Manohar Lal Khattar
Manohar Lal Khattar (born 5 May 1954) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 19th Minister of Power and 4th Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs since 2024. A prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he has served as the 10th Chief Minister of Haryana from 26 October 2014 until his resignation on 12 March 2024 and also served as leader of the house in legislative assembly. In the 2024 Indian general election, he has been elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, from Karnal, Haryana. [2] While serving as Chief…
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Sukhbir Singh Badal
Sukhbir Singh Badal (born 9 July 1962) is an Indian politician and businessman who served twice as the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab and is currently the president of Shiromani Akali Dal, and was a member of Parliament from the Firozpur Lok Sabha constituency. [1] He is the son of Parkash Singh Badal, who has served five times as the Chief Minister of Punjab. He is influential over the Sikh organisations of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. [2] Badal and his family have ownership stakes in an array of businesses- including real estate,…
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Bhagwant Mann
Bhagwant Singh Mann (born 17 October 1973) is an Indian politician, social worker, former comedian, actor and singer who is currently serving as the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab (and also as leader of the house in state assembly since 16 March 2022.) He represents the Dhuri Assembly constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly since 2022 and is also serving as the state convener of Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab since 2019. [2] Previously, he was a member of the lower house of Parliament from Sangrur from 2014 to 2022. [3] On 15th June 2026, the Akal Takht…
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Nayab Singh Saini
Nayab Singh Saini (born 25 January 1970) [2] is an Indian politician serving as the chief minister of Haryana from 2024. Saini is one of the top leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party in Haryana. [3] Saini was appointed as the chief minister of the state in March 2024, succeeding Manohar Lal Khattar, continuing in office for the remainder of the term in the fourteenth assembly. He was reappointed as the chief minister for the second term after he led the BJP to victory in the 2024 Haryana Legislative Assembly election. Saini himself won from Ladwa…
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Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (born 27 March 1964) is an Indian politician. He is serving as the 7th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh since 11 Dec 2022 and also serving as leader of the house in legislative assembly. [1] [2] As a member of Indian National Congress, he is a 4-time and incumbent MLA from Nadaun assembly constituency [3] of Himachal Pradesh. [4] He was the president of the Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee from 2013 to 2019 . [5] [6] [7] Early life Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu was born in a Rajput family [8] on 27 March 1964 in the village of…
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B. S. Yediyurappa
Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa // ⓘ (born 27 February 1943), also known as B.S. Yediyurappa or BSY , is an Indian politician who served four terms as the chief minister of Karnataka from 2007 to 2022 as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, though his tenure was not continuous. In 2008, Yediyurappa resumed office as the Chief Minister of Karnataka after leading the BJP to victory in the legislative assembly elections, marking the first time the party formed a state government in South India. [2] In 2011, he resigned after being indicted…
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Basavaraj Bommai
Basavaraj Somappa Bommai // ⓘ (born 28 January 1960) is an Indian politician and engineer who is currently serving as the Lok Sabha MP of Haveri and previously served as the 17th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 18 July 2021 to 19 May 2023. He formerly served as the Interim Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and he was former member of the Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United). He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the legislature of Karnataka for Shiggaon, from where he has been…
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Asaduddin Owaisi
Asaduddin Owaisi (born 13 May 1969) is an Indian politician who is serving as the third and current president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) since 2008. He is a five time Member of Parliament representing the Hyderabad constituency in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. Born to the Owaisi family in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Asaduddin Owaisi was trained as a barrister at Lincoln's Inn in London, England. He assumed leadership of the AIMIM upon the death of his father Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi in 2008. He has been…
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H. D. Kumaraswamy
Haradanahalli Devegowda Kumaraswamy (born 16 December 1959) is an Indian politician and film producer who is serving as the 21st Minister of Heavy Industries and 14th Minister of Steel of India since 2024. He also served as the 12th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2018 to 2019 and previously from 2006 to 2007. He was also the leader of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 2013 to 2014. He is currently the president of the Karnataka State Janata Dal (Secular). He is a member of Lok Sabha, having been elected from Mandya and the…
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N. Lokesh
Nara Lokesh (born 23 January 1983) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister for Information Technology, Electronics and Communications, Real Time Governance and Human Resources Development in the Government of Andhra Pradesh. He is also the National working President of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He is the son of N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and President of the TDP. He previously served as the Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, and Information Technology, Electronics and Communications…
