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Leader of the House in Lok Sabha
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| Leader of the House in Lok Sabha | |
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| Lok Sabhā Sadana ke Netā | |
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| Member of | Lok Sabha |
| Reports to | Parliament of India |
| Formation | May 1952 |
| First holder | Jawaharlal Nehru (1952–1964) |
Leader of the House in Lok Sabha (IAST: Lok Sabhā Sadana ke Netā) is the Prime Minister by default if she/he is a member of the Lok Sabha. The Leader of the House serves as the parliamentary chairperson of the majority party in the house. If the Prime Minister is not a member of the Lower House of Parliament, she/he can nominate another minister as the Leader of the House.[1]
List[edit]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jawaharlal Nehru |  |
13 May 1952 | 4 April 1957 |
| 5 April 1957 | 31 March 1962 | |||
| 2 April 1962 | 27 May 1964 | |||
| 2 | Gulzarilal Nanda | .jpg) |
27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 |
| 3 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | .jpg) |
9 June 1964 | 11 January 1966 |
| (2) | Gulzarilal Nanda | |
11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 |
| 4 | Satya Narayan Sinha [1] | 14 February 1966 | 3 March 1967 | |
| 5 | Indira Gandhi |  |
14 March 1967 | 27 December 1970 |
| 15 March 1971 | 18 January 1977 | |||
| 6 | Morarji Desai | .png) |
23 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 |
| 7 | Charan Singh |  |
28 July 1979 | 22 August 1979 |
| (5) | Indira Gandhi | |
10 January 1980 | 31 October 1984 |
| 8 | Rajiv Gandhi | .jpg) |
31 October 1984 | 31 December 1984 |
| 31 December 1984 | 27 November 1989 | |||
| 9 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | .jpg) |
2 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 |
| 10 | Chandra Shekhar |  |
10 November 1990 | 13 March 1991 |
| 11 | Arjun Singh [Note 2] |  |
10 July 1991 | 20 November 1991 |
| 12 | P. V. Narasimha Rao |  |
6 December 1991 | 10 May 1996 |
| 13 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |  |
16 May 1996 | 01 June 1996 |
| 14 | Ram Vilas Paswan [Note 3] | .jpg) |
11 June 1996 | 4 December 1997 |
| (13) | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
19 March 1998 | 26 April 1999 |
| 13 October 1999 | 6 February 2004 | |||
| 15 | Pranab Mukherjee [Note 4] | .JPG) |
25 May 2004 | 18 May 2009 |
| 03 June 2009 | 26 June 2012 | |||
| 16 | Sushilkumar Shinde [Note 4] [Note 5] |  |
3 August 2012 | 18 May 2014 |
| 17 | Narendra Modi |  |
26 May 2014 | Incumbent |
Footnotes[edit]
- 1) ^ During this period, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was member of Rajya Sabha.
- 2) ^ During the time gap in between Chandra Shekhar's resignation and election of P. V. Narasimha Rao, the leader of the house was Arjun Singh.
- 3) ^ During this period, Prime Ministers H. D. Deve Gowda and Inder Kumar Gujral were members of Rajya Sabha.
- 4) ^ During this period, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was member of Rajya Sabha.
- 5) ^ After Pranab Mukherjee was elected as the President of India, Sushilkumar Shinde took over as the Leader of House.[2]
See also[edit]
- Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
- Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
- Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha
- Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha
- Secretary General of the Lok Sabha
References[edit]
- ↑ "Lok Sabha". /legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ↑ "Sushilkumar Shinde takes over as leader of the House in Lok Sabha". The Times of India. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
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