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Leader of the House in Lok Sabha

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Leader of the House in Lok Sabha
Lok Sabhā Me Sadana ke Netā
State Emblem of India
Flag of India
Incumbent
Narendra Modi
since 26 May 2014
StyleHis Excellency
TypeParliamentary Leader
StatusParliamentary Chairman of the Majority Party
Member ofLok Sabha
Reports toParliament of India
SeatLok Sabha
NominatorLok Sabha members of majority Parliamentary Party
AppointerPresident of India
by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Lok Sabha
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President or Confidence of Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha
5 years unless dissolved sooner
No term limits specified
FormationMay 1952
First holderJawaharlal Nehru
(1952–1964)
Unofficial namesPrime Minister (if the office holder is the head of government)
Deputyvacant
Salary₹330,000 (US$4,000)
(excl. allowances) per month

The Leader of the House in Lok Sabha (IAST: Lok Sabhā Sadana ke Netā) is the parliamentary chairperson of the party that holds a majority in the Lok Sabha and is responsible for government business in the house. The office holder is usually the prime minister if they are a member of the house. If the prime minister is not a member of the Lok Sabha, usually the senior-most minister in the union cabinet serves as the leader of the house.[1]

History

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Seventeen individuals had served as the leader of the house in the Lok Sabha. Of which, twelve individuals (including Gulzarilal Nanda) were prime ministers and served as the leader of the house. Jawaharlal Nehru became the first leader of the house after the 1951 general election and served as the leader of the house until his death in 1964. After his demise, acting prime minister Gulzarilal Nanda briefly served as the leader of the house. Lal Bahadur Shastri and acting prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri served as the leader of the house.

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi following her appointment in 1966 was a member of the Rajya Sabha and hence appointed Parliamentary Affairs minister Satya Narayan Sinha as the leader of the house in the Lok Sabha. Following her election to the Lok Sabha in the 1967 general election, Gandhi replaced Sinha as the leader of the house. Sinha, was thus, the first leader of the house who was not the prime minister.

Prime Ministers Morarji Desai, Charan Singh, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, V. P. Singh, Chandrashekhar, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Atal Bihari Vajpayee also served as the leaders of the house. After the 1991 general election, newly-appointed prime minister P. V. Narasimha Rao was not elected to either house of the parliament. Education Minister Arjun Singh served as the leader of the house until the election of prime minister Rao as a member of the Lok Sabha from Nandyal in a bye-election in November 1991.

Two Janata Dal prime ministers H. D. Deve Gowda and Inder Kumar Gujral were members of the Rajya Sabha, hence Railways Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, being a senior member of the cabinet, served as the leader of the house under both premiers. Similarly, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was a member of the Rajya Sabha during his premiership from 2004 till 2014, the senior-most minister in the union cabinet Pranab Mukherjee served as the leader of the house from 2004 till his resignation from the Lok Sabha in 2012 after being elected as the President of India. He was succeeded by Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde as the leader of the opposition.

The current prime minister Narendra Modi has been serving as the leader of the house since 2014.

