Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is a political party based primarily in the Indian state of Haryana. It was initially founded as the Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) by Devi Lal in 1996,who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India.
Devi Lal,also known as Chaudhary Devi Lal,was an Indian statesman and politician who served as 6th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and from 1990 to 1991. Lal emerged as farmer leader from the state of Haryana,and served as the Chief Minister of Haryana from 1977 to 1979 and then from 1987 to 1989. He was the founder of Indian National Lok Dal. He was popularly known as Tau,meaning uncle.
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 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK),Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,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.
Bansi Lal Legha,also known as Chaudhary Bansi Lal, was an Indian politician and independence activist,who served as the Minister of Defence of India and three-time Chief Minister of Haryana. He is also known as the 'architect of modern Haryana'.
Bhajan Lal was a politician and three-time chief minister of the Indian state of Haryana. He became the Chief Minister for the first time in 1979,was re-elected in 1982,and became the chief minister for the third time by winning the elections in 1991. He also served as the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister of Environment and Forests in the Rajiv Gandhi government.
Kuldeep Bishnoi is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as fourth-time member of Haryana Legislative Assembly from Adampur in the Hisar (city) of Haryana. He was also a member of Congress Central Working Committee (CWC). Earlier in 2007,Bishnoi had founded a new party,Haryana Janhit Congress,a breakaway faction of Indian National Congress.
Shruti Choudhry is an Indian politician from Haryana belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Since October 2024,she has been serving as a Cabinet Minister in the Haryana Government after being elected as a legislative member (MLA) from Tosham (Bhiwani).
Maharaja Rao Birender Singh was an Indian politician. He served first as a minister in the state government of Punjab and then as Chief Minister of Haryana,and also served as a minister in Punjab state,Haryana state and the Union cabinet. He also served as the second speaker of Haryana state assembly in 1967. He coined an Indian political vocabulary Aaya Ram,Gaya Ram to describe the practice of frequently floor-crossing by legislature.
Chaudhary Birender Singh Sheokand is a senior Indian political leader and a well-known face in Indian Politics. He lately served as Minister of Rural Development,Panchayati Raj,Sanitation &Drinking Water from 2014 to 2016 and later as the Union Minister of Steel from 2016 to 2019 in the Narendra Modi led NDA Government in India.
The Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee or is the state unit of the Indian National Congress (INC) in the state of Haryana,India. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state,as well as selecting candidates for local,state,and national elections. The HPCC's headquarters are located in Chandigarh. The current president of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee is Mr. Udai Bhan,a senior leader and four-time Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
Aaya Ram Gaya Ram is a Hindi expression referring to the practice of turncoating,or switching parties in the context of a legislative body. The term originated in 1967 in Haryana when the Member of the Legislative Assembly Gaya Lal shifted his party allegiances thrice within two weeks. Lal’s behavior eventually resulted in the imposition of President’s rule in Haryana later that year. Further pressure resulted in the passage of an anti-defection law in 1985. However,the practice of defection is still found today in state legislatures,albeit to a more limited extent.
The Haryana Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Indian state of Haryana. The seating of the assembly is at Chandigarh,the capital of the state. There are 90 seats in the house filled by direct election using a single-member first-past-the-post system. The term of office is five years.
This is the alphabetical categorised list of statewide,regional and local political families involved in the politics and various elections of Haryana state of India at state and national level.
Manohar Lal Khattar is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Power and Housing &Urban Affairs in the central Modi government since June 2024. He is a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and served as the 10th Chief Minister of Haryana from 26 October 2014 till his resignation on 12 March 2024.
Gaya Lal was an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress. Lal was a member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Hassanpur constituency in the Palwal district.
Legislative Assembly election was held in Haryana on 21 October 2019 to elect 90 members of the Haryana Legislative Assembly. The final voter turnout was recorded at 68.20%. The results were announced on 24 October 2019.
Balbir Balmiki Singh is an Indian politician from Haryana State. He was an MLA from Israna Assembly constituency which is reserved for Scheduled Caste community. Representing Indian National Congress he won the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election. He was nominated again to contest from this seat in the 2024 Haryana election but lost this time.
Hodal is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Haryana state in India. It is part of Palwal district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. This constituency was previously known as the Hassanpur Assembly constituency.
Krishan Hooda (1945–2020) was an Indian politician from Haryana. He was elected as a Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from the Baroda Assembly constituency from 2009 to 2020. He last represented the Indian National Congress winning the 2019 Haryana Legislative Assembly election from Baroda. Earlier,he won three times from the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi Assembly constituency.
Harinder Singh is an Indian politician from Haryana. He is a Member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from 2024,representing Hodal Assembly constituency as a Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
