List Of Current Members Of The Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the Upper House of the Parliament of India. Membership is limited to 250 members, and the present Rajya Sabha has 245 members. 233 members are elected by the Vidhan Sabha members and 12 are nominated by the President for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services. Members sit for overlapping six years terms, with one-third of the members retiring every two years. Andhra Pradesh Keys: Arunachal Pradesh Keys: Assam Keys: Bihar Keys: Chhattisgarh Keys: Goa Keys: Gujarat Keys: Haryana Keys: Himachal Pradesh Keys: Jharkhand Keys: Karnataka Keys: Kerala Keys: Madhya Pradesh Keys: Maharashtra Keys: Manipur Keys: Meghalaya Keys: Mizoram Keys: Nagaland Keys: Odisha Keys: Punjab Keys: Rajasthan Keys: Sikkim Keys: Tamil Nadu Keys: Telangana Keys: Tripura Keys: Uttar P ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , 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 (233 elected, 12 appointed), 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. The Rajya Sabha meets in continuous sessions, and unlike the Lok Sabha, being the lower house of the Parliament, the Rajya Sabha is not subjected to dissolution. However, the Rajya Sabha, like the Lok Sabha, can be prorogued by the president. The Rajya Sabha has equal footing in legislation with ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Rwngwra Narzary
Rwngwra Narzary is an Indian politician. Narzary is a Member of Parliament, representing Assam in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the United People's Party Liberal. He is working President of United People's Party Liberal The United People's Party Liberal ( UPPL) is a political party founded in Assam. The party has its headquarters in Kokrajhar Town. The party was actively participated in 2020 Bodoland Territorial Council Election under the presidency of Pramod ... since 2020. He is also chairman of the Kajalgaon Municipal Board. References Rajya Sabha members from Assam United People's Party Liberal politicians 1970 births Living people {{Assam-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Bashistha Narain Singh
Bashistha Narain Singh, is a politician from Janata Dal (United). He is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He had served as Bihar state President of Janata Dal (United), the ruling party of the state. In January 2021, he was succeeded by Umesh Kushwaha to the post of Bihar state chief of JD (U). Previously, he was a member of Samata Party (Uday Mandal is current National President) and was the President Bihar Samata Party from 1995 to 1998. Political career Singh was imprisoned several times during the Bihar movement. During Indian Emergency, he was imprisoned for nineteen months. In 1977, He was administered the oath at Shaheed Smarak, Patna to the members of the newly constituted Bihar Vidhan Sabha who were associated with the J.P. Movement. He was General Secretary of Bihar Janata Party from 1980 to 1985. He was a member of the Executive Committee Bihar Janata Dal from 1989 to 1990 then was ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Ram Nath Thakur
Ram Nath Thakur, (born 3 March 1950 in Karpoori Gram, Samastipur district, Bihar) a politician from Janata Dal (United) party, is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament. He is Leader of Janata Dal (United) in Rajya Sabha . He was a member of Bihar Legislative Council and became Minister of Sugarcane Industries in Lalu Prasad Lalu Prasad Yadav (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). He is a former Chief Minister of Bihar (1990-1997), a former Railway Minister of India (2004-2009), and a former Member of Parliam ...'s first cabinet. From November 2005 to November 2010 was Minister of Revenue and Land Reforms, Law, Information and Public Relations in Second Nitish Kumar ministry. He was elected in for the term April 2014-April-2020. References Janata Dal (United) politicians 1950 births Living people Rajya Sabha members from Bihar People from S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Harivansh Narayan Singh
Harivansh Narayan Singh (born 30 June 1956) is an Indian journalist and politician, who is the Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Bihar. Early life He did his graduate and post graduate in Economics from Banaras Hindu University and also holds Diploma in Journalism. He resides at Ranchi. Journalistic career He has worked in several different media publications through his career, starting with The Times of India. He served as an additional media advisor to former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar. He joined the then obscure and nearly dead Hindi publication Prabhat Khabar in 1989, and scaled it to become one of the top newspapers in India, in terms of circulation. The newspaper was known for investigating many high-profile stories, including the Fodder scam. Political career In 2014, the Janata Dal (United) nominated Singh to the Rajya Sabha from the state of Bihar for a si ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Anil Hegde
Anil Hegde is an Indian politician from Janata Dal (United) party, a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha elected from bypoll due to the death of Pharmaceutical Baron and seven time Parliamentarian Mahendra Prasad Mahendra Prasad (8 January 1940 – 27 December 2021) was an Indian politician from Janata Dal (United) party, a Member of the Parliament of India representing Bihar in the Rajya Sabha. He was the richest Indian MP. Prasad also owned two pharm .... References Living people Janata Dal (United) politicians Members of the Parliament of India Year of birth missing (living people) Rajya Sabha members from Bihar {{Karnataka-JDU-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Khiru Mahto
