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Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (born 9 November 1989) is an Indian politician and former professional cricketer. [2] [3] [4] He has previously served for two terms as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and current leader of opposition in lower house. [5] He is the youngest son of former Chief Ministers of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi. Early life and education Mr. Yadav was born in Gopalganj, Bihar to Rabri Devi and Lalu Prasad Yadav, both former chief ministers of Bihar. [6] [7] [8] He is the youngest of the nine siblings and has seven sisters and a…
Nitish Kumar (born 1 March 1951) is an Indian politician from Bihar. He is currently serving as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha. The national president of the Janata Dal (United), he was the longest serving Chief Minister of Bihar, serving briefly in 2000, from 2005 to 2014, and again from 2015 to 2026. [1] [2] [3] Kumar first entered politics as a member of the Janata Dal, becoming an MLA in 1985. A socialist, Kumar founded the Samata Party in 1994 along with George Fernandes. In 1996, he was elected to the Lok Sabha, and served as a Union…
Mohan Charan Majhi (IPA: [mohɔnɔ t͡ʃɔɾɔɳɔ mad͡ʒʱi] ⓘ ; born 6 January 1972) is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Chief Minister of Odisha from May 2024. He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Keonjhar in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He also represented the same constituency from 2000 to 2009 and from 2019 to 2024. He served as the chief whip of the BJP in the Odisha assembly from 2019 to 2024. In the year 1997, he entered politics as a Sarpanch . Early and…
Naveen Patnaik (Odia: ନବୀନ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ, pronounced [n̪ɔbin̪ pɔʈn̪ajk]; born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician, writer and former union minister. who was 14th Chief Minister of Odisha from 5 March 2000 to 12 June 2024. He is serving currently as leader of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly. He also served as Union Minister in Second Vajpayee ministry And Third Vajpayee ministry.He is son of former union minister and former chief minister Biju Patnaik. He is the founding chairperson of the Biju Janata Dal, serving since 1997, and has…
Supriya Sadanand Sule ( née Pawar ; born 30 June 1969) is an Indian politician from the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) and currently a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha representing Baramati since 2009, leader of the party in Lok Sabha since 2014 and the Working National President of Nationalist Congress Party since 2023. She is awarded with Sansad Ratna awards in 2025 for her excellence performance in parliamentary duties. [1] Previously, she served as the Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra from 2006 to 2009. In 2011,…
Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar [1] (born 12 December 1940) [2] is an Indian politician who has served as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha since 2014. Prior to 2014 he served as a member of Lok Sabha, as a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He has served four terms as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra including (1990–1991): Following the 1990 assembly elections, he continued his leadership as Chief Minister, and held cabinet positions in the Union Council of Ministers, including the Minister of Defence under P. V. Narasimha Rao government…
Uddhav Bal Thackeray (Marathi pronunciation: [ud̪ʱːəʋ ʈʰaːkɾeː], born 27 July 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra [4] [6] [7] [8] from 2019 to 2022 and the Leader of the House, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2022. He is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Council since 2020, the president of Maha Vikas Aghadi since 2019 and the president of Shivsena since 2022. He was also the leader ( pramukh ) of Shivsena from 2013 to 2022, working President from 2003 to 2013 and the editor-in-chief of…
Ajit Anantrao Pawar [1] (22 July 1959 – 28 January 2026) was an Indian politician who served as Maharashtra's longest-serving deputy chief minister for more than eight years, between 2010 and his death in 2026, for six terms. [3] [4] He held the office under various governments, including the cabinets of Prithviraj Chavan, Devendra Fadnavis, Uddhav Thackeray, and Eknath Shinde. [5] He also served as the leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2022 to 2023 and represented Baramati Lok Sabha constituency in 1991. [6] Early…
Eknath Shinde (born 9 February 1964) [2] is an Indian politician who has served as the 10th Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra alongside Sunetra Pawar [3] under Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. He is the chairman of Shiv Sena [4] since February 2023 and was the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 30 June 2022 to 5 December 2024. He is also the Member of Legislative Assembly for the Kopri-Pachpakhadi Assembly constituency [5] of Thane, Maharashtra, since 2009 and was formerly the MLA of Thane constituency from 2004 to 2009. Shinde rose to…
Devendra Sarita Gangadharrao Fadnavis (born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician who is currently serving his third term as the 18th Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 5 December 2024. [4] He previously served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, alongside Ajit Pawar (from 2023) in the Eknath Shinde government from 2022 to 2024. From 2019 to 2022, he also served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He became Chief Minister at the age of 44, making him the second-youngest in Maharashtra's history after Sharad…
