Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi was an Indian politician,who has served as the 1st Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2000 to 2003 and a member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Marwahi from 2018 to 2020 and from 2001 to 2013. He also served as a member of Lok Sabha from Mahasamund from 2004 to 2008 and from Raigarh from 1998 to 1999 and member of Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh from 1986 to 1998 and district collector of Raipur in Office from 1978 to 1981. He was a member of Indian National Congress till 2016 and the founder of the political party named Janta Congress Chhattisgarh and the 1st President of the party from 2016 till he died in 2020.
The Samajwadi Party is a socialist political party in India. It was founded by formerly Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. The Samajwadi Party is currently led by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,Akhilesh Yadav. He was chosen as the President for the first time in an Emergency meeting in 2017. He was chosen for second time in 2017 at Agra Convention of Samajwadi Party. He was chosen for the third time at the party's national convention held in September 2022 at Lucknow.
Gondwana Gantantra Party or GGP is a political party in India,founded by Hira Singh Markam. It primarily works for the tribal community and its politics.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan,is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from 2020 to 2023 and previously from 2005 to 2018 and a Member of Legislative Assembly in Madhya Pradesh from Budhni since 2006 and previously from 1990 to 1991. He is the longest serving Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.
Durg is a city in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh,east of the Shivnath River and is part of the Durg-Bhilai urban agglomeration. With an urban population of 1,064,077,Durg-Bhilai is the second largest urban area in Chhattisgarh after Raipur. It is the headquarters of Durg District.
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 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.
Satya Pal Singh Baghel is an Indian politician. A member of Bharatiya Janata Party,he got elected to 17th Lok Sabha from Agra. He previously was a member of Samajwadi Party,in which he got elected to Lok Sabha thrice and to Rajya Sabha once as a member of Bahujan Samajwadi Party.
Bhupesh Baghel,popularly known as Kaka,is an Indian politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2018 to 2023. He was president of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress from 2014 to 2019. He represents the Patan constituency in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly since 2013 and from 2003 to 2008. He had been cabinet minister of Transportation in undivided Madhya Pradesh in Digvijaya Singh government from 1999 to 2003. He was first Minister for Revenue,Public Health Engineering and Relief Work of Chhattisgarh.
Saroj Pandey is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is the National Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party. Previsously,she served as member of the Rajya Sabha,upper house of the Indian Parliament and also served as National General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party. Prior to becoming Rajya Sabha MP,she was elected to 15th Lok Sabha from Durg and was also Member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly.
Madhusudan Yadav is an Indian Politician from Bharatiya Janta Party. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India representing the Rajnandgaon constituency of Chhattisgarh.
Charan Das Mahant is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress who serves as the Speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. He was the member of the Indian Parliament,representing Korba constituency. He is the former Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing.
Dara Singh Chauhan is an Indian politician,currently serving as member of legislative council,and formerly represented the Madhuban in Uttar Pradesh as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was former Cabinet Minister in Yogi Adityanath ministry. He also represented Ghosi in the 15th Lok Sabha,where he was leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party. In 16th Lok Sabha,he was defeated by Harinarayan Rajbhar who represented Bharatiya Janata Party by more than 140,000 votes.
Hanuman Ramdev Beniwal is an Indian politician and farmer leader from Nagaur,Rajasthan. He is founder and president of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party. He is serving as member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly repersenting Khinvsar constituency. He has been elected in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly for four-terms from Khinvsar constituency. He is also a former member of 17th Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament from Nagaur.
Mahasamund is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. It is in Mahasamund district and is a part of Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency.
Chandulal Chandrakar was an Indian journalist and politician who was a member of the 10th Lok Sabha representing Durg of Madhya Pradesh State. He was also elected as member of the 4th,5th,7th,and 8th Lok Sabha of the Indian Parliament.
Tribhuvaneshwar Saran Singh Deo,also known by his initials as T. S. Singh Deo or T. S. Baba,is an Indian politician from Ambikapur,Chhattisgarh. He was the First Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from June 2023 to December 2023.
Vijay Baghel is an Indian politician who serves as the Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha from Durg as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Manoj Singh Mandavi was an Indian politician and a member of the 4th Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly,elected from the Bhanupratappur constituency in the 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election. He was a member of the Indian National Congress.
Kawardha is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. It is in Kabirdham district and is a segment of Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat. The seat used to be part of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly when Chhattisgarh was part of MP.
Rupkumari Choudhary is an Indian politician and the BJP candidate for Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency for 2024 Indian general election. Previously she had been elected as a member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Basna in 2013.
