jammu &Kashmir National Conference,AIMIM,and the Nationalist Congress Party are dominated by families.
Gopinath Pandurang Munde was an Indian politician from Maharashtra. A popular Leader in Maharashtra called a Lokneta. He was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Union Minister for Rural and Panchayati Raj in Narendra Modi's Cabinet.He is well known for being the mastermind behind the finish of the underworld in Mumbai,as deputy chief minister and home minister of Maharashtra in 1995-1999. He is a chief architect who introduced the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act in assembly which was ratified by the supreme court of India.
Nashik Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.
Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Maharashtra and he is the current PWD Minister of Maharashtra. He also 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.
Padmasinha Bajirao Patil is a former member of 15th Lok Sabha,the lower house of Parliament of India. He is currently under investigation for the murder of his cousin brother,Pawanraje Nimbalkar.
Nandgaon - नांदगाव is one of the fifteen constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Nashik district.
Assembly elections was held in Maharashtra,India in two phases on September 5,1999,and September 11,1999. Election results were declared on October 7,1999. The major parties were Bharatiya Janata Party - Shiv Sena (Yuti) alliance,Congress and NCP. Congress and NCP contested against each other without a pre-poll alliance but came together for a post-poll alliance to stake claim to form the government. Seats won:Congress:75,NCP:58. Post-poll-alliance 75+58=133/288. Shiv Sena + BJP = 69 + 56 = 125/288. Vilasrao Deshmukh of Congress became Chief Minister,and NCP's Chhagan Bhujbal became Deputy CM.
Upendra Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician and former Minister of State for Human Resources and Development in the Government of India. He is former MP from the Karakat constituency in Rohtas district,Bihar. He is a former member of the Rajya Sabha. He was the leader of his own party the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party,until it merged with Janata Dal (United) in 2021.
Although a parliamentary democracy,Indian politics has increasing 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 also 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 created in the 1960s also helped to create and consolidate this phenomenon in rural areas. Apart from government,political families also control cooperative institutions,mainly cooperative sugar factories and district cooperative banks in the state. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party also features several senior leaders who are dynasts. However,the phenomenon of dynasticism is at much lower level in the BJP than the Congress party. In Maharashtra,the NCP has particularly high level of dynasticism.
Raksha Nikhil Khadse is a politician from Maharashtra and belongs to the Bhartiya Janta Party. She represents the Raver Loksabha seat in lower house of Indian parliament.
Hemant Tukaram Godse is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. He represents Nashik constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Shiv Sena. He was previously a member of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and contested the same constituency in the 2009 elections,but lost to the NCP's Sameer Bhujbal by 24,000 votes.
Vijaykumar Gavit is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Nandurbar.
Yevla Assembly constituency is one of the fifteen constituencies of the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha located in the Nashik district.
Pankaj Chhagan Bhujbal is an Indian politician and member of Nationalist Congress Party,was elected as member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly twice from Nandgaon. He is the son of veteran politician and mass base leader Chhagan Bhujbal.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi or Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi,abbreviated as MVA,is a state-level political coalition formed after the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray of Shiv Sena,Sharad Pawar of the NCP and Sonia Gandhi of the INC,along with the support from the Samajwadi Party,PWPI,Prahar Janshakti Party and several other political parties including Independent MLAs.
Prithviraj Chavan was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on November 11,2010. The following is his cabinet. The government consisted of Chavan's Congress party and the Nationalist Congress Party.
