Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

Chair of the majority party

Leader of the House in
Rajya Sabha

Rājya Sabhā ke Sadana Netā

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Incumbent
Jagat Prakash Nadda
since 24 June 2024

Rajya Sabha
Status| Party Leader
Member of| Rajya Sabha
Reports to| Parliament of India
Residence| 8, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India[1]
Formation| May 1952
First holder| N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
(1952–1953)
Deputy| Nirmala Sitharaman
Salary| ₹330,000 (US$4,000)
(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

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

Key

* † Assassinated or died in office

No. | Portrait  | Name
(born - died)
Constituency | Term of office  | Ministerial offices held  | Political party  | Government  | Prime Minister  | Chairman
(Tenure)

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1  |  |  | N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar
(1882–1953)
MP for Tamil Nadu | 13 May
1952  | 10 February
1953[†] |

* Minister of Defence

| 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  |

* Minister of Law and Justice

3  |  |  | Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966)
MP for Uttar Pradesh | November
1954  | March
1955  |

* Minister of Railways

4  |  |  | Govind Ballabh Pant
(1887–1961)
MP for Uttar Pradesh | March
1955  | March
1961[†] |

* Minister of Home Affairs

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  |

* Minister of Defence

7  |  |  | Jaisukhlal Hathi
(1909–1982)
MP for Gujarat | February
1964  | March
1964  |

* Minister of State for Home Affairs
* Minister of State for Labour

8  |  |  | M. C. Chagla
(1900–1981)
MP for Maharashtra | March
1964  | November
1967  |

* Minister of Education (1963–1966)
* Minister of External Affairs (1966–1967)

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  |

* Minister of Labour, Employment and Rehabilition

Gopal Swarup Pathak
(1969–1974)
9  |  |  | Kodardas Kalidas Shah
(1908–1986)
MP for Gujarat | November
1969  | May
1971  |

* Minister of Health, Family Planning and Urban Development

Indira II
10  |  |  | Uma Shankar Dikshit
(1901–1991)
MP for Uttar Pradesh | May
1971  | December
1975  |

* Minister of Health, Family Planning and Urban Development (1971–1973)
* Minister of Home Affairs (1974–1975)
* Minister of Shipping and Transport (1975)

B. D. Jatti
(1974–1979)
11  |  |  | Kamalapati Tripathi
(1905–1990)
MP for Uttar Pradesh | December
1975  | March
1977  |

* Minister of Railways

12  |  |  | Lal Krishna Advani
(born 1927)
MP for Gujarat | March
1977  | August
1979  |

* Minister of Information and Broadcasting

| 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 1981)
MP for Gujarat (from 1981) | January
1980  | 10 July
1981  |

* Minister of Commerce and Industry (1980–1982)
* Minister of Finance (1982–1984)

| 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  |

* Minister of Finance (1984–1987)
* Minister of Defence (1987)

| Rajiv | Rajiv Gandhi |
16  |  |  | Narayan Dutt Tiwari
(1925–2018)
MP for Uttar Pradesh | April
1987  | June
1988  |

* Minister of Finance

Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1987–1992)
17  |  |  | P. Shiv Shankar
(1929–2017)
MP for Gujarat | June
1988  | December
1989  |

* Minister of Human Resource Development

18  |  |  | M. S. Gurupadaswamy
(1924–2011)
MP for Karnataka | December
1989  | November
1990  |

* Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals

| Janata Dal | V. P. Singh | V. P. Singh |
19  |  |  | Yashwant Sinha
(born 1937)
MP for Bihar | November
1990  | June
1991  |

* Minister of Finance

| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar |
20  |  |  | Shankarrao Chavan
(1920–2004)
MP for Maharashtra | July
1991  | April
1996  |

* Minister of Home Affairs

| 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  |

* Minister of External Affairs
* Minister of Urban Affairs and Employment

| Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
22  |  |  | Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
MP for Bihar | June
1996  | November
1996  |

* Minister of External Affairs

| Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda |
23  |  |  | H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
MP for Karnataka | November
1996  | April
1997  |

* Prime Minister
* Minister of Urban Development

| Self
(22)  |  |  | Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
MP for Bihar | April
1997  | March
1998  |

* Prime Minister
* Minister of External Affairs

| Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral |
Krishan Kant
(1997–2002)
(21)  |  |  | Sikander Bakht
(1918–2004)
MP for Madhya Pradesh | 19 March
1998  | 13 October
1999  |

* Minister of Industry

| Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
24  |  |  | Jaswant Singh
(1938–2020)
MP for Rajasthan | 13 October
1999  | 22 May
2004  |

* Minister of External Affairs (1999–2002)
* Minister of Finance (2002–2004)

| Vajpayee III
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(2002–2007)
25  |  |  | Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
MP for Assam | 22 May
2004  | 26 May
2014  |

* Prime Minister
* Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
* Minister of External Affairs (2005–2006)
* Minister of Finance (2008–2009, 2012)

| 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  |

* Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs
* Minister of Defence (2014, 2017)
* Minister of Information and Broadcasting (2014–2016)

| 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  |

* Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

| Modi II
28  |  |  | Piyush Goyal
(born 1964)
MP for Maharashtra | 14 July
2021[4][5] | 4 June 2024  |

* Minister of Commerce and Industry
* Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
* Minister of Textiles

Jagdeep Dhankhar
(2022–present)
29  |  |  | J. P. Nadda
(born 1960)
MP for Gujarat | 24 June 2024  | Incumbent |

* Minister of Health and Family Welfare
* Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers

| Modi III

## List of Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

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Name
(born - died)
Constituency | Term of office  | Ministerial offices held  | Political party

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Shivraj Patil
(born 1935)
MP for Maharashtra | 23 May
2004  | 30 November
2008  |

* Minister of Home Affairs

|  |  Indian National Congress

Arackaparambil Kurien Antony
(born 1940)
MP for Kerala | 30 November
2008  | 22 May
2009  |

* Minister of Defence

Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
MP for J&K | 28 May
2009  | 26 May
2014  |

* Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
* Minister of Water Resources

Manohar Parrikar
(1955–2019)
MP for Uttar Pradesh | 9 June
2014  | 13 March
2017  |

* Minister of Defence

|  |  Bharatiya Janata Party

Ravi Shankar Prasad
(born 1954)
MP for Bihar | 13 March
2017  | 30 May
2019  |

* Minister of Law and Justice
* Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
* Minister of Communications

Piyush Goyal
(born 1964)
MP for Maharashtra | 12 June 2019[6][5] | 13 July
2021  |

* Minister of Commerce and Industry
* Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
* Minister of Railways

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
(born 1957)
MP for Jharkhand | 19 July
2021[7] | 1 October
2022  |

* Minister of Minority Affairs

Dharmendra Pradhan
(born 1969)
MP for Madhya Pradesh | 4 October
2022  | 2 April
2024  |

* Minister of Education
* Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

Nirmala Sitharaman
(born 1959)
MP for Karnataka | 24 June
2024  | Incumbent |

* Minister of Finance
* Minister of Corporate Affairs

## See also

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* 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

## References

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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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