The Rajya Sabha,constitutionally the Council of States,is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2022,it has a maximum membership of 245,of which 233 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 245,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 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 Sansad Bhavan,New Delhi.
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 his 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 his Union Council of Ministers.
The Union Council of Ministers is the principal executive organ of the Government of India,which functions as the senior decision making body of the executive branch. It is chaired by the prime minister and consists of the heads of each of the executive government ministries. Currently,the council is headed by prime minister Narendra Modi and consists of 29 members,including the prime minister. The council is subject to the Parliament of India.
India has a parliamentary system as defined by its constitution,with power distributed between the central government and the states.
Chaudhary Ajit Singh was an Indian politician. He was a big Jat community leader. He was the founder and chief of the Rashtriya Lok Dal,a political party recognized in western part of state of Uttar Pradesh,and son of former Prime Minister of India late Chaudhary Charan Singh. He had tested positive for COVID-19 on 22 April 2021 and was admitted in a Gurugram hospital. He died on 6 May 2021 after his condition deteriorated.
Ahmedbhai Muhammedbhai Patel,also known as Ahmed Patel,was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from the Indian National Congress. He was the political secretary to Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
Sushma Swaraj was an Indian lawyer,politician,and diplomat who served as the Minister of External Affairs of India in the first Narendra Modi government from 2014 to 2019. She is only the second person to complete the 5-year term as Minister of External Affairs after Jawaharlal Nehru. Being a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party,she was the second woman to hold the office,after Indira Gandhi. She was elected seven times as a Member of Parliament and three times as a Member of the Legislative Assembly. At the age of 25 in 1977,she became the youngest cabinet minister of the Indian state of Haryana. She also served as 5th Chief Minister of Delhi for a short duration in 1998 and became the first female Chief Minister of Delhi.
Thawar Chand Gehlot is an Indian politician who is the current and 19th Governor of Karnataka,being the first person serving as the Governor of Karnataka from Madhya Pradesh. He assumed office of the Governor of Karnataka on July 11,2021. He also served as the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment from 2014 to 2021. He was also the Leader of the House in the upper house of Indian Parliament. He was a member of the Parliamentary Board and the Central Election Committee of the BJP.
Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh or R. P. N. Singh,is an Indian politician and former Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He was the Member of Parliament for Kushinagar constituency in the fifteenth Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014. In the 2014 General Election,despite an increase in his own votes,he was defeated by Rajesh Pandey (BJP). He lost again in 2019. In September 2020,Singh was chosen for AICC in charge of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.
Jogendra Nath Hazarika was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 9 September 1979 to 11 December 1979. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from the Dibrugarh constituency,Assam in 1951,1957,1962 and 1967. He was also a Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly and Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly.
Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from the Tezpur Assam in 1957,1962 and 1967. He was national president of INTUC. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1992.
Members of the 16th Lok Sabha were elected during the 2014 Indian general election. The elections were conducted in 9 phases from 7 April 2014 to 12 May 2014 by the Election Commission of India. The results of the election were declared on 16 May 2014.
A Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha is the representative of a legislative constituency in the Lok Sabha;the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of parliament of Lok Sabha are chosen by direct elections on the basis of the adult suffrage. The maximum permitted strength of members of parliament in the Lok Sabha is 550. This includes the maximum 530 members to represent the constituencies and states and up to 20 members to represent the union territories. Between 1952 and 2020,two seats were reserved for members of the Anglo-Indian community. The current elected strength of the Lok Sabha is 543. The party—or coalition of parties—having a majority in the Lok Sabha chooses the Prime Minister of India.
Shyam Singh Yadav is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha from Jaunpur,Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha. He is the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Papers laid on the Table since 2019. He is also the member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel;Parliamentary Joint Committee on Offices of Profit;member of Parliamentary General Purposes Committee;and member of Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He is also a former PCS officer.
Mohan Nayak was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Purnendu Narayan Khan was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Uluberia in West Bengal as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Laxmi Narayan Bhanja Deo was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Keonjhar in Odisha as a member of the Indian National Congress.
Toyaka Sanganna was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Indian National Congress.
T. B. Vittal Rao was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Khammam as a member of the Communist Party of India.