Bhupendrabhai Rajnikant Patel (born 15 July 1962) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the 17th Chief Minister of Gujarat since September 2021. He is also serving as leader of the house in legislative assembly. [2] He represents the Ghatlodia Assembly constituency in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly since 2017. He is a member of the BJP and started his political career working in municipal bodies of Ahmedabad. Early life Bhupendrabhai Patel was born on 15 July 1962 to Gujarati parents in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. [3] Bhupendrabhai Patel has…
Himanta Biswa Sarma (born 1 February 1969) is an Indian politician and lawyer serving as the 15th and the current Chief Minister of Assam since 2021. A former member of the Indian National Congress, Sarma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 August 2015 and soon was made convenor of NEDA. [1] He is a six time Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Jalukbari, having been elected since 2001. [2] [3] Early life and education Sarma was born on 1 February 1969 in Jorhat, Assam. The family, including six siblings, later shifted to Ulubari,…
Anumula Revanth Reddy (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian politician who is serving as the second and current Chief Minister of Telangana. [3] He is also the minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, General Administration, Law & Order. [4] As a member of the Indian National Congress, he is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly for Kodangal. He previously represented Malkajgiri as a Member of Parliament. Appointed president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee in July 2021, he led his party to victory in the 2023…
Siddaramaiah (born 3 August 1947), [6] [9] also referred to by his nickname Siddu , [1] is an Indian politician, lawyer, former lecturer and statesman who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2013 to 2018 and 2023 to 2026. [10] He had completed his first term being only the second person to complete a full five year term. He currently serves as a member of the Congress Working Committee. He belongs to the Indian National Congress and is formerly the leader of the Congress Legislative Party. He represented the Varuna Assembly constituency…
Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar (born 15 May 1962), commonly known as D. K. Shiva Kumar is an Indian politician, businessman and statesman who is serving as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka since 3 June 2026. A Leader of the Indian National Congress, he formerly served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka and President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. Shivakumar has represented the Kanakapura Assembly constituency in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 2008. Prior to this, he represented the Sathanur Assembly constituency…
Bhupesh Baghel (born 23 August 1960), also known as Kaka , is an Indian politician who served as the third Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2018 to 2023 and also served as leader of the house in legislative assembly. [1] He has been the president of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress from 2014 to 2019. [2] [3] He has represented the Patan constituency in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from 2003 to 2008 and again since 2013. He was the cabinet minister of Transportation in undivided Madhya Pradesh in Digvijaya Singh government from 1999 to 2003.…
Mapanna Mallikarjun Kharge (Kannada: [malːikaːrd͡ʒun kʰɐrɡe]; born 21 July 1942) is an Indian politician and lawyer from the Indian state of Karnataka serving as the 61st President of the Indian National Congress since 2022 and Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha since 2021. He has been a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Karnataka since 2020. He has been re-elected for Rajya Sabha in June 2026. [1] [2] He began his career in state politics, serving as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Gurmitkal Assembly constituency from 1972…
Captain Sachin Rajesh Pilot (born 7 September 1977) is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress, he has been serving as Member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Tonk since 2018. He has previously served as Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Corporate Affairs and Communication and IT in the Government of India [1] under Manmohan Singh. [2] [3] Additionally he served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 2018 to 2020 under Ashok Gehlot. Pilot became the youngest citizen of India to become Member of Parliament at…
Shashi Tharoor (Malayalam pronunciation: [ʃɐʃi t̪ɐɾuːr]; born 9 March 1956) is an Indian politician, civil servant, author, public intellectual, diplomat, and bureaucrat. A member of the Indian National Congress, he has represented Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, in the Lok Sabha since 2009. He was formerly an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and ran for the office of Secretary-General in 2006, coming second. Early life and education Shashi Tharoor was born on 9 March 1956 [1] in London, England as Shashi Krishnan Chandrashekaran Tharoor to…
Om Birla (born 23 November 1962; Hindi pronunciation: [oːm bɪɾ.lɑː],[oːm bɪɽ.lɑː]) [3] is an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He is currently serving as the 17th Speaker of the Lok Sabha since first being elected to that office in June 2019. He was re-elected for a second term on 26 June 2024. He serves as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kota constituency in Rajasthan since 2014. [4] In 2024, he became the first person in twenty years to be re-elected as an MP to the lower house, after serving as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, and also one of…