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18 unusual facts about Rajya Sabha


Aladi Aruna

He later joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and was elected to the Lok Sabha,from Tirunelveli and later M. G. Ramachandran nominated him to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu in 1984.He also served as the leader of the AIADMK in the Rajya Sabha .

Alok Dixit

With his reservations on the Intermediary Guidelines of the Information Technology Act, 2011 of India, Alok Dixit along with his colleague Aseem Trivedi started a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar to support the annulment motion in Rajya Sabha.

Bhai Mahavir

He has authored many books and prior to his governorship had served two terms as a member of the Rajya Sabha.

Brij Bhushan Tiwari

Shri Brij Bhushan Tiwari (died April 25, 2012) was a politician of the Samajwadi Party who was a Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.

Council of States

Rajya Sabha, also known as the Council of States, the upper house of the Parliament of India

K. Kalyanasundaram

He served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from September 23, 1969 to April 2, 1970 and April 3, 1970 to April 2, 1976.

Kapila Vatsyayan

She was nominated as a member of the Upper house of Parliament of India, the Rajya Sabha in 2006, though subsequently in March 2006, she resigned following the office of profit controversy.

Kiran Shamsher Rana

He took on duties outside of Nepal later in life, appointed to a six-year term as a member of Rajya Sabha in 1963 and later serving as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Nepal to the Court of St. James's from 1973 to 1977.

Mathai Manjooran

The speeches that he made in the Council of States on the occasion were praised time and again by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan who was the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha at that time.

The final effort of Mathai towards the formation of Kerala State was when he was a sitting member of the Council of States (the forerunner of the present Rajya Sabha) from 1952–54.

Mohan Singh Oberoi

He also participated in legislative politics by winning elections to the Rajya Sabha for two terms, from April 1962 to March 1968 and from April 1972 to April 1978.

Radhabai Subbarayan

However, Radhabai was elected unopposed to the Council of States from a general constituency in 1938 and became the first women member of the Council of States.

Rajyadhikara Party

In fact, 90% of Andhra Pradesh Backward Classes do not have any representation in either Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh or Indian Parliament (Loksabha and Rajya Sabha).

Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra

He was Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha from December 1969 to March 1971.

He also represented the State of Bihar in the Rajya Sabha from December 1962 to April 1966 and again from April 1966 to March 1971.

Soumitra Sen

He was the first judge in independent India to be impeached in India's Rajya Sabha for misappropriation of funds.

On 18 August 2011, Rajya Sabha passed the impeachment motion by overwhelming majority of 189 votes in favour and 17 against.

T. V. Kamalaswamy

He served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from April 3, 1952 to April 2, 1954 and April 3, 1954 to April 2, 1960.


Committee on Judicial Accountability

In 1998 the committee prepared a charge sheet to impeach Justice Madan Mohan Punchhi, and obtained the signatures of 25 Rajya Sabha MPs.

Janayugom

Presently its editor is Binoy Viswam, Ex Minister, succeeding M. P. Achuthan who is a Member of the Rajya Sabha, upper house of Indian Parliament.

Judges Assets Bill

The Bill titled The Judges Declaration of Assets and Liabilities Bill, 2009 was attempted to be introduced in Rajya Sabha by Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily on 3 August 2009.

Kalpnath Rai

Shri Kalpnath Rai was a Rajya Sabha member from 1974–80, 1980–86, 1986–92 and represented Ghosi four times to the Lok Sabha.

Lok Sabha TV

The channel broadcasts live and recorded coverage of the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) while Rajya Sabha TV covers the sessions of the Rajya Sabha (upper house of Parliament).

Manjula Chellur

In 2013 the Division Bench of the Kerala High Court, consisting of Chief Justice Chellur and Justice Vinod Chandran, ordered the state government to submit a statement regarding the high-profile rape case against the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, P. J. Kurien.

Meka Rangaiah Appa Rao

R. Appa Rao (21 March 1915 – 31 January 2003) was Vice Chancellor of Andhra University, Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Minister in Government of Andhra Pradesh, Member of Rajya Sabha and Telugu film producer.

Metcalfe House

Between 1920 and 1926, it also remained the seat of the Council of State of the Central Legislative Assembly, which eventually paved way for the present Rajya Sabha, till the inauguration of the Parliament House in New Delhi.

Navin Chawla

In May 2006 Jaswant Singh, opposition leader in Rajya Sabha, appealed to the Supreme Court of India for Chawla's removal as election commissioner because of his lifelong association with Congress politicians and the MPLADS controversy.

Nookala Narotham Reddy

Narotham Reddy M.A. (born 23 March 1921 - died 14 March 1984) was Vice Chancellor of Osmania University and Member of Rajya Sabha.

Parminder Singh Dhindsa

His father Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa is Akali Dal General Secretary, former Union minister and Rajya Sabha member.

Sanganer

Krishan Lal Balmiki the member of Rajya Sabha, was also from Sanganer (born 10 July 1942,Died 21 April 2010).

Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad

He is the Chairman of the A.P. Hindi Academy; Professor in Hindi at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, and is a former Rajya Sabha Member.