The Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Parliament is the parliamentary chairperson and representative of the National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata in the Parliament of India.
| Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Parliament of India of Parliamentary | |
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| Residence | New Delhi |
| Appointer | Parliamentary Board of the Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Term length | 5 years (Lok Sabha) 6 years (Rajya Sabha) |
| Formation | 1989 |
| First holder | Chandupatla Janga Reddy (Lok Sabha) Jaswant Singh (Rajya Sabha) |
| Website | Parliamentary website |
Lok Sabha Leader edit
The Leader of the Bharaitya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha, is the chief spokesperson and parliamentary head of the Bharatiya Janata Party [a] in the House. If the BJP forms the majority, the leader is usually elected as prime minister and leader of the House.
| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term (in years and days) | Lok Sabha | ||
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Chandupatla Janga Reddy | Hanamkonda | 31 December 1984 | 27 November 1989 | 4 years, 331 days | 8th |
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L. K. Advani | New Delhi | 24 December 1990 | 25 July 1993 | 2 years, 213 days | 9th |
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| Gandhinagar | |||||||
| Advani also served as the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha from 1990 to 1993. | |||||||
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Lucknow | 26 July 1993 | 22 May 2004 | 10 years, 301 days | |
| 11th | |||||||
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| 13th | |||||||
| Became Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha in 1993 succeeding Advani and served in this position till 1996 when he became the Prime Minister of India. | |||||||
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L. K. Advani | Gandhinagar | 22 May 2004 | 21 December 2009 | 5 years, 213 days | 14th |
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Sushma Swaraj | Vidisha | 21 December 2009 | 26 May 2014 | 4 years, 156 days | 15th |
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Narendra Modi | Varanasi | 26 May 2014 | Incumbent | 9 years, 330 days | 16th |
| 17th | |||||||
Rajya Sabha Leader edit
| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term (in years and days) | ||
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| 1 | 
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Jaswant Singh | Rajasthan | 13 October 1980 | 27 November 1989 | 9 years, 45 days |
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Sushma Swaraj | Haryana | 13 October 1990 | 6 July 1992 | 1 year, 267 days |
| 3 | Sikander Bakht | Madhya Pradesh | 7 July 1992 | 13 October 1999 | 7 years, 98 days | |
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Jaswant Singh | Rajasthan | 13 October 1999 | 16 May 2009 | 9 years, 215 days |
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Arun Jaitley | Gujarat | 3 June 2009 | 11 June 2019 | 10 years, 8 days |
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Thawar Chand Gehlot | Madhya Pradesh | 11 June 2019 | 6 July 2021 | 2 years, 25 days |
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Piyush Goyal | Maharashtra | 14 July 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 281 days |
Parliamentary Party leader edit
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee; 1980-84,86,93-96,99-2009
- L. K. Advani; 2009-14
- Narendra Modi; 2014-
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Except 2004, Advani was leader of lok sabha, but vajpayee was the parliamentary party leader.