Leader of the House of Punjab Legislative Assembly

Leader of the Punjab Legislative Assembly, is the Chief Minister by default.[1] If the Chief Minister is not a member of the House of then he can nominate another minister as the Leader of the House as it was happened in 1964 and then 1966 when Gopi Chand Bhargava and Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir was not the member of Punjab Legislative Assembly and become the Chief Minister respectively.

Leader of the House,
Punjab Legislative Assembly
Emblem of Punjab
Incumbent
Amarinder Singh
since 24 March 2017
Member ofPunjab Legislative Assembly
Formation3 May 1952
First holderBhim Sen Sachar

Role

The Leader of the House is an important parliamentary functionary and exercises direct influence on the course of parliamentary business. The whole policy of the Government especially in so far as it is expressed in the inner life of the House and in measures dealing with the course of its business, is concentrated in his person.

The arrangement of Government business is the ultimate-responsibility of the Leader of the House, though the details are settled, subject to his approval, by the Chief Whip. The Leader of the House makes proposals for the dates of summoning and prorogation of the House for the approval of the Chair.[2]

List of Leader of House
No. Name Portrait Tenure
Leader of Interim East Punjab Assembly
- Gopi Chand Bhargava 1 November 1947 13 April 1949
- Bhim Sen Sachar 13 April 1949 18 October 1949
- Gopi Chand Bhargava 18 October 1949 20 June 1951
Leader of Punjab Legislative Assembly
1 Bhim Sen Sachar 3 May 1952 23 January 1956
2 Partap Singh Kairon 23 January 1956 31 March 1957
24 April 1957 1 March 1962
13 March 1962 6 July 1964[3]
3 Ram Kishan 6 July 1964 5 July 1966
1 November 1966 28 February 1967 [4]
4 Gurnam Singh 20 March 1967 24 November 1967
5 Lachhman Singh Gill 25 November 1967 23 August 1968
(4) Gurnam Singh 13 March 1969 26 March 1970
6 Parkash Singh Badal 26 March 1970 13 June 1971
7 Zail Singh 21 March 1972 30 April 1977
(6) Parkash Singh Badal 30 June 1977 17 February 1980
8 Darbara Singh 23 June 1980 7 October 1983
9 Surjit Singh Barnala 14 October 1985 11 May 1987
10 Beant Singh 16 March 1992 31 August 1995
11 Harcharan Singh Brar 31 August 1995 21 November 1996
12 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal 21 November 1996 11 February 1997
(6) Parkash Singh Badal 3 March 1997 26 February 2002
13 Amarinder Singh 21 March 2002 27 February 2007
(6) Parkash Singh Badal 1 March 2007 6 March 2012
19 March 2012 11 March 2017
(13) Amarinder Singh 24 March 2017 Incumbent

References
  1. punjabassembly.nic.in
  2. Leader of House
  3. From 21 June 1964 to 6 July 1964 the Chief Minister was Gopi Chand Bhargava but he was not the member of Punjab vidhan sabha.
  4. From 1 November 1966 to 8 March 1967 the Chief Minister was Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir but he was not the member of Punjab vidhan sabha.
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