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3 unusual facts about Vidhan Sabha


Bhupesh Baghel

He is the deputy opposition leader in the Chhattisgarh assembly, belonging to the Indian National Congress.

Legislative Assembly of India

Vidhan Sabha (or Legislative Assembly), the lower house of the state legislature in present day India.

Prabhash Joshi

He was a popular television commentator and mainly invited for his views and comments on national politics during the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India) or Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly of an Indian state) elections.


Andhra Pradesh by-election, 2012

By-elections occurred in Andhra Pradesh in March for a Vidhan Sabha seat and on 12 June for Nellore and 18 Vidhan Sabha constituencies following the disqualification of defected members of the Indian National Congress who joined the YSR Congress Party of the former chief minister's son, Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy.

Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha

Through ACMS the party is able to wield significant voters' support in five Lok Sabha constituencies; Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Mangaldoi and Lakhimpur (these areas also correspond to roughly half of the Vidhan Sabha seats of Assam).

Awadh Samman

These include Congress leader Pramod Tiwari, former Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kesri Nath Tripathi, Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma, Samajwadi Party leader Ahmad Hasan, Uttar Pradesh Information commissioner Gyanendra Sharma, Uttar Pradesh Additional Cabinet Secretary Vijay Shankar Pandey, Principal Secretary to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shaliesh Krishna and CPI leader Atul Anjan.

Babasaheb Bhosale

Bhosale was first elected to the Maharashtra State Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) in 1980 as a representative of Nehru Nagar, which is located near Kurla suburb in Bombay.

Chaudhary Baldev Singh

Chaudharv Baldev Singh, Advocate (1889–1976) also known as Master Baldev Singh was an Indian politician, Freedom Fighter - Member of Legislative Council (MLC) - Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) - Pioneer of Education in Haryana-Founder of Jat Educational Societies in North India - Arya Samajist - Gandhian - Believer in Economic Upliftment

Godabarish Mishra

Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Gopabandhu Das, he joined the Congress party and was a member of the Vidhan Sabha (Lower House) of the Orissa Legislative Assembly.

Prabhakar Sanzgiri

Following the end of The Emergency, Sanzgiri stood as a candidate for elections to the Mahashtra Legislative Assembly from Bhandup.

Radhe Shyam Gupta

Gupta successfully contested the 1993, 1996 and 2002 assembly elections and represented Fatehpur Vidhan Sabha constituency of Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh.


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