Sharad Govindrao Pawar is an Indian politician. He has served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on three occasions. He has held the posts of Minister of Defence and Minister of Agriculture in the Government of India. He is president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),which he founded in 1999,after separating from the Indian National Congress. He leads the NCP delegation in the Rajya Sabha,the upper chamber of the Indian parliament. He was the chairperson of Maha Vikas Aghadi.
Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Minister of Home Affairs,Minister of Power in the Manmohan Singh government,and the Leader of the House in Lok Sabha until 26 May 2014. He previously served as the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra from 18 January 2003 to October 2004.
Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh was an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Maharashtra,first term from 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 and second term,from 1 November 2004 to 5 December 2008. He also served in the Union cabinet as the Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences.
Sunil Panjabrao Deshmukh is the Member of Legislative Assembly from the constituency of Amravati,Maharashtra,India. He is a member of Indian National Congress (INC). In 2009,he was expelled from the Indian National Congress due to his rebellion in the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha election,2009 when he was denied a ticket to contest the election from his Amravati constituency in order to accommodate Mr. Raosaheb Shekhawat,the son of then President of India,Pratibha Patil. He was also the Minister of State for Finance and Planning,Public Works and Energy in the cabinet of the Government of Maharashtra (2004-2009). He was also the guardian minister for Amravati and Bhandara Districts of Vidarbha,Maharashtra from 2004-2009. Additionally,he also served as the ex-officio Vice-Chairman of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board's holding company and as the co-chairman of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd.
Ajit Anantrao Pawar is an Indian politician. He was the 8th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra in his latest stint as a minister. He was guardian minister for the District of Pune,India.
Ashokrao Shankarrao Chavan is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Maharashtra and he is the current PWD Minister of Maharashtra. He also served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra state from 8 December 2008 to 9 November 2010. Also,he has served as Minister for Cultural Affairs,Industries,Mines and Protocol in the Vilasrao Deshmukh government.
Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh is an Indian politician and a member of Indian National Congress. He is the son of veteran congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh. He is a three term Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from the Latur city constituency. He is the National Secretary of the All India Congress Committee. In 2014,he was appointed Minister of State for Tourism,Food &Drugs Administration,Excise,and New Renewable Energy.
Balasaheb Desai was a leading politician and social worker from Maharashtra,India and held important positions in the Maharashtra State Government as home minister,education minister,and cultural minister during the initial formation of the Maharashtra state. He was instrumental in establishing Shivaji University in Kolhapur in 1962.
Vijaysinh Shankarao Mohite-Patil is a politician from the Nationalist Congress Party and Member of Parliament (MP) for Madha in Maharashtra since the 2014 general election. He was earlier associated with Nationalist Congress Party. He left NCP on 21 March 2019.
Latur City Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India. This constituency is located in the Latur district. It is the 16th largest city in Maharashtra with district headquarter located in the city. The district comes under Marathwada region of Maharashtra,geographically located between 17°52′North to 18°50′North and 76°18′East to 79°12′East in the Deccan plateau. It has an average elevation of 631 metres above mean sea level. The entire district is on the Balaghat plateau,540 to 638 metres from the mean sea level.
Aditya Uddhav Thackeray is an Indian Politician who served as a Cabinet Minister of Higher Education,Cabinet Minister of Tourism and Environment for the Government of Maharashtra. He is also an MLA of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Mumbai,Maharashtra. He is the son of Uddhav Thackeray,an Indian politician serving as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra,leader of the Shiv Sena,and grandson of Balasaheb Thackeray. He is the President of Yuva Sena,a youth wing of Shiv Sena. He is senior Maharashtra Cabinet minister and was inducted as a cabinet minister in the state cabinet on 30 December 2019.
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.
Subhash Desai is an Indian politician and leader of Shiv Sena from Maharashtra. He is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council. He had represented Goregaon in 1990,2004 and 2009. Desai took charge as the Cabinet Minister of Industries in 2014. He is also guardian minister of Aurangabad district.
Eknath Sambhaji Shinde is an Indian politician currently serving as the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He was earlier the Cabinet Minister of Urban Development and Public Works in the Government Of Maharashtra. He is a Member of Legislative Assembly from Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency of Thane,Maharashtra. He has been elected consecutively for 4 terms in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2004,2009,2014 and 2019.
Pratap Govindrao Chikhalikar Patil is an Indian politician and Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Nanded district. He is a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Loha Assembly Constituency.
Shambhuraj Shivajirao Desai is an Indian politician and Shiv Sena leader from Satara district,Maharashtra. He is a member of the 14th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He represents the Patan Assembly Constituency. He had been elected to Vidhan Sabha for three terms in 2004,2014 and 2019.
'Ranjeet Deshmukh,who has served as the agriculture minister in the Vilasrao Deshmukh cabinet between 1999-2004,had also held other portfolios. He had held the position as state unit president of the party on two occasions was the president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC). He was first elected to the MLA in 1985 from the Savner constituency.
Babanrao Bhikaji Pachputeis an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He represents the Shrigonda in the district of Ahmednagar,Maharashtra.
Vilasrao Deshmukh of the Indian National Congress formed his second Maharashtra government after his party won the 2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections,in alliance with Nationalist Congress Party. Deshmukh had previously served as the State's Chief Minister from 1999 to 2003.
In January 2003,Sushilkumar Shinde was sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra,on resignation of his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh. Shinde led a cabinet consisting of his Congress party and alliance partner NCP,till the 2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. The Congress-NCP alliance secured a majority in those elections,but the Shinde ministry was replaced by his Deshmukh's second ministry.