List of Leaders of the House in Lok Sabha

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Key
  • † Assassinated or died in office
Lok
Sabha 		Portrait Name
(born – died)
Constituency 		Term of office Ministerial offices held Political party Government Prime Minister Speaker
(Tenure)
1st Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)
MP for Phulpur 		13 May
1952 		4 April
1957 		12 years, 14 days Indian National Congress Nehru II Self Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
(1952–1956)
M. A. Ayyangar
(1956–1957,
1957–1962)
2nd 5 April
1957 		31 March
1962 		Nehru III
3rd 2 April
1962 		27 May
1964[†] 		Nehru IV Hukam Singh
(1962–1967)
Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
MP for Sabarkantha 		27 May
1964 		9 June
1964 		13 days Nanda I Self
Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966)
MP for Allahabad 		9 June
1964 		11 January
1966[†] 		1 year, 216 days Shastri Self
Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
MP for Sabarkantha 		11 January
1966 		24 January
1966 		13 days Nanda II Self
Satya Narayan Sinha[a]
(1900–1983)
MP for Darbhanga 		14 February
1966 		3 March
1967 		1 year, 17 days Indira I Indira Gandhi
4th Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Rae Bareli 		14 March
1967 		27 December
1970 		3 years, 288 days Self Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(1967–1969)
Gurdial Singh Dhillon
(1969–1971,
1971–1975)
5th 15 March
1971 		18 January
1977 		Indira II
Bali Ram Bhagat
(1976–1977)
6th Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat 		23 March
1977 		28 July
1979 		2 years, 127 days Janata Party Desai Self Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(1977)
K. S. Hegde
(1977–1980)
Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
MP for Baghpat 		28 July
1979 		22 August
1979 		25 days Janata Party (Secular) Charan Self
7th Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Medak 		10 January
1980 		31 October
1984[†] 		4 years, 295 days Indian National Congress Indira III Self Balram Jakhar
(1980–1989)
Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi 		31 October
1984 		31 December
1984 		61 days Rajiv Self
8th 31 December
1984 		27 November
1989 		4 years, 331 days
9th Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur 		2 December
1989 		10 November
1990 		343 days Janata Dal V. P. Singh Self Rabi Ray
(1989–1991)
Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia 		10 November
1990 		13 March
1991 		123 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Self
10th Arjun Singh[b]
(1930–2011)
MP for Satna 		10 July
1991 		20 November
1991 		133 days Indian National Congress Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao Shivraj Patil
(1991–1996)
P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal 		6 December
1991 		10 May
1996 		4 years, 156 days Self
11th Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow 		16 May
1996 		1 June
1996 		16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Self P. A. Sangma
(1996–1998)
Ram Vilas Paswan[c]
(1946–2020)
MP for Hajipur 		11 June
1996 		4 December
1997 		1 year, 176 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
12th Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow 		19 March
1998 		26 April
1999 		1 year, 38 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Self G. M. C. Balayogi
(1998–1999,
1999–2002)
13th 13 October
1999 		6 February
2004 		4 years, 116 days Vajpayee III
Manohar Joshi
(2002–2004)
14th Pranab Mukherjee[d]
(1935–2020)
MP for Jangipur 		25 May
2004 		18 May
2009 		4 years, 358 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh Somnath Chatterjee
(2004–2009)
15th 3 June
2009 		26 June
2012 		3 years, 23 days Manmohan II Meira Kumar
(2009–2014)
Sushilkumar Shinde[e]
(born 1941)
MP for Solapur 		3 August
2012[2] 		18 May
2014 		1 year, 288 days
16th Narendra Modi
(born 1950)
MP for Varanasi 		26 May
2014 		24 May
2019 		10 years, 181 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Self Sumitra Mahajan
(2014–2019)
17th 30 May
2019 		04 June
2024 		Modi II Om Birla
(2019–present)
18th 04 June
2024 		Incumbent Modi III

Deputy Leader of the House in Lok Sabha

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The Deputy Leader of the House in Lok Sabha (IAST: Lok Sabhā Sadana ke Upar Netā) is the deputy parliamentary chairperson of the party that holds a majority in the Lok Sabha and is responsible for government business in the house.

Lok
Sabha 		Name
(born – died)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Leader of the House Speaker
(Tenure)
14th
Meira Kumar
(born 1945)
MP for Sasaram 		23 May
2004 		22 May
2009 		4 years, 364 days
Indian National Congress
Pranab Mukherjee
Somnath Chatterjee
(2004–2009)
15th
Sushilkumar Shinde
(born 1941)
MP for Solapur 		28 May
2009 		31 July
2012 		3 years, 64 days
Meira Kumar
(2009–2014)

Mallikarjun Kharge
(born 1941)
MP for Gulbarga 		31 July
2012 		18 May
2014 		1 year, 291 days
Sushilkumar Shinde
16th
Gopinath Munde
(1949–2014)
MP for Beed 		26 May
2014 		3 June
2014 		8 days
Bharatiya Janata Party
Narendra Modi
Sumitra Mahajan
(2014–2019)

Sushma Swaraj
(1952–2019)
MP for Vidisha 		4 June
2014 		24 May
2019 		4 years, 354 days
17th
Rajnath Singh[3]
(born 1951)
MP for Lucknow 		30 May
2019 		4 June
2024 		5 years, 5 days
Om Birla
(2019 - present)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ During this period, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was member of Rajya Sabha.
  2. ^ Arjun Singh served as the Leader of the House in the Lok Sabha after the constitution of the 10th Lok Sabha until the election of Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao as a member of the Lok Sabha in bye-election in November 1991.
  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. ^ Sushilkumar Shinde became the Leader of the House in 2012 after the election of Pranab Mukherjee as the President of India.

References

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  1. ^ "Lok Sabha". /legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Sushil Kumar Shinde is new Lok Sabha Leader of the House". 3 August 2012. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  3. ^ "BJP appoints PM Narendra Modi the leader of the Lok Sabha, Rajnath Singh his deputy". Scroll.in. 12 June 2019.
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