Political Families In "House" Together

By: EjazUlHaqBhat

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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who won the Lok Sabha by-election from Kerala's Wayanad, has become the third Gandhi in parliament at the same time, joining brother Rahul and mother Sonia Gandhi

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Rahul Gandhi has been an MP since 2004. Sonia Gandhi, who has been an MP since 1999, switched to Rajya Sabha this year after she decided to not contest the election

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Apart from the Gandhis, there are many other families that have seen more than one member in parliament or state assemblies

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple Yadav are both Lok Sabha MPs. His late father Mulayam Singh Yadav was a 7-time MP

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Pappu Yadav from Bihar is a Lok Sabha MP. His wife, Ranjeet Ranjan, is a serving Rajya Sabha member from Chhattisgarh

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Sharad Pawar is a Rajya Sabha member, elected to the House in 2014. His daughter, Supriya Sule, is am MP from Maharashtra's Baramati

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Farooq Abdullah has been a 4-time MP. His son Omar Abdullah, now Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, also served as a Lok Sabha MP from 1998 to 2009

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Lalu Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief, has been a member of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. His wife, Rabri Devi, is a member of Bihar Assembly along with two sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav

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Vijaya Raje Scindia, popularly known as Rajmata Scindia, has also been a member of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Her son Madhavrao Scindia, who never lost an election, was a 9-time MP

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Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has been a member of both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. His brother Lakshman Singh was a 5-term Lok Sabha MP

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