Leader Of The House In Rajya Sabha

Leader of the House in
Rajya Sabha
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
Status	Party Leader
Member of	Rajya Sabha
Reports to	Parliament of India
Residence	8, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Formation	May 1952
First holder	N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar; (1952–1953)
Deputy	Dharmendra Pradhan
Salary	₹330,000 (US$4,100); (excl. allowances) per month

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:

Key

^† Assassinated or died in office

No.	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^[†]	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
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 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				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
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)
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	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
12	Lal Krishna Advani (born 1927) MP for Gujarat	March 1977	August 1979	Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Janata Party	Charan	Charan Singh
13	Krishna Chandra Pant (1931–2012) MP for Uttar Pradesh	August 1979	January 1980	Minister of Energy	Indian National Congress (Urs)	Charan	Charan Singh	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	Minister of Commerce and Industry (1980–1982) Minister of Finance (1982–1984)	Indian National Congress	Indira III	Indira Gandhi
		14 August 1981	December 1984
		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	Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1984–1987)
16	Narayan Dutt Tiwari (1925–2018) MP for Uttar Pradesh	April 1987	June 1988	Minister of Finance
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
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		Deve Gowda	Self
(22)	Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) MP for Bihar	April 1997	March 1998	Prime Minister Minister of External Affairs		Gujral	Inder Kumar Gujral
(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
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	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	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (2002–2007)
25	Manmohan Singh (born 1932) MP for Assam	22 May 2004	26 May 2014		Indian National Congress	Manmohan II	Self	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	Mohammad Hamid Ansari (2007–2017)
26		3 April 2018	11 June 2019			Modi I		M. Venkaiah Naidu (2017–2022)
27	Thawar Chand Gehlot (born 1948) MP for Madhya Pradesh	11 June 2019	6 July 2021	Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment		Modi II
28	Piyush Goyal (born 1964) MP for Maharashtra	14 July 2021	Incumbent	Minister of Commerce and Industry Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister of Textiles
28	Piyush Goyal (born 1964) MP for Maharashtra	14 July 2021	Incumbent					Jagdeep Dhankhar (2022–present)

List of Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha

	Term of office		Ministerial offices held
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	09 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	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	01 October 2022	Minister of Minority Affairs
Dharmendra Pradhan (born 1969) MP for Madhya Pradesh	04 October 2022	02 April 2024	Minister of Education Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

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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
Status	Party Leader
Member of	Rajya Sabha
Reports to	Parliament of India
Residence	8, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Formation	May 1952
First holder	N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar (1952–1953)
Deputy	Dharmendra Pradhan
Salary	₹330,000 (US$4,100) (excl. allowances) per month