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Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

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Leader of the House in
Rajya Sabha
Rājya Sabhā ke Sadana Netā
since 24 June 2024
Rajya Sabha
StatusParty Leader
Member ofRajya Sabha
Reports toParliament of India
Residence8, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India[1]
FormationMay 1952
First holderN. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
(1952–1953)
Salary330,000 (US$4,000)
(excl. allowances) per month

The Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha (IAST: Rājya Sabhā ke Sadana Netā) is the leader and parliamentary chairperson of the majority party in the Rajya Sabha and is normally either a cabinet minister or another nominated minister. The Leader of the House is responsible for organising government meetings and business in the House. This office is not enshrined in the constitution and provided under the Rules of Rajya Sabha.

List of Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha

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The following individuals have held the office of the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha:[2]

Key
  • Assassinated or died in office
No. Portrait Name
(born – died)
Constituency
Term of office Ministerial offices held Political party Government Prime Minister Chairman
(Tenure)
1 N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar
(1882–1953)
MP for Tamil Nadu
13 May
1952
10 February
1953[†]
Indian National Congress Nehru II Jawaharlal Nehru Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(1952–1962)
2 Charu Chandra Biswas
(1888–1960)
MP for West Bengal
February
1953
November
1954
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966)
MP for Uttar Pradesh
November
1954
March
1955
4 Govind Ballabh Pant
(1887–1961)
MP for Uttar Pradesh
March
1955
March
1961[†]
Nehru III
5 Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim
(1889–1968)
MP for Uttar Pradesh
March
1961
August
1963
  • Minister of Irrigation and Power
Nehru IV Zakir Husain
(1962–1967)
6 Yashwantrao Chavan
(1913–1984)
MP for Maharashtra
August
1963
December
1963
7 Jaisukhlal Hathi
(1909–1982)
MP for Gujarat
February
1964
March
1964
8 M. C. Chagla
(1900–1981)
MP for Maharashtra
March
1964
November
1967
Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
Indira I Indira Gandhi V. V. Giri
(1967–1969)
(7) Jaisukhlal Hathi
(1909–1982)
MP for Gujarat
November
1967
November
1969
Gopal Swarup Pathak
(1969–1974)
9 Kodardas Kalidas Shah
(1908–1986)
MP for Gujarat
November
1969
May
1971
Indira II
10 Uma Shankar Dikshit
(1901–1991)
MP for Uttar Pradesh
May
1971
December
1975
B. D. Jatti
(1974–1979)
11 Kamalapati Tripathi
(1905–1990)
MP for Uttar Pradesh
December
1975
March
1977
12 Lal Krishna Advani
(born 1927)
MP for Gujarat
March
1977
August
1979
Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
Charan Charan Singh
13 Krishna Chandra Pant
(1931–2012)
MP for Uttar Pradesh
August
1979
January
1980
  • Minister of Energy
Indian National Congress (Urs) Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1979–1984)
14 Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2018)
MP for West Bengal (until 1981)
MP for Gujarat (from 1981)
January
1980
10 July
1981
Indian National Congress Indira III Indira Gandhi
14 August
1981
December
1984
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1984–1987)
15 Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Uttar Pradesh
December
1984
April
1987
Rajiv Rajiv Gandhi
16 Narayan Dutt Tiwari
(1925–2018)
MP for Uttar Pradesh
April
1987
June
1988
Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1987–1992)
17 P. Shiv Shankar
(1929–2017)
MP for Gujarat
June
1988
December
1989
18 M. S. Gurupadaswamy
(1924–2011)
MP for Karnataka
December
1989
November
1990
Janata Dal V. P. Singh V. P. Singh
19 Yashwant Sinha
(born 1937)
MP for Bihar
November
1990
June
1991
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
20 Shankarrao Chavan
(1920–2004)
MP for Maharashtra
July
1991
April
1996
Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
K. R. Narayanan
(1992–1997)
21 Sikander Bakht
(1918–2004)
MP for Madhya Pradesh
May
1996
June
1996
Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
22 Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
MP for Bihar
June
1996
November
1996
Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
23 H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
MP for Karnataka
November
1996
April
1997
Self
(22) Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
MP for Bihar
April
1997
March
1998
Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
Krishan Kant
(1997–2002)
(21) Sikander Bakht
(1918–2004)
MP for Madhya Pradesh
19 March
1998
13 October
1999
Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
24 Jaswant Singh
(1938–2020)
MP for Rajasthan
13 October
1999
22 May
2004
Vajpayee III
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(2002–2007)
25 Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
MP for Assam
22 May
2004
26 May
2014
Indian National Congress Manmohan I Self
Manmohan II Mohammad Hamid Ansari
(2007–2017)
26 Arun Jaitley
(1952–2019)
MP for Gujarat (till 2018)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (from 2018)
26 May
2014
2 April
2018
Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
3 April
2018
11 June
2019
M. Venkaiah Naidu
(2017–2022)
27 Thawar Chand Gehlot
(born 1948)
MP for Madhya Pradesh
11 June
2019[3]
6 July
2021
Modi II
28 Piyush Goyal
(born 1964)
MP for Maharashtra
14 July
2021[4][5]
4 June 2024
Jagdeep Dhankhar
(2022–present)
29 J. P. Nadda
(born 1960)
MP for Gujarat
24 June 2024 Incumbent Modi III

Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

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The Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha (IAST: Rājya Sabhā ke Upar Sadana Netā) is the deputy leader and parliamentary chairperson of the majority party in the Rajya Sabha and is normally either a second senior cabinet minister.

Name
(born – died)
Constituency
Term of office Ministerial offices held Political party

Shivraj Patil
(born 1935)
MP for Maharashtra
23 May
2004
30 November
2008
Indian National Congress

Arackaparambil Kurien Antony
(born 1940)
MP for Kerala
30 November
2008
22 May
2009

Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
MP for J&K
28 May
2009
26 May
2014

Manohar Parrikar
(1955–2019)
MP for Uttar Pradesh
9 June
2014
13 March
2017
Bharatiya Janata Party

Ravi Shankar Prasad
(born 1954)
MP for Bihar
13 March
2017
30 May
2019

Piyush Goyal
(born 1964)
MP for Maharashtra
12 June 2019[6][5] 13 July
2021

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
(born 1957)
MP for Jharkhand
19 July
2021[7]
1 October
2022

See also

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References

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  1. ^ http://164.100.47.193/councilofministers/files/councilofministers.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "Rajya Sabha-Former Leader of House".
  3. ^ "Thawarchand Gehlot to replace Arun Jaitley as Leader of House in Rajya Sabha". India Today. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Piyush Goyal appointed Leader of House in Rajya Sabha". timesnownews.com. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Union Minister Piyush Goyal appointed as Leader of House in Rajya Sabha". 14 July 2021. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Piyush Goyal appointed Leader of House in Rajya Sabha". timesnownews.com. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi appointed Deputy Leader of House in Rajya Sabha". 20 July 2021. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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