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 (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
PortraitName(borndied)ConstituencyTerm of office Ministerial offices held Political party Government Prime MinisterChairman1N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar19521953 Minister of Defence Indian National CongressNehru II Jawaharlal Nehru Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan2Charu Chandra Biswas19531954 Minister of Law and Justice3Lal Bahadur Shastri19541955 Minister of Railways 4 Govind Ballabh Pant 1955 1961 Minister of Home AffairsNehru III 5 Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim 1961 1963 Minister of Irrigation and PowerNehru IV Zakir Husain6Yashwantrao Chavan19631963 Minister of Defence7Jaisukhlal Hathi19641964 Minister of State for Home Affairs Minister of State for Labour 8 M. C. Chagla 1964 1967 Minister of Education Minister of External Affairs Nanda IGulzarilal NandaShastriLal Bahadur ShastriNanda IIGulzarilal NandaIndira I Indira Gandhi V. V. GiriIndira II (7) Jaisukhlal Hathi 1967 1969 Minister of Labour, Employment and Rehabilition Gopal Swarup Pathak 9 Kodardas Kalidas Shah 1969 1971 Minister of Health, Family Planning and Urban DevelopmentIndira III 10 Uma Shankar Dikshit 1971 1975 Minister of Health, Family Planning and Urban Development Minister of Home Affairs Minister of Shipping and Transport B. D. Jatti11Kamalapati Tripathi19751977 Minister of Railways 12 Lal Krishna Advani 1977 1979 Minister of Information and Broadcasting Janata Party DesaiMorarji DesaiCharan Charan Singh13Krishna Chandra Pant19791980 Minister of EnergyIndian National Congress (Urs) Mohammad Hidayatullah 14 Pranab Mukherjee19801981 Minister of Commerce and Industry Minister of Finance Indian National CongressIndira IV Indira Gandhi 1981 1984 Ramaswamy Venkataraman15Vishwanath Pratap Singh19841987 Minister of Finance Minister of Defence Rajiv I & II Rajiv Gandhi 16 Narayan Dutt Tiwari 1987 1988 Minister of Finance Shankar Dayal Sharma17P. Shiv Shankar19881989 Minister of Human Resource Development18M. S. Gurupadaswamy19891990 Minister of Petroleum and ChemicalsJanata Dal V. P. SinghV. P. Singh19Yashwant Sinha19901991 Minister of FinanceSamajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra ShekharChandra Shekhar 20 Shankarrao Chavan 1991 1996 Minister of Home Affairs Indian National CongressRao P. V. Narasimha Rao K. R. Narayanan21Sikander Bakht19961996 Minister of External Affairs Minister of Urban Affairs and EmploymentBharatiya Janata PartyVajpayee IAtal Bihari Vajpayee22Inder Kumar Gujral19961996 Minister of External Affairs Janata Dal Deve GowdaH. D. Deve Gowda23H. D. Deve Gowda19961997 Prime Minister Minister of Urban DevelopmentSelf (22) Inder Kumar Gujral 1997 1998 Prime Minister Minister of External Affairs Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral Krishan Kant(21)Sikander Bakht19981999 Minister of Industry Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee 24 Jaswant Singh 1999 2004 Minister of External Affairs Minister of Finance Vajpayee III Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 25 Manmohan Singh(Prime Minister) 2004 2014 Prime Minister Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Minister of External Affairs Minister of Finance Indian National Congress Manmohan I Self Manmohan II Mohammad Hamid Ansari 26 Arun Jaitley20142018 Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister of Defence Minister of Information and Broadcasting Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi20182019 M. Venkaiah Naidu27Thawar Chand Gehlot20192021 Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Modi II 28 Piyush Goyal 2021 2024 Minister of Commerce and Industry Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister of TextilesJagdeep Dhankhar29 J. P. Nadda 2024Incumbent Minister of Health and Family Welfare Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Modi IIIC.P. Radhakrishnan
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)ConstituencyTerm of officeMinisterial offices heldPolitical partyrowspan="3" Shivraj PatilMP for Maharashtra 20042008Minister of Home Affairsrowspan="3" Indian National Congress Arackaparambil Kurien AntonyMP for Kerala20082009Minister of Defence Ghulam Nabi AzadMP for J&K20092014Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Minister of Water Resourcesrowspan="6" Manohar ParrikarMP for Uttar Pradesh20142017Minister of Defencerowspan="6" Bharatiya Janata Party Ravi Shankar PrasadMP for Bihar20172019Minister of Law and Justice Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Minister of Communications Piyush GoyalMP for Maharashtra2021Minister of Commerce and Industry Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister of Railways Mukhtar Abbas NaqviMP for Jharkhand20212022Minister of Minority Affairs
See also Vice President of India (Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha) Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha Leader of the House in Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha Statistics
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