Rajya Sabha
Upper house of the Parliament of India
Follow Rajya Sabha on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| January 25 2025 | V. Vijayasai Reddy resigned from Rajya Sabha to take an MP seat |
| December 13 2024 | Beeda Masthan Rao and Sana Sathish Babu (Telugu Desam Party) and R. Krishnaiah (Bharatiya Janata Party) appointed as Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh, with varying terms until 21-Jun-2028 or 21-Jun-2026. |
| September 24 2024 | R. Krishnaiah resigned from Rajya Sabha to take an MP seat |
| August 29 2024 | Beeda Masthan Rao resigned from Rajya Sabha to take an MP seat |
| August 29 2024 | Mopidevi Venkataramana resigned from Rajya Sabha to take an MP seat |
| August 28 2024 | Upendra Kushwaha (RLM) elected to Rajya Sabha through bye-election, replacing Vivek Thakur who resigned |
| August 28 2024 | Manan Kumar Mishra (BJP) elected to Rajya Sabha through bye-election, replacing Misa Bharti who resigned |
| August 27 2024 | Manan Kumar Mishra (BJP) and Upendra Kushwaha (RLM) begin their Rajya Sabha terms. |
| June 24 2024 | J. P. Nadda becomes the latest Leader of the House, serving as Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers. |
| May 4 2024 | Sarfaraz Ahmad begins Rajya Sabha term with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, term scheduled to end on 03-May-2030 |
| May 4 2024 | Pradip Kumar Varma begins Rajya Sabha term with Bharatiya Janata Party, term scheduled to end on 03-May-2030 |
| April 3 2024 | Multiple new Rajya Sabha members from Bihar begin their terms, including Dharamshila Gupta (BJP), Bhim Singh (BJP), Sanjay Kumar Jha (JDU), Manoj Jha (RJD), Sanjay Yadav (RJD), and Akhilesh Prasad Singh (INC). |
| April 3 2024 | Syed Naseer Hussain starts his Rajya Sabha term from Karnataka with Indian National Congress, ending on 03-Apr-2030 |
| April 3 2024 | Ajay Maken begins his Rajya Sabha term representing Karnataka, with term ending on 03-Apr-2030 |
| April 3 2024 | G. C. Chandrasekhar starts his Rajya Sabha term from Karnataka, valid until 03-Apr-2030 |
| April 3 2024 | Narayana Bhandage begins his term as Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka for Bharatiya Janata Party, with term ending on 03-Apr-2030 |
| April 2 2024 | Y. V. Subba Reddy, Golla Baburao, and Meda Raghunath Reddy appointed as Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh, representing YSR Congress Party, with terms until 01-Apr-2030. |
| October 1 2022 | End of Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi's term as Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha |
| August 2022 | Jagdeep Dhankhar became the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and ex-officio Vice President of India |
| July 8 2022 | Aditya Sahu begins Rajya Sabha term with Bharatiya Janata Party, term scheduled to end on 07-Jul-2028 |
| July 8 2022 | Mahua Maji begins Rajya Sabha term with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, term scheduled to end on 07-Jul-2028 |
| July 8 2022 | Several Rajya Sabha members from Bihar start their terms, including Satish Chandra Dubey (BJP), Shambhu Sharan Patel (BJP), Khiru Mahto (JDU), and Faiyaz Ahmad (RJD). |
| July 1 2022 | Jaggesh starts his Rajya Sabha term representing Karnataka, valid until 30-Jun-2028 |
| July 1 2022 | Lehar Singh Siroya begins his Rajya Sabha term from Karnataka, with term ending on 30-Jun-2028 |
| July 1 2022 | Jairam Ramesh commences his Rajya Sabha term representing Karnataka, which will end on 30-Jun-2028 |
| July 1 2022 | Nirmala Sitharaman starts her Rajya Sabha term representing Karnataka, valid until 30-Jun-2028 |
| June 30 2022 | S. Kalyanasundaram begins Rajya Sabha term, set to serve until 29-Jun-2028 |
| June 30 2022 | R. Girirajan begins Rajya Sabha term, set to serve until 29-Jun-2028 |
| June 30 2022 | P. Chidambaram begins Rajya Sabha term from Indian National Congress party, set to serve until 29-Jun-2028 |
| June 30 2022 | K. R. N. Rajeshkumar begins Rajya Sabha term from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, set to serve until 29-Jun-2028 |
| June 22 2022 | S. Niranjan Reddy appointed as Rajya Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh, with term until 21-Jun-2028. |
| May 30 2022 | Anil Hegde (JDU) elected to Rajya Sabha through bye-election following the death of Mahendra Prasad |
| November 2021 | Pramod Chandra Mody appointed as the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha, serving as the principal executive officer of the Rajya Sabha Secretariat and chief advisor to the Chairman on parliamentary matters. |
| September 27 2021 | Kanimozhi NVN Somu begins Rajya Sabha term, set to serve until 02-Apr-2026 |
| September 13 2021 | Oscar Fernandes died during his Rajya Sabha term. |
| September 6 2021 | M. M. Abdulla begins Rajya Sabha term, set to serve until 24-Jul-2025 |
| July 19 2021 | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi becomes Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha |
| July 14 2021 | Piyush Goyal becomes Leader of the House, serving as Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, and Textiles. |
| December 7 2020 | Sushil Kumar Modi (BJP) elected to Rajya Sabha through bye-election following the death of Ram Vilas Paswan |
| November 26 2020 | K. Narayan commences his Rajya Sabha term from Karnataka, which will end on 25-Jun-2026 |
| September 2020 | Harivansh Narayan Singh elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, taking on the role of presiding officer in the Chairman's absence. |
| September 17 2020 | Ashok Gasti died during his Rajya Sabha term. |
| June 26 2020 | H. D. Deve Gowda starts his Rajya Sabha term representing JDS, which will end on 25-Jun-2026 |
| June 26 2020 | Eranna Kadadi begins his Rajya Sabha term representing Karnataka, valid until 25-Jun-2026 |
| June 26 2020 | Mallikarjun Kharge begins his Rajya Sabha term from Karnataka, valid until 25-Jun-2026 |
| June 22 2020 | Shibu Soren begins Rajya Sabha term with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, term scheduled to end on 21-Jun-2026 |
| June 22 2020 | Deepak Prakash begins Rajya Sabha term with Bharatiya Janata Party, term scheduled to end on 21-Jun-2026 |
| June 22 2020 | Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose, Parimal Nathwani, and Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy appointed as Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh, with terms until 21-Jun-2026. |
| April 10 2020 | Harivansh Narayan Singh (JDU), Ram Nath Thakur (JDU), Prem Chand Gupta (RJD), and Amarendra Dhari Singh (RJD) begin their Rajya Sabha terms. |
| April 9 2020 | Parimal Nathwani's second Rajya Sabha term ends |
|
We are only showing the most recent entries for this topic. |
|
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar, List of Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu, List of Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh, List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka, List of Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand, Rajya Sabha & Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.