The Nationalist Congress Party is one of the eight national parties in India..The Party has described itself as a “millennial party with a modern and progressive orientation”with an ideology of “holistic democracy,”and “Gandhian secularism”
Janata Dal (United) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh and is a part of government in Bihar. JD(U) heads the government in Bihar and has remained the second largest party in Arunachal Pradesh. JD(U) won 16 seats in the 2019 Indian general election,making it the seventh largest party in the Lok Sabha. The party operates on the ideologies of socialism,secularism and integral humanism.
Sikander Bakht was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress,the Janata Party and,finally,the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was elected as the Vice President of the BJP,served as its leader in the Rajya Sabha,and as a cabinet minister in the NDA government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In 2000,he was awarded Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian honour of the Government of India.
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 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,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.
Vijayender Pal Singh Badnore is an Indian politician who was the 28th Governor of Punjab. He was a member of Rajya Sabha,elected on 17 June 2010. He was earlier a member of the 14th Lok Sabha and 13th Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament. He represented the Bhilwara constituency of Rajasthan and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party from 1999–2009 and also 4 time Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly.
Kuldeep Bishnoi is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He is currently serving as fourth-time member of Haryana Legislative Assembly from Adampur in the Hisar (city) of Haryana. He is also a member of Central Working Committee (CWC). Earlier in 2007,Bishnoi had founded a new party,Haryana Janhit Congress,a break way faction of Indian National Congress.
Avinash Rai Khanna is a Vice Chairman,Indian Red Cross Society and Vice President of Bhartiya Janta Party. He is also a BJP In-charge of Himacal Pradesh Earlier,he served as Ex member of Rajya Sabha and was also a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Hoshiarpur constituency of Punjab. He was elected as an MLA from Garshankar in 2002. In 2003,he was also elected as a State President B.J.P Punjab. After that he was elected Member of Parliament from Hoshiarpur Constituency in 2004. Under his leadership,first time in Punjab B.J.P. got 19 seats out of 23 in Assembly elections in 2007 and played a major role in formation of Akali government in Punjab. During his five-year tenure as an M.P.,he has asked 270 questions and participated in 116 debates.
Bhagat Singh Koshyari is an Indian politician serving as the 22nd and current Governor of Maharashtra from 5 September 2019. An RSS veteran,Koshyari served as National Vice-President of BJP and party's 1st State president for Uttarakhand. He also served as 2nd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2001 to 2002 and thereafter,he was the leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2003. He has also served as an MLC in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and MLA in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He later served as an MP in Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from Uttarakhand and then the MP in the 16th Lok Sabha from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency,earning him the distinction of being elected in both houses of State Legislature and both houses of National Parliament respectively.
Subburaman Thirunavukkarasar is an Indian politician. He was the State President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee till 2 February 2019 and former secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) of the Indian National Congress (INC) party. His introduction to politics in 1977 was facilitated by former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu,M. G. Ramachandran. Ramachandran founded the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in 1972 and was facing his first elections for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in 1977. He identified Thirunavukkarasar,a lawyer by profession,to contest the Aranthangi assembly constituency. Thirunavukkarasar won the seat,aged 27,and was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He continued in that capacity till 1980. Subsequently,he served as Tamil Nadu state minister from 1980 to 1987 in the MGR cabinet,holding portfolios that included Industries,Housing Board,Excise and Handlooms. Later,he became a member of the Lok Sabha –the lower house of the Parliament of India –when he won the erstwhile Pudukottai Lok Sabha constituency. He served as Union Minister of state for shipping and later for telecommunications and information technology.
Shiv Pratap Singh was an Indian politician and former BJP State President of Chhattisgarh. He was Member of Rajya Sabha representing Chhattisgarh and also Minister of State in Undivided Madhya Pradesh.
Randeep Singh Surjewala is an Indian politician from Haryana and a member of Indian National Congress party. He was an MLA in the Haryana state legislature until 2019 and a former minister. He held water supply and sanitation,parliamentary affairs,electronics and information technology,science and technology and public works as a minister in Haryana cabinet. In 2005,he was given the responsibility of Transport and Parliamentary Affairs and thus became the youngest minister in Haryana. He defeated Om Prakash Chautala in 1996 and 2005. As of December 2017,Surjewala is one of the official spokespersons of Indian National Congress party,and as of September 2021,is a General Secretary of the Indian National Congress and Party in-charge for Karnataka. In the biennial elections of the Rajya Sabha for the State of Rajasthan,held on 10th June,2022,Mr. Surjewala was elected as a Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha,with his term to start on 5th July,2022.
Banwarilal Purohit is an Indian politician who is the current and 29th Governor of Punjab,India and Administrator of Chandigarh as of 29 August 2021. He was the former Governor of Tamil Nadu from 2017 to 2021,and former Governor of Assam from 2016 to 2017. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a Member of Parliament from the Nagpur three times,twice as an Indian National Congress member,once as a BJP member.
Narhari Amin is a politician from Gujarat state of India. He is a member of the Indian Parliament (MP) affiliated with the Bharatiya Janta Party. Formerly he was a Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat affiliated to the Indian National Congress in 1994. He left the Indian National Congress on 5 December 2012 after he was denied a ticket to contest the December 2012 state legislative assembly election. On 6 December 2012,he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Anil Desai is an Indian politician belonging to the Shiv Sena. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha,the Upper house of Indian Parliament from Maharashtra. Anil Desai is considered to be excellent at managing elections,legal matters and back room activities. He has played a major role in managing the party’s resources and floated ideas like coining slogan,UTha Maharashtra. He is known as the party’s sober face.
Raghav Chadha is an Indian politician and member of the Aam Aadmi Party. He is Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from Punjab,India. He was the Vice Chairman of the Delhi Jal Board and MLA from the Rajendra Nagar assembly constituency in Delhi. Raghav Chadha has been elected as Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha. He is also a practising chartered accountant.
Vellamvelly Muraleedharan is an Indian politician from Kerala and current Union Minister of State for External Affairs &Parliamentary Affairs of India since from 30 May 2019.He was the eighth State President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala. He is also a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament representing the state of Maharashtra. He was sworn in as a Union Minister on 30 May 2019. On 12 June 2019,Muraleedharan was appointed Government Deputy Chief Whip in the Rajya Sabha.
Sukhbir Singh Badal is an Indian politician and the president of Shiromani Akali Dal,and is currently a member of Parliament from the Ferozpur. He served as Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab from 2009 to 2017. He is the son of Parkash Singh Badal,who has served several times as Chief Minister of Punjab. Badal and his family have ownership stakes in any array of businesses.
Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi is an Indian politician. A leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and Member of Parliament from Upper House Rajya Sabha,Trivedi is serving as the Senior National Spokesperson of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Syed Naseer Hussain is an is an Indian politician of Indian National Congress and a Member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament,the Rajya Sabha,from the state of Karnataka. He served as National Media Panelist (AICC) for the past three years. He also served as National Secretary and Chief Election Authority of Indian Youth Congress. He also served as the Chairman of various committees;Vice-Chairman,two labour boards and Chairman,two sub- committees,Government of India. He is from Bellary.
The Legislative Assembly elections were held in Punjab on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