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K. T. Rama Rao
Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao (born 24 July 1976), commonly known as KTR , is an Indian politician and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Telangana Legislative Assembly. He is a former Minister for Panchayat Raj, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Industries and Information Technology and Communications of Telangana. He represents Sircilla assembly constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly, he is also the working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi. [3] [4] [5] He is the son of K. Chandrashekar Rao, former Chief Minister of…
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K. Chandrashekar Rao
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954), commonly known as KCR , is an Indian politician currently representing the Gajwel Assembly constituency and who is first Chief Minister of Telangana who served for almost ten years. He is the founding leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi, a state party in India. [6] [7] serving as the third leader of the opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly from 2023. [8] [9] [10] He is also the father of politicians Kalvakuntla Kavitha and K.Taraka Rama Rao. Early life Rao was born to Ragava Rao and…
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Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy (born 21 December 1972), also known mononymously as Jagan , is an Indian politician and a Member of Legislative Assembly representing Pulivendula Assembly constituency in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative assembly. He previously served as the 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is the founding president of YSR Congress Party. He is also the son of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and Y. S. Vijayamma. He is also the brother of APCC president Y. S. Sharmila. Jagan Mohan Reddy started…
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Pawan Kalyan
Konidela Pawan Kalyan [5] (born Konidela Kalyan Kumar ; [8] 2 September 1971) [2] is an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and martial artist serving as the 11th Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since June 2024. He also serves as the Minister for Panchayat Raj, Rural Development and Rural Water Supply; Environment, Forest, Science and Technology in the Government of Andhra Pradesh as MLA representing the Pithapuram constituency. He is the founder and president of the Janasena Party. He is among the highest-paid actors in Indian cinema and…
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N. Chandrababu Naidu
Nara Chandrababu Naidu (Telugu pronunciation: [ˈnɑːrɑː ˈtʃʌnˌdrɑː ˈbɑːbuː ˈnaɪduː]; born 20 April 1950), commonly known as CBN , is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since 2024. He holds the record of longest-serving Chief Minister in the political history of Telugu states. He is the national president of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). In 1978, he was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress party, and from 1980 to 1982, he served as a minister in the state…
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K. Surendran
Kunnummal Surendran (born 10 March 1970) is an Indian politician from the state of Kerala. He served as the 11th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state. [1] Early life K. Surendran was born to Kunjiraman and Kalyani Amma, into a Thiyyar family, the largest Hindu community in Kerala, on 10 March 1970 in Ulliyeri Kozhikode district in Kerala, India. [2] He earned a B.Sc. Chemistry from Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode. He started his political career through Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the RSS. During…
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Gaurav Gogoi
Gaurav Gogoi (born 4 September 1982) is an Indian politician from Assam who, since 2024, has served as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha from the Indian National Congress, and, as the Member of Parliament for Jorhat Lok Sabha Constituency. [2] He was elected President of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee in 2025. [3] He was the deputy leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party from 2020 to 2024. He represented Kaliabor in the Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2024. Gogoi is the son of Tarun Gogoi, who was the Chief Minister of Assam from 2001…
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K. Annamalai
Annamalai Kuppusamy (born Siva Senthil Kumar ; 4 June 1984), [1] commonly known as K. Annamalai , is an Indian politician and former Indian Police Service officer employed with the Karnataka State Police from 2011 until his resignation in 2019. A former member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he served as the state president of the BJP - Tamil Nadu from July 2021 to April 2025, during which he became known for rising visibility and prominence of the party in the state. [5] He unsuccessfully contested the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election…
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O. Panneerselvam
Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam (born 14 January 1951), popularly known as O. Panneerselvam or OPS , is an Indian politician who was the former 6th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in December 2016 and previously from 2001 to 2002 and from 2014 to 2015. He also served as the deputy chief minister from 2017 to 2021 in the Edappadi K. Palaniswami-led government. As a finance minister, he has presented the state budget of Tamil Nadu 11 times. [3] Paneerselvam joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in 1973. He was a loyalist of former chief…
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Pinarayi Vijayan
Pinarayi Vijayan (Malayalam: [piɳɐraːji ʋid͡ʒɐjɐn]; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian politician who served as the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala from 25 May 2016 to 18 May 2026. He is the current Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. [11] A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), he is the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) (1998–2015). He has also served as Minister of Electric Power and Co-operatives during the third E. K. Nayanar ministry. Vijayan won a seat in…
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