Shambhuraj Shivajirao Desai is an Indian politician and Shiv Sena leader from Satara district,Maharashtra. He is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. [1] He represents the Patan Assembly Constituency. [2] He had been elected to Vidhan Sabha for four terms in 2004,2014,2019 and 2024. [3]
Chandrakant Khaire is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Shiv Sena political party from Aurangabad. He was elected consecutively for 4 terms in Lok Sabha representing Auragabad for 1999,2004,2009 and 2014. He was two time MLA from Aurangabad West in 1990 and 1995. He had also served as cabinet minister in Maharashtra state government from 1995 to 1999 in the Shiv Sena Government.
Balasaheb Desai was a leading politician and social worker from Maharashtra,India,who held important positions in the Maharashtra state government as home minister,education minister and cultural minister during the initial formation of the Maharashtra state. He was instrumental in establishing Shivaji University in Kolhapur in 1962.
Dr Ratnappa Bharamappa Kumbhar,also called Deshbhakt Ratnappa Kumbhar,was an Indian independence activist from Ichalkaranji,who actively participated in the Indian independence movement. He was one of the persons to sign the Final Draft of the Constitution of India along with B. R. Ambedkar. He received Padma Shri award in 1985. He was Member of the Parliament,Member of Legislative Council and also worked as a Minister of Food and Civil Supplies in Maharashtra Government.
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.
Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik is an Indian politician and a Shiv Sena leader from Kolhapur district,Maharashtra. He is member of 17th Lok Sabha from Kolhapur Constituency. He is son of Late Shri. Sadashivrao Mandlik who was elected as a Member of Parliament four times from Kolhapur Constituency. Sanjay Mandlik is a chairman of Sadashivrao Mandlik Kagal Taluka Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. which is located in Hamidawda in Kolhapur district.
Bhaskar Jadhav is an Indian politician and former Minister for Labour &Special Assistance,Maharashtra State. He is also the ex-president of Maharashtra state unit of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and MLA of Maharashtra from Guhagar. Formerly he also served as Minister of State for Urban Development,Forest,Port,Sports,Parliamentary Affairs,Youth Welfare,Ex-Defence Welfare,Law &Order,Fisheries and Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri.
Subhash Desai is an Indian politician and leader of Shiv Sena from Maharashtra. He is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council. He had represented Goregaon in 1990,2004 and 2009. Desai took charge as the Cabinet Minister of Industries in 2014. He was also the guardian minister of Aurangabad district.
Eknath Sambhaji Shinde is an Indian politician who is serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra since December 2024 alongside Ajit Pawar under Devendra Fadnavis. He is the chairperson of Shiv Sena since February 2023 and was the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from June 2022 to December 2024. He is also the Member of Legislative Assembly for the Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency of Thane,Maharashtra,since 2009 and was formerly the MLA of Thane constituency from 2004 to 2009.
Gulab Raghunath Patil is a politician and incumbent Water supply and Sanitation minister of the Maharashtra state. He is a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA),the state's lower house representing rural Jalgaon constituency. He is a member of Shiv Sena party.
Sanjay Bhashkar Raimulkar is a Shiv Sena politician from Buldhana district,Maharashtra. He is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Mehkar Assembly Constituency as member of Shiv Sena. He has been elected to Vidhan Sabha for two consecutive terms in 2009 and 2014.
Krushna Arjun Ghoda was an Indian politician and member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represented the Palghar Assembly Constituency as member of Shiv Sena. He was a Shiv Sena politician from Palghar district,Maharashtra. He had also represented Dahanu Vidhan Sabha constituency in 1999 and 2004.
Ravindra Waikar is a Shiv Sena politician from Maharashtra. He is a Member of Parliament from Mumbai North West. He was also a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing Jogeshwari East Assembly Constituency. He has been elected to Vidhan Sabha for three consecutive terms in 2009,2014 and 2019. He was appointed Maharashtra's minister of state,Higher &Technical Education in December 2014. He was given the Housing,Higher &Technical Education portfolio. He was also given responsibility of being guardian minister of Ratnagiri district.
Arjun Panditrao Khotkar is an Indian politician from Ekanath Shinde's Shiv Sena. He was a MLA elected from Jalna in Marathwada as a member of Shiv Sena. He has been elected four times to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for 1990,1995,2004 and 2014. On 25 November 2017,his 2014 election from Jalna constituency was declared void by Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court for filing his nomination papers after deadline has ended.
Uday Samant is an Indian politician and leader of Shiv Sena from Maharashtra. He is Cabinet Minister of Ministry of Industries (Maharashtra). He is current Member of Legislative Assembly from Ratnagiri. He has been elected to Vidhan Sabha for five consecutive terms in 2004,2009,2014,2019 and 2024.
Sandipanrao Bhumre is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is a leader of the Shiv Sena from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Formerly Aurangabad). Currently,since June 2024,he is serving as Member of Parliament from Aurangabad Lok Sabha constituency. Before that,he was a five time MLA from Paithan Assembly constituency.
Babanrao Shankar Gholap alias Nana is an Indian politician,from Nashik district. He was Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Deolali Vidhan Sabha constituency as member of Shiv Sena. He had been elected to Vidhan Sabha for five consecutive terms in 1990-2009. He was Cabinet Minister of Social Welfare in Maharashtra Government.
Tanaji Sawant is a businessman,Shiv Sena politician and deputy leader from Solapur district,Maharashtra. He is current Member of Legislative Assembly from Bhoom / Paranda / Washi Vidhan Sabha constituency as a member of Shiv Sena. He was elected to legislative council with a record margin of 270 votes,securing 348 votes.
Ramesh Korgaonkar is Shiv Sena politician from Mumbai,Maharashtra. He was MLA in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Bhandup West Vidhan Sabha constituency as a member of Shiv Sena.
Kailas Balasaheb Ghadge Patil is an Indian politician from Osmanabad,Maharashtra. He is a current member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Osmanabad Vidhan Sabha constituency as a member of Shiv Sena.
Vikramsinh Ranjitsinh Patankar is an Indian politician from Maharashtra,who was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA),representing the Patan for five terms since 1983 to 2014,winning 1983,1985,1990,1995,1999 and 2009 elections. He is a senior leader of the Nationalist Congress Party.