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List of Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party

List of Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major parties in the political system of Republic of India, the other being the Indian National Congress (INC).[1] As of 2015, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the Lok Sabha (House of the People),[2] and is the world's largest political party in terms of primary membership.[3] Established in 1980, the BJP's platform is generally considered as the right-wing of the political spectrum.[4]

The Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India.[5] As of February 2020, 252 BJP leaders have been a member of the Rajya Sabha,[6] out of which 82 are sitting members.[7] Members of the Rajya Sabha are indirectly elected by state and territorial legislatures using single transferable votes, while twelve members are appointed by the President of India for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services.[5][8] According to the Constitution of India, the Rajya Sabha has certain special powers being a federal chamber.[8] The Rajya Sabha is not subjected to dissolution unlike the Lok Sabha, and the term of its member is six years.[8]

Seventeen of the Rajya Sabha members from the BJP are women,[6] out of which six are sitting members – Roopa Ganguly, Kanta Kardam, Sonal Mansingh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and Saroj Pandey.[9] Eleven of the sitting members from the BJP are members of the Union Council of Ministers of India.[10] Jaswant Singh represented Rajasthan for four terms which amounted to a total tenure length of 7398 days, the longest for any Rajya Sabha member from the BJP.[11][12] The only other BJP members to serve four terms as a Rajya Sabha member are Arun Jaitley, Pramod Mahajan, Venkaiah Naidu, and Ravi Shankar Prasad.[11] Among the sitting members, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has the longest total tenure length of 7214 days.[12]

BJP members have represented 21 states and union territories in the Rajya Sabha. Out of these, Uttar Pradesh has contributed the highest number of members (44).[6] It is followed by Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat with 36 and 34 members respectively.[6]

Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party

Key
  • *  – Sitting member
  • † – Resigned
  • ‡ – Died during the term
  • # – Elected to Lok Sabha during the term
  • § – Disqualified
  • ↑ – Seat declared vacant
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Notes

  1. Advani served two terms from 1970 to 1982 while being a member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).[11]
  2. Ahluwalia served two terms from 1986 to 1998 while being a member of the INC.[11]
  3. Bhandari served two terms from 1966 to 1972 and 1976 to 1982 while being a member of the Janata Party (JP).[11]
  4. Chandrasekhar served two terms from 2006 to 2018 as an independent member.[12]
  5. Chowdary served one term from 2010 to 2016 while being a member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).[12]
  6. Heptulla served four terms from 1980 to 2004 while being a member of the INC.[11]
  7. Mohinder Kaur served one term from 1964 to 1970 while being a member of the INC.[11]
  8. Kore served one term from 1990 to 1996 while being a member of the INC.[11]
  9. Mahavir served one term from 1968 to 1974 while being a member of the BJS.[11]
  10. Kalraj Mishra served one term from 1978 to 1984 while being a member of the JP.[11]
  11. Mitra served one term from 2003 to 2009 while being a non-partisan nominated member.[11]
  12. Murthy served one term from 1994 to 1999 while being a member of the INC and another term from 2006 to 2010 while being a member of the Janata Dal (Secular).[11]
  13. Nagar served one term from 2016 to 2019 while being a member of the Samajwadi Party (SP).[12]
  14. Ramamurthy served one term from 2016 to 2019 as a member of the INC.[12]
  15. Ramesh served two terms from 2012 to 2018 as a member of the TDP.[12]
  16. Garikapati Mohan Rao served one term in 2014 as a member of the TDP.[12]
  17. Scindia served one term from 1978 to 1984 as a member of the Janata Dal (JD).[11]
  18. Seth served one term from 2016 to 2019 as a member of the SP.[12]
  19. Viren J. Shah served one term from 1975 to 1981 as an independent member.[11]
  20. Shekhar served one term from 2014 to 2019 while being a member of the SP.[12]
  21. Birender Singh served one term from 2010 to 2014 as a member of the INC.[11]
  22. Yashwant Sinha served one term from 1988 to 1993 as a member of the JD.[11]
  23. Kaptan Singh Solanki's seat was declared vacant under article 158 of the Constitution of India when he occupied the seat of Governor of Haryana.[13]
  24. Swamy served two terms from 1974 to 1976 and 1988 to 1994 while being a member of the BJS and the JP respectively.[12]
  25. Vajpayee served one term from 1962 to 1967 while being a member of the BJS.[11]
  26. Jagdambi Prasad Yadav served one term from 1968 to 1974 while being a member of the BJS.[11]

References

General
  • "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  • "List of Sitting Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise)". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
Specific
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    Edward A. Gargan (29 November 1993). "India's Two Major Political Parties Stumble in Regional Elections". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
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    "Sixteenth Lok Sabha – Party-wise Representation of Members". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. [3]
    Chatterjee, Mohua (13 July 2015). "BJP enrolls 11 crore members, launches 'Mahasampark Abhiyan'". First Post. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
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    Sagarika Dutt (12 November 2006). India in a Globalised World. Manchester University Press. p. 64. ISBN 9781847792143. Retrieved 29 December 2015. BJP is a right wing party and gives priority to the unity of the country.
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    "Our Parliament". parliamentofindia.nic.in. Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
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    "Advanced Search". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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    "List of Members in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  8. [8]
    "Frequently asked questions about Rajya Sabha". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  9. [9]
    "Rajya Sabha – List of Women Members". Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  10. [10]
    "Members of Rajya Sabha in the Council of Ministers". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  11. [11]
    "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  12. [12]
    "List of Sitting Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise)". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  13. [13]
    "37. Table Office" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
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