The Rajya Sabha,constitutionally the Council of States,is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2023,it has a maximum membership of 250,of which 238 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using single transferable votes through open ballots,while the president can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art,literature,science,and social services. The potential seating capacity of the Rajya Sabha is 250,according to article 80 of the Indian Constitution. Members sit for staggered terms lasting six years,with about a third of the 238 designates up for election every two years,in even-numbered years. Unlike the Lok Sabha,the Rajya Sabha is a continuing chamber and hence not subject to dissolution. However,the Rajya Sabha,like the Lok Sabha,can be prorogued by the president.
The Samajwadi Party is a socialist political party in India. Headquartered in New Delhi,the party is based in Uttar Pradesh with a significant presence in other states too. The party has been able to form the government in the state of Uttar Pradesh four times - three times under Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav,the fourth and most recent being Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s full majority government in the 2012-2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The coalition of party and its alliance partners SP+ has one of the largest vote bases in the state of Uttar Pradesh in terms of the collective voting pattern in the state-based electoral system,with more than 37% vote share in the 2022 elections.
The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses:the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. The president in their role as head of the legislature has full powers to summon and prorogue either house of Parliament or to dissolve the Lok Sabha. The president can exercise these powers only upon the advice of the prime minister and their Union Council of Ministers.
Ramkrishna Suryabhan Gavai,popularly known as Dadasaheb Gavai,was an Indian politician,social activist,senior leader of the Ambedkarite movement,and founder of the Republican Party of India (Gavai). He was the President of Ambedkar's ideological party Republican Party of India,through this party,he did many works in political and social fields. Gavai also worked with Babasaheb Ambedkar,a polymath and the father of the republic of India. He was the Governor of the three states of Bihar,Sikkim and Kerala,as well as he has served in both houses of the Indian Parliament,the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Gavai was a 30-year member (MLC) of the Maharashtra Legislative Council during which he served on the posts of the chairman,the deputy chairman,and the Opposition leader of the council.
Vijay Jawaharlal Darda is a politician from Indian National Congress party,and a Member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha since 1998,having been elected for three consecutive terms into the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is the chairman of the Lokmat Media Group. He is also the President of the Akhil Bhartiya Sakal Jain Samaj. Darda was President of the Indian Newspaper Society,New Delhi from 1997 to 1998. He continues to be a member of its executive committee.
Balavant Apte,also called Bal Apte and Balasaheb Apte was a lawyer,politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was a MA LLM. He died on 17 July 2012 at Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai.
Datta Raghobaji Meghe is an Indian politician and currently a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to Lok Sabha as a member of Congress Party four times :10th Lok Sabha from Nagpur,11th (1996-1998) from Ramtek,12th Lok Sabha from Wardha,and 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014) from Wardha constituency in Maharashtra state.
Nirmala Deshpande was a noted Indian social activist who had embraced Gandhi and philosophy. She devoted her adult life to the promotion of communal harmony and service to women,tribal people,and the dispossessed in India.
Bhaurao Krishnaji Gaikwad,also known as Dadasaheb Gaikwad,was an Indian politician and social worker from Maharashtra. He was founder member of the Republican Party of India and was a member of parliament in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. He was a close colleague and follower of human rights leader B. R. Ambedkar. The people of Maharashtra honoured him with the sobriquet Karmaveer and the Government of India awarded him with Padma Shri in 1968 for his dedicated service to society.
Bhaurao Dewaji Khobragade,commonly known as Rajabhau Khobragade,was an Indian barrister,Ambedkarite social activist and politician. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha of the Parliament of India at various times from 1958 to 1984. He was Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha from 1969 to 1972. Khobragade was an Ambedkarite and leader of Republican Party of India (RPI). He hails from Mahar community and,in 1956 he got converted into Buddhism along with B. R. Ambedkar,the father of the Indian Constitution.
Banwarilal Purohit is an Indian politician who is the current and 29th Governor of Punjab,India and Administrator of Chandigarh as of 29 August 2021. He was the former Governor of Tamil Nadu from 2017 to 2021,and former Governor of Assam from 2016 to 2017. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a Member of Parliament from the Nagpur three times,twice as an Indian National Congress member,once as a BJP member.
Narendra Kumar Prasadrao Salve was a veteran Indian politician from Indian National Congress,parliamentarian and a cricket administrator. Former Union minister and president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) (1982–1985),he was instrumental in bringing the Cricket World Cup outside England and to the Indian subcontinent in 1987. Salve was a staunch advocate for the separate statehood of Vidarbha.
Ajay Sancheti is Member of Rajya Sabha belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a Member of Parliament,representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament.
Vellamvelly Muraleedharan is an Indian politician from Kerala and current Union Minister of State for External Affairs &Parliamentary Affairs of India since 30 May 2019. He was the eighth State President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala. He is also a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament representing the state of Maharashtra. He was sworn in as a Union Minister on 30 May 2019. On 12 June 2019,Muraleedharan was appointed Government Deputy Chief Whip in the Rajya Sabha.
Dr. Vikas Mahatme is Padmashri Awarded Indian ophthalmologist,social entrepreneur,visionary and a former member of the Parliament in Rajya Sabha. Born in Amravati,he comes from Nagpur in the state of Maharashtra. He is well known across Maharashtra for his charitable and social works. He founded a charitable trust –S. Mahatme Eye Welfare Charitable Trust that runs Mahatme Eye Bank eye hospital in Nagpur as well as branches in Mumbai,Amravati,Gadchiroli and Pune. He received the Padma Shri for his charitable community work as an ophthalmologist. In June 2016,Mahatme was the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate for the Rajya Sabha biennial elections,which he won unopposed. His candidature was strongly backed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. He belongs to the Dhangar community. He has expressed support for implementing Scheduled Tribe reservation for Dhangar community in Maharashtra and is its first community member to get elected to parliament. He is currently a member of the Indian Nursing Council.
A Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha is the representative of the Indian states to the one of the two houses of the Parliament of India. Rajya Sabha MPs are elected by the electoral college of the elected members of the State Assembly with a system of proportional representation by a single transferable vote. Parliament of India is bicameral with two houses;Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. The total number of members of Rajya Sabha are lesser than the Members of Parliament in the Lok Sabha and have more restricted power than the lower house. Unlike membership to the Lok Sabha,membership to the Rajya Sabha is permanent body and cannot be dissolved at any time. However every second year,one third of the members are retired and vacancy are filled up by fresh elections and Presidential nomination at the beginning of every third year.
Member of Parliament in India refers to persons who serve in the Parliament of India. These include:
