Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

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The Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha (IAST: Template:Lang) 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 organizing 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

The following individuals have held the office of the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha:[1]

Template:Abbr Portrait Name Tenure Party
1 File:Gopalaswamy Ayyangar.jpg N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar May 1952 February 1953 Indian National Congress rowspan="12" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" |
2 Charu Chandra Biswas February 1953 November 1954
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri November 1954 March 1955
4 File:Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg Govind Ballabh Pant March 1955 February 1961
5 Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim February 1961 August 1963
6 File:Y B Chavan (cropped).jpg Yashwantrao Chavan August 1963 December 1963
7 File:Jaisukh lal Hathi.png Jaisukhlal Hathi February 1964 March 1964
8 File:Mohamed Ali Currim Chagla.jpg M. C. Chagla March 1964 November 1967
(7) File:Jaisukh lal Hathi.png Jaisukhlal Hathi November 1967 November 1969
9 Kodardas Kalidas Shah November 1969 May 1971
10 Uma Shankar Dikshit May 1971 December 1975
11 Kamalapati Tripathi December 1975 March 1977
12 File:Lkadvani.jpg L. K. Advani March 1977 August 1979 Janata Party bgcolor="Template:Janata Party/meta/color" |
13 File:Shri K.C Pant (cropped).jpg K. C. Pant August 1979 January 1980 Indian National Congress rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" |
14 File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait.jpg Pranab Mukherjee January 1980 July 1981
August 1981 December 1984
15 File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg Vishwanath Pratap Singh December 1984 April 1987
16 File:Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg N. D. Tiwari April 1987 June 1988
17 P. Shiv Shankar July 1988 December 1989
18 M. S. Gurupadaswamy December 1989 November 1990 Janata Dal rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal/meta/color" |
19 File:Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg Yashwant Sinha December 1990 June 1991
20 File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Shankarrao Chavan July 1991 April 1996 Indian National Congress bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" |
21 Sikander Bakht 20 May 1996 31 May 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|
22 File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg Inder Kumar Gujral June 1996 November 1996 Janata Dal rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal/meta/color" |
23 File:Deve Gowda BNC.jpg H. D. Deve Gowda November 1996 April 1997
(22) File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg Inder Kumar Gujral April 1997 March 1998
(21) Sikander Bakht 19 March 1998 13 October 1999 Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |
24 File:Jaswant Singh (cropped).jpg Jaswant Singh 13 October 1999 22 May 2004 Template:Ayd
25 File:IBSA-leaders Manmohan Singh.jpg Manmohan Singh 1 June 2004 18 May 2009 Indian National Congress rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" |
29 May 2009 26 May 2014
26 File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley (cropped).jpg Arun Jaitley 26 May 2014 11 June 2019 Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |
27[2] File:Thawar Chand Gehlot appointed as the new governor of karnataka (cropped).JPG Thawar Chand Gehlot 11 June 2019 7 July 2021 Template:Ayd
28[3] File:Piyush Goyal.jpg Piyush Goyal 14 July 2021 Incumbent Template:Ayd
# Name Portrait Took Office Left Office Appointed by Ref
1 Piyush Goyal File:Piyush Goyal.jpg 12 June 2019 13 July 2021 Venkiah Naidu
2 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi File:Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.jpg 19 July 2021 7 July 2022 [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/whoswho/former_leader_of_house.asp
  2. ↑ Thawarchand Gehlot to replace Arun Jaitley as Leader of House in Rajya Sabha. India Today. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  3. ↑ Piyush Goyal appointed Leader of House in Rajya Sabha. timesnownews.com. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  4. ↑ Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi appointed Deputy Leader of House in Rajya Sabha(20 July 2021). Retrieved 25 October 2022.

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