Political families of India

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.[1] 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.[2] The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties, other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal, Shiv Sena, Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal Secular, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 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.[3][4]

National

Nehru–Gandhi family
Main article: Nehru–Gandhi family

The Nehru–Gandhi family's involvement with the Congress Party began with Motilal Nehru in the 1920s, when India was still part of the British Empire. The family became more influential under his son, Jawaharlal Nehru, who became a prominent figure in India's nationalist movement. After Jawaharlal's death, his daughter Indira Gandhi became his political heir (her surname came from her husband, Feroze Gandhi. The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty has dominated the Congress Party since Indian independence in 1947.[5] The party was defeated in the 2014 elections, however, and high-level defections took place in Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal, and Jammu and Kashmir.[6] The family still has widespread name recognition.[7]

Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
Main article: List of political families of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Bihar
Main article: Political families of Bihar

Mehta Family

Chaudhary Family

Prasad Family
  • Jagdeo Prasad— Founder of Shoshit Samaj Party and Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.
  • Satish Prasad Singh— Former Chief Minister of Bihar for shortest tenure. (brother-in-law of Jagdeo Prasad)
    • Nagmani— Former Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet, several time Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly and Minister in Government of Bihar. (son of Jagdeo Prasad and son-in-law of Satish Prasad Singh).

Verma Family

Kushwaha Family

Yadav family

Mishra family

Sinha family

Chhattisgarh
Main article: Political families of Chhattisgarh

Jogi family

Shukla family

Kashyap family

Singh (Raman) family

Goa

Alemao family

Bandodkar family

Dhavalikar family

D'Souza family

Fernandes family

Gauns family

Lobo family

Monserrate family

Rane family

Saldanha family

Sequeira family

Shet family

Vaz family

Zantye family

Gujarat
Main article: Political families of Gujarat

Patel family

Haryana
Main article: Political families of Haryana

Chautala family

Jindal family
  • Om Prakash Jindal (1930–2005) – Minister of Power of Haryana (2005), Lok Sabha member (1996–1997), member of Haryana Legislative Assembly (1991–1996, 2005)
  • Savitri Jindal (1950–) – Member of Haryana Legislative Assembly (2005–), Minister of Power of Haryana 2005–2010 (wife)
    • Naveen Jindal (1970–) – Lok Sabha member 2004–present (son)

Himachal Pradesh

Singh (Virbhadra) family

Dhumal family
  • Prem Kumar Dhumal (born 10 April 1944) – Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh (March 1998 – March 2003 and 1 January 2008 – 25 December 2012), former Lok Sabha member from Hamirpur

Sukh Ram family

Jammu and Kashmir

Abdullah family

Sayeed family
See also: Saʽid and Sayyid

Jharkhand

Soren family

Verma family

Karnataka

Devegowda family

Kerala
Main article: Political families of Kerala

Madhya Pradesh
Main article: Political families of Madhya Pradesh

Singh family (Churhat)

Chaudhary family

Chaturvedi family

Nath family

MP Singh family

Vajpayee family

Maharashtra
Main article: Political families of Maharashtra

Ambedkar family
Main article: Ambedkar family

Thackeray family

Pawar family

Odisha
Main article: Political families of Odisha

Patnaik family

Biswal family

Puducherry

Reddiar family

Farook family

Punjab
Main article: Political families of Punjab, India

Talwandi family

Jakhar family

Badal family

Brar (Harcharan) family

Brar (Jaswinder) family

Singh (Amarinder) family

Sidhu family

Rajasthan
Main article: Political families of Rajasthan

The Beniwal Family (Jats)

On 29 October 2018, Hanuman Beniwal founded the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, becoming its national convenor in the process. This made Beniwal family as one of the most influential political families of Rajasthan since Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) is the only successful party in the state besides Indian National Congress and Bhartiya Janta Party.[30][31]

Bishnoi family

Gehlot family

Maderna family

Meena family

Bharat lal meena former cabinet minister in Rajasthan government. 4 time MLA from bamanwas constituency.

  • Namo Narain Meena, former minister of state, former union minister of state from congress party
    • Harish Meena, former DGP of rajasthan and MP of Dausa constituency from Bjp party
      • Om Prakash Meena, chief secretary of Rajasthan

Mirdha family

Pilot family

Raje family

Sharma family
  • Banwari Lal Sharma - Former Cabinet Minister and 5 time MLA from Dholpur Assembly constituency
  • Ashok Sharma - MLA and former Dholpur President of Congress
  • Ritesh Sharma - Mayor of Dholpur
  • Murari Lal Sharma - Nagar Palika Chairman of Dholpur

Singh family

Verma family

Vishnoi family

Tamil Nadu
Main article: Political families of Tamil Nadu

The Karunanidhi Family - DMK

The Durai Murugan Family - DMK

The P.T.R Family - DMK

The T R Baalu Family - DMK

The V. Thangapandian Family - DMK

The I. Periyasamy Family - DMK

The Anbil P. Dharmalingam Family - DMK

The K. Anbazhagan Family - DMK

The K. Ponmudy Family - DMK

The Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam Family - DMK

The N. V. Natarajan Family - DMK

The Arcot N. Veeraswami Family - DMK

The N. Periasamy Family - DMK
  • N. Periasamy, former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Tuticorin constituency in the 1989[1] and 1996 elections.
    • Geetha Jeevan is the daughter of N. Periasamy, Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment

The K. P. P. Samy Family - DMK
  • K. P. P. Samy, former Minister for Fisheries in Tamil Nadu state of India
    • K P Shankar, brother of K. P. P. Samy, member Legislative Assembly from the Tiruvottiyur constituency in 2021

The S. Sivasubramanian Family - DMK

The Rajagopalachari Family - Congress

The C.P.Ramaswami Iyer family - Congress

The Bhaktavatsalam Family - Congress

The M. G. Ramachandran Family - AIADMK

The O. Panneerselvam Family - AIADMK

The Kumaramangalam Family - Multiparty

The V. K. Sasikala Family - Multi Parties
      • VK Sasikala, Indian Businesswoman turned Politician
      • M. Natarajan, Sasikala's husband
      • V. K. Dhivakaran, Founding General Secretary Of Anna Dravidar Kazhagam and brother of VK Sasikala
      • T. T. V. Dhinakaran, General Secretary Of Ammk and Sasikala's elder Sister Vanimani's Son
        • Anuradha Dhinakaran, Dhinakaran's wife.
      • V. N. Sudhakaran, Jayalalithaa's foster son and brother of TTV Dhinakaran
      • T. T. V. Bhaskaran, Founding General Secretary Of Anna Mgr Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam and brother of TTV Dhinakaran
      • J. Illavarsi, Sasikala's brother Jayaraman's widow
      • Vivek Jayaraman, Sasikala's brother Jayaraman's son

The Vaiko Family - MDMK

The Ramadoss Family - PMK

The G. K. Moopanar Family - TMC

Tripura

Singh family

Uttar Pradesh
Main article: Political families of Uttar Pradesh

Maurya family

Chaudhary Family

Gorakhnath Math family

Yadav family

Khan family

West Bengal
Main article: Political families of West Bengal

Subhas Chandra Bose family

Dasmunsi family

Konar family

Banerjee family

Bandopadhyay family

Ahmed family

Chatterjee family

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