Rashtriya Lok Dal is a political party in India founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh. He was carrying on the political legacy of his father and former Prime Minister of India,Chaudhary Charan Singh and the original Lok Dal. Chaudhary Ajit Singh was infected with COVID-19 and died during treatment at Medanta Hospital,Gurgaon.
Dhule district is a district of Maharashtra,India. The city of Dhule is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is part of North Maharashtra.
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.
Shripad Yesso Naik is an Indian politician serving as the current Minister of State for Tourism and Ports,Shipping and Waterways of India in office 7 July 2021. He was the former Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. He is the Member of Parliament from North Goa constituency,representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Manikrao Hodlya Gavit was an Indian politician from Nandurbar district of Maharashtra,India. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC),he represented the Nandurbar constituency from 1980 to 2014,winning the Indian general elections consecutive nine times,marking a record.
Subhash Sureshchandra Deshmukh is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Deshmukh represents the Solapur South constituency in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He served as the Cabinet Minister of Co-Operation,Relief and Rehabilitation in the Government of Maharashtra.
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,was the leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2003. He 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.
Nandurbar Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in the Nandurbar district and it is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes. It is currently held by Vijaykumar Gavit of the BJP,who is former State Minister for Medical Education and Horticulture.
Sakri Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in the Dhule district and it is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled tribes.
Harsh Vardhan is an Indian otorhinolaryngologist. He had served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare,Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences in the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 30 May 2019 to 7 July 2021. He represents Chandni Chowk in Delhi as a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was elected to the office of Chairperson of Executive Board of the World Health Organization from May 22,2020. Vardhan has been prominent in the Indian government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He later resigned from his cabinet post ahead of the cabinet reshuffle in July 2021.
Dajisaheb Ramrao Chavan was an Indian politician and served as a Member of parliament,Lok Sabha for 16 years. A member of the Indian National Congress,he was the former Union Deputy Minister for Defence and Law. His wife,Premala,represented his Lok Sabha seat after his death. Their son Prithviraj was Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2010 to 2014.
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. In Maharashtra,the NCP has particularly high level of dynasticism.
Nana Falgunrao Patole is an Indian politician who is the current President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee from 5 February 2021. He was the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
Dr. Heena Gavit is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Maharashtra. She is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha from the Nandurbar constituency.She is a National Spokesperson of the BJP.
Shrikant Eknath Shinde is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Kalyan constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Shiv Sena political party.
Ravindra Vishwanath Gaikwad is an Indian politician associated with Shiv Sena,and was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India from 2014 to 2019 as a member of that party. He did not contest Lok Sabha elections in 2019. In 2014,he had contested from Osmanabad constituency of Maharashtra,and defeated sitting MP Padamsinha Bajirao Patil who contested from Nationalist Congress Party by 235,325 votes by obtaining 607,699 votes against 373,374. Before 2014,he was a two time MLA from omerga constituency. He has also been the Chairman of Killari Sugar Factory. He is a director on the agriculture board committee in the Central Government of India. His son Kiran Ravindra Gaikwad lost the Zilla parishad Osmanabad election from kunhali constituency. The loss to prakash Ashte was widely discussed in media.
Kunal Rohidas Patil is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.He won this constituency in a row second time for MLA. He represents the Dhule Rural Assembly Constituency. He belongs to the Indian National Congress. He is the son of Indian National Congress leader and former minister Rohidas Patil.
Patil is an Indian surname used in Maharashtra,Karnataka,Goa,Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare of India from 7 July 2021. She was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Dindori,Loksabha Constituency Maharashtra in the 2019 Indian general election as member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad is an Indian politician and retired pediatric surgeon. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party,and serves as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. He was the Mayor of Aurangabad twice. Karad became a Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance in the reshuffle of PM Modi's cabinet in the second term.
