Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Parliament of India

Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Parliament of India of Parliamentary
Emblem of India
Narendra Modi (Lok Sabha) Piyush Goyal (Rajya Sabha)
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

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.

Lok Sabha Leader

The Leader of the Bharaitya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha, is the chief spokesperson and parliamentary head of the Bharatiya Janata Party 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
1		Chandupatla Janga Reddy	Hanamkonda	31 December 1984	27 November 1989	4 years, 331 days	8th
2		L. K. Advani	New Delhi	24 December 1990	25 July 1993	2 years, 213 days	9th
							10th
			Gandhinagar
			Advani also served as the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha from 1990 to 1993.
3		Atal Bihari Vajpayee	Lucknow	26 July 1993	22 May 2004	10 years, 301 days
							11th
							12th
							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.
(2)		L. K. Advani	Gandhinagar	22 May 2004	21 December 2009	5 years, 213 days	14th
4		Sushma Swaraj	Vidisha	21 December 2009	26 May 2014	4 years, 156 days	15th
5		Narendra Modi	Varanasi	26 May 2014	Incumbent	10 years, 208 days	16th
							17th
							18th

Rajya Sabha Leader

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term (in years and days)
1		Jaswant Singh	Rajasthan	13 October 1980	27 November 1989	9 years, 45 days
2		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
(1)		Jaswant Singh	Rajasthan	13 October 1999	16 May 2009	9 years, 215 days
4		Arun Jaitley	Gujarat	3 June 2009	11 June 2019	10 years, 8 days
5		Thawar Chand Gehlot	Madhya Pradesh	11 June 2019	6 July 2021	2 years, 25 days
6		Piyush Goyal	Maharashtra	14 July 2021	24 June 2024	2 years, 346 days
7		Jagat Prakash Nadda	Gujarat	24 June 2024	Incumbent	179 days

Parliamentary Party leader

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee; 1980–1986, 1993–1996, 1998–2009
• L. K. Advani; 1986–1993, 1996–1998, 2009–2014
• Narendra Modi; 2014–present

See also

• List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party
• Leader of the House in Lok Sabha
• Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
• Leader of the Opposition (India)