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 service. The total allowed capacity is 250 according to article 80 of the Indian Constitution. The current potential seating capacity of the Rajya Sabha is 245,after the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Act,2019,the seats came down to 245. The maximum seats of 250 members can be filled up at the discretion and requirements of the house of Rajya Sabha.
The Lok Sabha,constitutionally the House of the People,is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament,with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies,and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Parliament House,New Delhi.
Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi was an Indian politician,who has served as the 1st Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2000 to 2003 and a member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Marwahi from 2018 to 2020 and from 2001 to 2013. He also served as a member of Lok Sabha from Mahasamund from 2004 to 2008 and from Raigarh from 1998 to 1999 and member of Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh from 1986 to 1998 and district collector of Raipur in Office from 1978 to 1981. He was a member of Indian National Congress till 2016 and the founder of the political party named Janta Congress Chhattisgarh and the 1st President of the party from 2016 till he died in 2020.
The Government of India,also known as the Central Government or union government,is the national authority of the Republic of India,a federal democracy located in South Asia,consisting of 28 union states and eight union territories.
Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde is an Indian politician from the state of Maharashtra. He was the Minister of Home Affairs,Minister of Power in the Manmohan Singh government,and the Leader of the House in Lok Sabha until 26 May 2014. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 18 January 2003 to 4 November 2004.
Jairam Ramesh is an Indian politician belonging to Indian National Congress. He is a Member of Parliament representing Karnataka state in the Rajya Sabha. In July 2011,Jairam was elevated to the Union Council of Ministers of India and appointed Minister of Rural Development and Minister of the new Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. However,in the cabinet reshuffle in October 2012,he was divested of the portfolio of Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. He was previously the Indian Minister of State at the Ministry of Environment and Forests from May 2009 to July 2011.
Manoj Sinha is an Indian politician serving as the 2nd and the current Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. He served as the Minister of State for Communications and Minister of State for Railways in the Government of India. Sinha was elected as Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha,representing Ghazipur for three terms from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Sinha was in the race for the post of UP Chief Minister after 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
Ajay Singh Chautala is a former Indian MP and sports administrator. He is elder son of former Chief Minister of Haryana Om Prakash Chautala and father of former Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana Dushyant Chautala.
Pyarimohan Mohapatra was a politician from the Odisha Jana Morcha as a member of the Parliament of India representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was the political advisor of Naveen Patnaik. He started his career as an IAS officer and was principal secretary to Biju Patnaik. He was considered as the mastermind and the proxy leader of the Biju Janata Dal.
The Government of Uttar Pradesh is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of India. The Governor of Uttar Pradesh is appointed for a period of five years and appoints the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and their council of ministers,who are vested with the executive powers of the state. The governor remains a ceremonial head of the state,while the chief minister and their council are responsible for day-to-day government functions.
Prakash Keshav Javadekar is an Indian politician and former parliamentarian. He served as the Minister of Environment,Forest and Climate Change two times,from May 2014 to July 2016 and from May 2019 to July 2021.
Tamil Nadu has a parliamentary system as defined by its constitution,with power distributed between the state government and the districts.
Alphons Joseph Kannanthanam or K. J. Alphons is an Indian civil servant,advocate,and politician from Kerala. He was Union Minister of State for Culture,and Tourism during first Modi ministry under Government of Narendra Modi. He also held charge for Electronics and Information Technology.
T. G. Venkatesh or Tumbalam Gooty Venkatesh is an Indian businessman and politician. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh from 1999 to 2004 and from 2009 to 2014. He was Minister for Minor Irrigation under the administration of Kiran Kumar Reddy. He has been a member of the Rajya Sabha since 2016.
Chaudhary Birender Singh is a senior Indian political leader and a well-known face in Indian Politics. He lately served as Minister of Rural Development,Panchayati Raj,Sanitation &Drinking Water from 2014 to 2016 and later as the Union Minister of Steel from 2016 to 2019 in the Narendra Modi led NDA Government in India.
Manish Gupta is an Indian politician who was the Minister for Power in the Government of West Bengal. He was a Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. In the 2011 Vidhan Sabha election of West Bengal he historically defeated his former boss- the then incumbent Chief Minister of West Bengal,Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee,who remained the MLA of this constituency for twenty-four years by a huge margin of 16684 votes. He served under Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal before he retired as an IAS officer. He also worked as the Chief Secretary of West Bengal under Chief Minister Jyoti Basu - a time when Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was the Deputy Chief Minister.
Ram Chandra Prasad Singh is an Indian politician and former national president of Janata Dal (United). He is a former Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from Bihar from 2010 to 2022. He was a Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer before joining politics. He was also principal secretary of Nitish Kumar. He became Minister of Steel in Second Modi ministry when cabinet overhaul happened.
Hirallli Chenniah Dasappa was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the Lower House of the Parliament from Bangalore in Mysore State in 1957 and 1962 as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Ashwini Vaishnaw is an Indian politician and former IAS officer who is currently serving as the 39th Minister of Railways,55th Communications Minister and 2nd Electronics &Information Technology Minister in Government of India since 2021 and a member of the Rajya Sabha representing Odisha since 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Earlier in 1994,Vaishnaw joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in the Odisha cadre,and has worked in Odisha.
