The Bharatiya Janata Party is one of two major political parties in India,along with the Indian National Congress. It has been the ruling political party of the Republic of India since 2014 under its prime minister,Narendra Modi. The BJP is a right-wing party,and its policy has historically reflected Hindu nationalist positions. It has close ideological and organisational links to the much older Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). As of 17 February 2022,it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament and state legislatures.
The Goa legislative assembly election was held on 3 March 2012,to select the 40 members of the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly,as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on March 2012.
Jathedar Tota Singh is an Indian politician who belongs to the Shiromani Akali Dal. He was Minister for Agriculture &NRI Affairs in the previous Punjab Government. He is Senior Vice President and Member,High Power Committee of Shiromani Akali Dal. Member of Shiromani Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee.
Sikander Singh Maluka is an Indian politician and belongs to the non ruling Shiromani Akali Dal. He was Minister for Rural Development and Panchayats in the Akali Punjab Government.
Janmeja Singh Sekhon is an Indian politician and belongs to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal. He is Minister for PWD in the present Punjab Government. He has been holding this post since 2007.
Gulzar Singh Ranike was a cabinet minister in the previous Punjab government and he belongs to the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal. He was Minister for Animal Husbandry,Dairy,Fisheries in that Government. He had been holding this post from 2012 to 2017. He is also President of Shiromani Akali Dal SC Wing.
Sarwan Singh Phillaur is an Indian politician. He was Minister for Jails,Tourism,Cultural Affairs and Printing and Stationery in the present Punjab Government.
Ajit Singh Kohar was an Indian politician and a member of Shiromani Akali Dal. He was the Minister of Transport,Legal &Legislative Affairs and Elections in the Punjab Government.
Chuni Lal Bhagat is an Indian politician and was Minister for Forest and wildlife,labour in the Punjab Government. He is member of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP).
Madan Mohan Mittal is an Indian politician and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in Punjab. He served as the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs,Health &Family Welfare and Social Security &Development of Women &Children in the government headed by Parkash Singh Badal. Punjab Government. He is member of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). He had done a lot of welfare work of his constituency Anandpur Sahib. He laid the foundation of a famous flyover project near nangal.He joined Shiromani Akali Dal on 29.01.2022 and made Senior Vice President of SAD.
Anil Joshi is a politician from Amritsar,Punjab,India who was serving as Minister for Local Bodies,Medical Education &Research in the previous Punjab Government. He joined the Shiromani Akali Dal party in 2021 following his expulsion from the BJP. He was first elected as a member of Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Amritsar North Constituency in 2007 and then re-elected in 2012.
Sucha Singh Langah is an Indian politician and belongs to the Shiromani Akali Dal. He is a former cabinet Minister in Punjab Government. He was Minister for Public Works Department from 1997 to 2002 and then Minister for Agriculture from 2007 to 2012.
Amarjit Singh Samra was an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He was Minister for Revenue and Rehabilitation in the Punjab Government from 2002 to 2007.
Master Mohan Lal is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). He is a former Minister for Transport in Punjab Government.
Raghunath Sahai Puri was an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He was the Minister for Housing &Urban Development in Punjab Government during 2002-2007.
Om Parkash Soni is an Indian politician and Former Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab who belongs to the Indian National Congress. He is a member of Punjab Legislative Assembly represents Amritsar Central. He is also a Cabinet Minister in the government of Punjab and heads the School Education department. He was sworn as Deputy CM on 20th Sept 2021.
Som Parkash is a politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry,Government of India. He is a Member of Parliament from Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha Constituency and an Ex-MLA from Phagwara. He is also a former Deputy Commissioner of Jalandhar and former IAS officer of 1988 batch in Punjab cadre. Som Parkash,who was born on 3 April 1949,is an MA (Economics) from the Punjab University,Chandigarh. He had started his career as a research officer in the Punjab State Planning Board in 1972. Thereafter,he became an excise and taxation officer in the Punjab Excise Department. Som Parkash has served as the deputy commissioner of Faridkot,Hoshiarpur and Jalandhar and has also held posts like the Labour Commissioner,Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) chief administrator,managing director of the Punjab Financial Corporation and director of the Social Security Department.
Parkash Singh Badal is an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Punjab state from 1970 to 1971,from 1977 to 1980,from 1997 to 2002,and from 2007 to 2017. He is also the patron of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD),a Sikh-centered regional political party. He was the president of the party from 1995 to 2008,when he was replaced by his son Sukhbir Singh Badal. As the patron of SAD he exercises a strong influence on the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. The Government of India awarded him the second-highest civilian award,Padma Vibhushan,in 2015.
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.
A Legislative Assembly election was held in Manipur on 4 March and 8 March 2017 to elect the 60 members of the Manipur Legislative Assembly,as the term of the previous Assembly was to end on 18 March 2017. Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines were used along with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in four assembly constituencies in Manipur.
