There is no such post of the 'Speaker' in the 'Rajya Sabha' of India. Traditionally The Hon. Vice President of India executes the function as The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States, regarded as the Upper House of the Indian Parliament).
y.b.chavan . he belonged to the congress party which itself was the ruling party . This situation resulted due to the clause in our constitution which says that the opposition party must hold atleast 1/10 of the total lok sabha seats . and in 1952 elections , CPI was the only other party in the lok sabha having more no. of seats than congress . the CPI held 16 seats out of 489 seats . thus a.k.gopalan of the CPI is not the 1st leader of opposition but it is y.b.chavan
President of India has the power to dissolve the Lok Sabha.
Altogether 543 parliamentary election constituencies are there in India for the Lok-Sabha.
Shri Charanjit Singh Atwal was the 13th Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha of India.
Lok Sabha
Mr. A K Gopalan was the first Opposition leader of Lok Sabha.
Ms. Sushma Swaraj is the Leader of Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha. [since 21st December 2009]
There are 116 members of the main opposition party; Bharatiya Janta Party in the present Lok Sabha of India.
sushma swaraj is the deputy leader of lok sabha.
The Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha.
Sushma Swaraj (in Lok Sabha)Arun Jaitley(in Rajya Sabha)
y.b.chavan . he belonged to the congress party which itself was the ruling party . This situation resulted due to the clause in our constitution which says that the opposition party must hold atleast 1/10 of the total lok sabha seats . and in 1952 elections , CPI was the only other party in the lok sabha having more no. of seats than congress . the CPI held 16 seats out of 489 seats . thus a.k.gopalan of the CPI is not the 1st leader of opposition but it is y.b.chavan
As of 22-Nov-13, below are the leaders in BJP: Chairperson: Rajnath Singh Parliamentary Chairperson: L.K.Advani Leader in Lok Sabha: Sushma Swaraj (Leader of Opposition) Leader in Rajya Sabha: Arun Jaitley (Leader of Opposition)
As of 22-Nov-13, below are the leaders in BJP: Chairperson: Rajnath Singh Parliamentary Chairperson: L.K.Advani Leader in Lok Sabha: Sushma Swaraj (Leader of Opposition) Leader in Rajya Sabha: Arun Jaitley (Leader of Opposition)
Opposition Leader of Lok Sabha is Ms. Sushma Swaraj [since 21 December 2009] and Opposition Leader of Rajya Sabha is Mr. Arun Jaitley [since 3 June 2009].
Speaker of Lok Sabha
Shri Ananthasayanam Ayyangar was the second Lok Sabha speaker of India.