Leader of the House in
Rajya Sabha
Rājya Sabhā ke Sadana Netā
State Emblem of India
Flag of India
Incumbent
Piyush Goyal
since 14 July 2021
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)
DeputyDharmendra Pradhan
Salary₹330,000 (US$4,100)
(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

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

Key
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 1971)
MP for Gujarat (from 1971) 		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] 		Incumbent
Jagdeep Dhankhar
(2022–present)

List of Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

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 		09 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] 		01 October
2022

Dharmendra Pradhan
(born 1969)
MP for Madhya Pradesh 		04 October
2022 		Incumbent

See also

References

  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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