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Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

Chair of the majority party


Summary

Chair of the majority party

FieldValue
postLeader of the House in
Rajya Sabha
native_namehi
residence8, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India
flagsize0px
flagborderyes
insigniaRajyasabha.svg
insigniasize150px
imageJagat Prakash Nadda 2023.jpg
imagesize185
incumbentJagat Prakash Nadda
incumbentsince24 June 2024
departmentRajya Sabha
statusParty Leader
member_ofRajya Sabha
reports_toParliament of India
formationMay 1952
firstN. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
(1952–1953)
deputy#Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
salary
(excl. allowances) per month

Rajya Sabha

(1952–1953) (excl. allowances) per month

The Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha (IAST: hi) 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 (Council of States).

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:

;Key

  • Assassinated or died in office
No.PortraitName
(borndied)
ConstituencyTerm of officeMinisterial offices heldPolitical partyGovernmentPrime MinisterChairman
(Tenure)12345678(7)91011121314151617181920212223(22)(21)242526272829[[File:Jagat Prakash Nadda 2023.jpg65px]]
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Gopalaswamy Ayyangar.jpg65px]]N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar
(18821953)
MP for Tamil Nadu13 May
195210 February
1953Indian National CongressNehru IIJawaharlal NehruIndian National Congress}}"Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(19521962)
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Charu Chandra Biswas image.jpg65px]]Charu Chandra Biswas
(18881960)
MP for West BengalFebruary
1953November
1954
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (from stamp).jpg65px]]Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966)
MP for Uttar PradeshNovember
1954March
1955
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg65px]]Govind Ballabh Pant
(18871961)
MP for Uttar PradeshMarch
1955March
1961
Nehru III
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim.jpg70px]]Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim
(18891968)
MP for Uttar PradeshMarch
1961August
1963
Nehru IVZakir Husain
(19621967)
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Yashwantrao Chavan 2010 stamp of India.jpg65px]]Yashwantrao Chavan
(19131984)
MP for MaharashtraAugust
1963December
1963
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Jaisukh lal Hathi.png65px]]Jaisukhlal Hathi
(19091982)
MP for GujaratFebruary
1964March
1964
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Mohamed Ali Currim Chagla.jpg65px]]M. C. Chagla
(19001981)
MP for MaharashtraMarch
1964November
1967
Nanda IGulzarilal NandaIndian National Congress}}"
ShastriLal Bahadur ShastriIndian National Congress}}"
Nanda IIGulzarilal NandaIndian National Congress}}"
Indira IIndira GandhiIndian National Congress}}"V. V. Giri
(19671969)
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Jaisukh lal Hathi.png65px]]Jaisukhlal Hathi
(19091982)
MP for GujaratNovember
1967November
1969Indira II-Gopal Swarup Pathak
(19691974)
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Kodardas Kalidas Shah portrait.jpg65px]]Kodardas Kalidas Shah
(19081986)
MP for GujaratNovember
1969May
1971
Indira III
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Uma Shankar Dikshit Rajya Sabha photo.jpg65px]]Uma Shankar Dikshit
(19011991)
MP for Uttar PradeshMay
1971December
1975
B. D. Jatti
(19741979)
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Kamalapati Tripathi Lok Sabha photo.jpg65px]]Kamalapati Tripathi
(19051990)
MP for Uttar PradeshDecember
1975March
1977
Janata Party}}"[[File:Lkadvani.jpg65px]]Lal Krishna Advani
(born 1927)
MP for GujaratMarch
1977August
1979Janata PartyDesaiMorarji DesaiJanata Party}}"
CharanCharan SinghJanata Party (Secular)}}"
Indian National Congress (Urs)}}"[[File:Shri K.C Pant (cropped).jpg65px]]Krishna Chandra Pant
(19312012)
MP for Uttar PradeshAugust
1979January
1980Indian National Congress (Urs)Mohammad Hidayatullah
(19791984)
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait.jpg65px]]Pranab Mukherjee
(19352018)
MP for West Bengal (until 1981)
MP for Gujarat (from 1981)January
198010 July
1981Indian National CongressIndira IVIndira GandhiIndian National Congress}}"
14 August
1981December
1984
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(19841987)
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg65px]]Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Uttar PradeshDecember
1984April
1987Rajiv I & IIRajiv GandhiIndian National Congress}}"
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg65px]]Narayan Dutt Tiwari
(19252018)
MP for Uttar PradeshApril
1987June
1988
Shankar Dayal Sharma
(19871992)
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:P. Shiv Shankar (cropped).jpg65px]]P. Shiv Shankar
(19292017)
MP for GujaratJune
1988December
1989
Janata Dal}}"[[File:M. S. Gurupadaswamy image.jpg65px]]M. S. Gurupadaswamy
(19242011)
MP for KarnatakaDecember
1989November
1990Janata DalV. P. SinghV. P. SinghJanata Dal}}"
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"[[File:Yashwant Sinha IMF.jpg65px]]Yashwant Sinha
(born 1937)
MP for BiharNovember
1990June
1991Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)Chandra ShekharChandra ShekharSamajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg65px]]Shankarrao Chavan
(19202004)
MP for MaharashtraJuly
1991April
1996Indian National CongressRaoP. V. Narasimha RaoIndian National Congress}}"
K. R. Narayanan
(19921997)
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Sikander Bakht Lok Sabha photo.jpg65px]]Sikander Bakht
(19182004)
MP for Madhya PradeshMay
1996June
1996Bharatiya Janata PartyVajpayee IAtal Bihari VajpayeeBharatiya Janata Party}}"
Janata Dal}}"[[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg65px]]Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
MP for BiharJune
1996November
1996Janata DalDeve GowdaH. D. Deve GowdaJanata Dal}}"
Janata Dal}}"[[File:H. D. Deve Gowda.jpg65px]]H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
MP for KarnatakaNovember
1996April
1997Self
Janata Dal}}"[[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg65px]]Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
MP for BiharApril
1997March
1998GujralInder Kumar GujralJanata Dal}}"
Krishan Kant
(19972002)
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Sikander Bakht Lok Sabha photo.jpg65px]]Sikander Bakht
(19182004)
MP for Madhya Pradesh19 March
199813 October
1999Bharatiya Janata PartyVajpayee IIAtal Bihari VajpayeeBharatiya Janata Party}}"
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Jaswant Singh (cropped).jpg65px]]Jaswant Singh
(19382020)
MP for Rajasthan13 October
199922 May
2004Vajpayee III
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(20022007)
Indian National Congress}}"[[File:Official Portrait of the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh (1) (cropped).jpg65px]]Manmohan Singh
(1932–2024)
MP for Assam(Prime Minister)22 May
200426 May
2014Indian National CongressManmohan ISelfIndian National Congress}}"
Manmohan IIMohammad Hamid Ansari
(20072017)
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Official photograph of the Union Minister for Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting, Shri Arun Jaitley.jpg65px]]Arun Jaitley
(19522019)
MP for Gujarat (till 2018)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (from 2018)26 May
20142 April
2018Bharatiya Janata PartyModi INarendra ModiBharatiya Janata Party}}"
3 April
201811 June
2019M. Venkaiah Naidu
(20172022)
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Thawar Chand Gehlot appointed as the new governor of karnataka (cropped).JPG65px]]Thawar Chand Gehlot
(born 1948)
MP for Madhya Pradesh11 June
20196 July
2021Modi II
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"[[File:Piyush Goyal (cropped).jpg65px]]Piyush Goyal
(born 1964)
MP for Maharashtra14 July
20214 June 2024
Jagdeep Dhankhar
(20222025)
Bharatiya Janata Party}}"J. P. Nadda
(born 1960)
MP for Gujarat24 June 2024IncumbentModi III
C.P. Radhakrishnan
(2025- Incubment)

Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

The Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha (IAST: hi) 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
(borndied)
ConstituencyTerm of officeMinisterial offices heldPolitical party
Indian National Congress}}[[File:Shivraj Patil in pensive mood at the inauguration of the one day Seminar on “The Role of Media in Bringing Parliament Closer to the People”.jpg75px]]
Shivraj Patil
(1935–2025)
MP for Maharashtra23 May
200430 November
2008
[[File:A. K. Antony.jpg75px]]
Arackaparambil Kurien Antony
(born 1940)
MP for Kerala30 November
200822 May
2009
[[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg75px]]
Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
MP for J&K28 May
200926 May
2014
Bharatiya Janata Party}}[[File:The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg75px]]
Manohar Parrikar
(19552019)
MP for Uttar Pradesh9 June
201413 March
2017
[[File:The Union Minister for Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad briefing the media on the importance of the Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS 2017), in New Delhi.jpg75px]]
Ravi Shankar Prasad
(born 1954)
MP for Bihar13 March
201730 May
2019
[[File:Piyush Goyal (cropped).jpg75px]]
Piyush Goyal
(born 1964)
MP for Maharashtra12 June 201913 July
2021
[[File:Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.JPG75px]]
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
(born 1957)
MP for Jharkhand19 July
20211 October
2022

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References

References

  1. "Speaker Smt. Sumitra Mahajan".
  2. "Rajya Sabha-Former Leader of House".
  3. (11 June 2019). "Thawarchand Gehlot to replace Arun Jaitley as Leader of House in Rajya Sabha". [[India Today]].
  4. (14 July 2021). "Piyush Goyal appointed Leader of House in Rajya Sabha".
  5. (14 July 2021). "Piyush Goyal appointed Leader of House in Rajya Sabha".
  6. (14 July 2021). "Union Minister Piyush Goyal appointed as Leader of House in Rajya Sabha".
  7. (20 July 2021). "Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi appointed Deputy Leader of House in Rajya Sabha".
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