The Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP) is a Marxist political party in Maharashtra,India. The party was founded in 1948,having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 10,000 members. The influence of the party is largely limited to three districts. The party was founded in Maharashtra by Keshavrao Jedhe of Pune,Shankarrao More,Bhausaheb Raut of Mumbai,Nana Patil of Satara,Tulshidas Jadhav of Solapur,Dajiba Desai of Belgaum,Madhavrao Bagal of Kolhapur,P K Bhapkar and Datta Deshmukh of Ahmednagar,Vithalrao Hande and others.
The Maharashtra Legislative Council or Maharashtra Vidhan Parishad is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Maharashtra state in western India.
Ashok Shankarrao Chavan is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is the son of the late former Maharashtra Chief Minister Shankarrao Chavan. He was one of the most influential leaders of Indian National Congress in Maharashtra but joined Bhartiya Janata Party on 13 February 2024. He has 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 and he is also the former PWD Minister of Maharashtra.
Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra and a foremer Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He is a member of Indian National Congress and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly representing Bramhapuri constituency.
Vinod Sridhar Tawde is an Indian politician from Maharashtra and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was the General Secretary for Maharashtra unit of the party,President for Mumbai,All India National Executive Council Member and a key member of co-ordination Committee of the BJP for the 12th and 13th Lok Sabha Election.
Satej Dnyandeo Patil is a Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council from the Indian National Congress.He served as the Minister of State for Home (Urban),Housing,Transport,Information Technology,and Parliamentary Affairs. He previously served as Minister of State for Home,Rural Development,Food &Drugs Administration of Maharashtra in the UPA coalition government from 2010 to 2014. Like many of his contemporaries,Patil also followed his father Dr. D. Y. Patil in politics. Patil hails from the city of Kolhapur.
Madhuri Misal is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party and a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elected from Parvati in Pune city.
Amal Mahadik is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Medha Vishram Kulkarni is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Vinayak Tukaram Mete was an Indian politician from Rajegaon in Beed,Maharashtra. He was a leader of Shiv Sangram.
Mohan Joshi is an Indian politician from Pune,Maharashtra. He represents the Indian National Congress in various organizational and constitutional capacities,including as head of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee as state general secretary since 2009. He belongs to the Pune Constituency. He is the president of the Maharashtra branch of Harijan Sevak Sangh.
Mukta Tilak was an Indian politician. She was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Kasba Peth in the 2019 state elections as a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Ramesh Kashiram Karad,commonly known as Ramesh Appa Karad,is an Indian politician from Maharashtra state and a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council from Bharatiya Janata Party and district president of Bharatiya Janata Party Latur.
Gopichand Kundalik Padalkar is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council. He got elected to the Legislative Council by MLA's (unopposed) on 14 May 2020. Previously he was with the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi,he started his political career with the Rashtriya Samaj Paksha. He rejoined BJP before the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Elections. He is also a film maker and an actor.
Bapusaheb Tukaram Pathare is an Indian politician and a former member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He served as the first corporator of Kharadi and was a member of the district council of Pune. He was a chairperson of the Pune Municipal Corporation. He was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2009 from the Vadgaon Sheri Assembly constituency. He is elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2024 from the Vadgaon Sheri Assembly constituency.
Aamshya Phulji Padavi is an Indian politician from Nandurbar district,Maharashtra. He is current member of Maharashtra Legislative Council. After unsuccessfully contesting the assembly polls from the Akkalkuwa assembly segment in 2014,2019,he won the 2024 Assembly election by a margin of 2,904 votes.
Dilip Mohite is an Indian Politician from Maharashtra. He was a member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Khed Alandi Assembly constituency representing Nationalist Congress Party in the 2019 Assembly election.
Chetan Vitthal Tupe is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who is an MLA from Hadapsar Assembly constituency in Pune District. He won the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election,representing the Nationalist Congress Party.
