Sanjay Nirupam is a former member of the Indian Parliament from Indian National Congress party,and former President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee. Nirupam served two terms as an MP in the Rajya Sabha first as a member from the Shiv Sena and then from the Congress Party. He represented North Mumbai Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 to 2014.
The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the 2004 Indian general election held in four phases during 20 April –10 May 2004,which led to the formation of first Manmohan Singh ministry (2004–2009). Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 62 more seats than previous 13th Lok Sabha. The Lok Sabha is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 8 sitting members from Rajya Sabha,the Upper House of Indian Parliament,were elected to 14th Lok Sabha after the 2004 Indian general election.
Kamal Nath is an Indian politician who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for approximately 15 months and resigned after a political crisis. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from March 2020 to April 2022.
Bandaru Dattatreya is an Indian politician serving as the current Governor of the State of Haryana since 2021,being the first telugu person serving as the Governor of Haryana from Telangana and also being the first telugu person served as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh. He was also the 20th Governor of Himachal Pradesh and was the Member of Lok Sabha for Secunderabad from 2014 to 2019. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Operation Duryodhana (2005) was the code name of a sting operation,which captured on camera eleven members of Parliament of India accepting money to table questions on the floor of the Parliament.
Shankersinh Laxmansinhji Vaghela is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Gujarat. He was the Leader of Opposition in 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
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.
Suraj Bhan was a former Governor,Member of Parliament and an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party.
Colonel Dhani Ram Shandil (Retd) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Indian National Congress political party. In 1999,he was elected to the 13th Lok Sabha from Shimla constituency in Himachal Pradesh as a Himachal Vikas Congress candidate. He was re-elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004 from the same constituency as an Indian National Congress. He is the MLA from Solan and previously served as Social Justice and empowerment minister in the Himachal Pradesh Cabinet. Mr. Shandil won by-poll election in October 2021 from Solan constituency.
Prem Kumar Dhumal is an Indian politician and was served twice as Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh,from March 1998 to March 2003 and again from 1 January 2008 to 25 December 2012.He was the Bharatiya Janata Party's Chief Ministerial candidate for the 2017 Himachal Assembly Election,in which he lost his seat.
Pandit Sukh Ram was an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Communications and Information Technology from 1993 to 1996. He was a member of Lok Sabha from the Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh. He won the Vidhan Sabha elections five times and the Lok Sabha elections three times. He is the father of politician Anil Sharma and grandfather of actor Aayush Sharma. In 2011 he was sentenced to 5 years in jail for corruption when he was Communications Minister in 1996.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is an Indian politician serving as the leader of the Indian National Congress in the 17th Lok Sabha and the Member of Parliament from Berhampore. He is also the current president of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee following the demise of Somendra Nath Mitra.
Lakshman Chandra Seth,commonly known as Lakshman Seth,is an Indian politician from Tamluk,West Bengal,India. He was a West Bengal state committee member of the CPIM and is a former MP from Haldia.
Sartaj Singh Chhatwal is an Indian politician,who served as PWD minister in government of Madhya Pradesh. He is a former member of the Lok Sabha of India in 2004. He represented the Hoshangabad constituency of Madhya Pradesh for four terms. Sartaj Singh was a long time BJP member and even served as a minister in MP state government but on 8 November 2018,he joined the rival Indian National Congress party over denial of assembly ticket to him. He also served as Union Cabinet Minister,Health and Family Welfare from 16 May 1996 to 1 June 1996.
Anurag Singh Thakur is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party and a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Hamirpur,Himachal Pradesh. He is the current Minister of Sports,Youth Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the Second Modi ministry. Previously,Thakur served as a Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in May 2008 in a by poll as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Coming from a political family of Himachal Pradesh,he is a long serving,four time Member of Parliament,being a member of 14th,15th,16th,and 17th Lok Sabha.
Dr Rajan Sushant is an Indian politician and a member of Aam Aadmi Party. In the 2009 election he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Kangra constituency in Himachal Pradesh. He is a former member of Bhartiya Janata Party.
Lakshman Singh is an Indian politician who represented the Indian National Congress (INC),and later its rival BJP in the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India. He is a 5 term Member of Parliament and 2 term Member of legislative Assembly.
Jagat Prakash Nadda is an Indian lawyer and politician serving as the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 20 January 2020. He was the BJP's working president from June 2019 to January 2020. Currently he is serving as the National Party President of the BJP.
Krishan Dutt Sultanpuri was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from the Shimla constituency of Himachal Pradesh in 1980,1984,1989,1991,1996 and 1998 as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was a member of the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Solan in 1972 as an Independent candidate. Mr. Sultanpuri belong to the Koli caste of Himachal Pradesh and was close aid to former Indian President Ram Nath Kovind.
Suresh Kumar Kashyap is an Indian politician and President of Himachal Pradesh State Unit of Bharatiya Janata Party.