Khiru Mahto (born 1953) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as member of Rajya Sabha from Bihar since 2022. He was elected to the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Mandu (Vidhan Sabha constituency) from 2005 until 2009. He is the member of the Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pra .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mahto, Khiru Living people 1953 births Jharkhand MLAs 2005–2009 Rajya Sabha members from Bihar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Ahmad Ashfaque Karim
Ahmad Ashfaque Karim is a businessman, edupreneur and politician from Katihar, Bihar, India. He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha of the Indian Parliament from Rashtriya Janata Dal party. Career Karim was appointed vice-president of the Lok Janshakti Party, and unsuccessfully contested the 2010 State Assembly election for Katihar constituency of the Lok Sabha. In 2012, Karim established and Kosi Bedari Morcha, a group that campaigns for special status for Bihar's eight districts in Kosi division, one of the poorest regions of India. He is the founder Chairman of Al-Karim Educational Trust, Patna, Bihar; founder Chancellor of Al-Karim University, Katihar, Bihar; and founder Chairman-cum-Managing Director of Katihar Medical College, Katihar, Bihar. Karim was formerly the chairman and managing director of Katihar Medical College in Katihar. In June 2013, police arrested him at his home on suspicion of taking bribes from student applicants to the medical college. The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Manoj Jha
Manoj Kumar Jha is an Indian politician who is a member of Rajya Sabha in Indian Parliament and a member of Rashtriya Janta Dal. He currently serves as the national spokesperson of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. On 15 March 2018, he was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from the state of Bihar. Jha completed his master's degree from Department of Social Work from Delhi University in 1992 and PhD in 2000. He has been a professor at The Department of Social Work University Of Delhi, and its head between 2014 and 2017. He was a lecturer at Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia from 1994 to 2002 before joining Delhi School of Social Work. He is also a visiting faculty to School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi. His research interest also includes political economy and governance, social action and social movements, majority-minority relations, and peace and conflict studies. In October 2020, it was reported that he had become Tejashwi Yadav's principal political adviser ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Amarendra Dhari Singh
Amarendra Dhari Singh is an Indian politician and entrepreneur. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha the upper house of Indian Parliament from Bihar as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit .... He has a business in the real estate and chemical sector. He supports underprivileged in education. References Living people Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians Rajya Sabha members from Bihar Year of birth missing (living people) {{Bihar-RJD-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Prem Chand Gupta
Prem Chand Gupta (born 3 February 1950) is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in Ministry of Company Affairs (India), Ministry of Company Affairs of India. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament from Bihar. Earlier, he was elected from Jharkhand to the Rajya Sabha. He had some involvement in coal scam. He was previously an NRI based in Hong Kong who promoted a factory manufacturing watches in India (Indo Swiss Time) and entered politics later. He currently lives in South Extension, New Delhi. References Living people 1950 births Members of the Cabinet of India Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians Rajya Sabha members from Bihar Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand Coal block allocation scam Ministers for Corporate Affairs People charged with corruption {{bihar-RJD-politician-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
|
Faiyaz Ahmad
Faiyaz Ahmad is an Indian politician belonging to Rashtriya Janata Dal, he is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Bihar since May 2022. He had been elected two consecutive terms as a Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Bisfi Bisfi is a mandal in the Madhubani district of Bihar, India. It is the birthplace of Vidyapati Vidyapati ( – 1460), also known by the sobriquet ''Maithil Kavi Kokil'' (the poet cuckoo of Maithili), was a Maithili and Sanskrit poly ... 2010 and 2015. He is an educationist and founder of Madhubani Medical College and Hospital. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) announced Faiyaz Ahmad as the party's candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. References External links Faiyaz Ahmadon Facebook * https://twitter.com/FaiyazAhmadRjd?t=r7fbTa8kESkO4q6iKb7NTQ&s=09 on Twitter {{DEFAULTSORT:Ahmad, Faiyaz Living people Rashtriya Janata Dal politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Bihar MLAs 2010–2015 Bihar MLAs 2015–2020 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |