Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha explained

Post:Leader of the House in
Rajya Sabha
Residence:8, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India[1]
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Incumbent:Jagat Prakash Nadda
Incumbentsince:24 June 2024
Department:Rajya Sabha
Status:Party Leader
Member Of:Rajya Sabha
Reports To:Parliament of India
Formation:May 1952
First:N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
Salary:
(excl. allowances) per month

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

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

Key
PortraitName
(borndied)
Constituency
Term of officeMinisterial offices heldPolitical partyGovernmentPrime MinisterChairman
1N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar

1952

1953
Indian National CongressNehru IIJawaharlal NehruSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2Charu Chandra Biswas

1953

1954
3Lal Bahadur Shastri

1954

1955
4Govind Ballabh Pant

1955

1961
Nehru III
5Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim

1961

1963
  • Minister of Irrigation and Power
Nehru IVZakir Husain
6Yashwantrao Chavan

1963

1963
7Jaisukhlal Hathi

1964

1964
8M. C. Chagla

1964

1967
Nanda IGulzarilal Nanda
ShastriLal Bahadur Shastri
Nanda IIGulzarilal Nanda
Indira IIndira GandhiV. V. Giri
(7)Jaisukhlal Hathi

1967

1969
Gopal Swarup Pathak
9Kodardas Kalidas Shah

1969

1971
Indira II
10Uma Shankar Dikshit

1971

1975
B. D. Jatti
11Kamalapati Tripathi

1975

1977
12Lal Krishna Advani

1977

1979
Janata PartyDesaiMorarji Desai
CharanCharan Singh
13Krishna Chandra Pant

1979

1980
  • Minister of Energy
Indian National Congress (Urs)Mohammad Hidayatullah
14Pranab Mukherjee

1980

1981
Indian National CongressIndira IIIIndira Gandhi

1981

1984
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
15Vishwanath Pratap Singh

1984

1987
RajivRajiv Gandhi
16Narayan Dutt Tiwari

1987

1988
Shankar Dayal Sharma
17P. Shiv Shankar

1988

1989
18M. S. Gurupadaswamy

1989

1990
  • Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals
Janata DalV. P. SinghV. P. Singh
19Yashwant Sinha

1990

1991
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)Chandra ShekharChandra Shekhar
20Shankarrao Chavan

1991

1996
Indian National CongressRaoP. V. Narasimha Rao
K. R. Narayanan
21Sikander Bakht

1996

1996
Bharatiya Janata PartyVajpayee IAtal Bihari Vajpayee
22Inder Kumar Gujral

1996

1996
Janata DalDeve GowdaH. D. Deve Gowda
23H. D. Deve Gowda

1996

1997
Self
(22)Inder Kumar Gujral

1997

1998
GujralInder Kumar Gujral
Krishan Kant
(21)Sikander Bakht

1998

1999
Bharatiya Janata PartyVajpayee IIAtal Bihari Vajpayee
24Jaswant Singh

1999

2004
Vajpayee III
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
25Manmohan Singh

2004

2014
Indian National CongressManmohan ISelf
Manmohan IIMohammad Hamid Ansari
26Arun Jaitley

2014

2018
Bharatiya Janata PartyModi INarendra Modi

2018

2019
M. Venkaiah Naidu
27Thawar Chand Gehlot

2019[3]

2021
  • Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment
Modi II
28Piyush Goyal

2021[4]
2024
  • Minister of Commerce and Industry
  • Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
  • Minister of Textiles
Jagdeep Dhankhar
29J. P. Nadda
2024Incumbent Modi III

Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

The Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha (IAST:) 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)
Constituency
Term of officeMinisterial offices heldPolitical party

2004

2008
Indian National Congress

Arackaparambil Kurien Antony

MP for Kerala

2008

2009

Ghulam Nabi Azad

MP for J&K

2009

2014

Manohar Parrikar

MP for Uttar Pradesh

2014

2017
Bharatiya Janata Party

Ravi Shankar Prasad

MP for Bihar

2017

2019

Piyush Goyal

MP for Maharashtra
[5] [6]
2021
  • Minister of Commerce and Industry
  • Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
  • Minister of Railways

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

MP for Jharkhand

2021[7]

2022

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://164.100.47.193/councilofministers/files/councilofministers.pdf
  2. Web site: Rajya Sabha-Former Leader of House.
  3. Web site: Thawarchand Gehlot to replace Arun Jaitley as Leader of House in Rajya Sabha . 2021-07-19 . . en . 11 June 2019.
  4. Web site: Piyush Goyal appointed Leader of House in Rajya Sabha. 2021-07-14. timesnownews.com. 14 July 2021 . en.
  5. Web site: Piyush Goyal appointed Leader of House in Rajya Sabha. 2021-07-14. timesnownews.com. 14 July 2021. en.
  6. News: Union Minister Piyush Goyal appointed as Leader of House in Rajya Sabha . 25 October 2022 . 14 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221025101341/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/piyush-goyal-appointed-as-leader-of-house-in-rajya-sabha-7404509/ . 25 October 2022 . en.
  7. News: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi appointed Deputy Leader of House in Rajya Sabha. 25 October 2022. 20 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20221025101653/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mukhtar-abbas-naqvi-appointed-deputy-leader-of-house-in-rajya-sabha-7412696/. 25 October 2022. en.