Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

E40487

constitutional office of India parliamentary office presiding officer role

The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is the presiding officer of India’s upper house of Parliament, a role held ex officio by the Vice President of India to conduct its proceedings and maintain order.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Vice President of India	19
Chairman of Rajya Sabha	7
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha canonical	4
Vice-President of India	2
Chairman, Council of States	1
Presiding Officer of Rajya Sabha	1
राज्य सभा के सभापति	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T308820 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
Context triple: [Parliament of India, presidingOfficerOfRajyaSabha, Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]

A. Speaker of the Lok Sabha
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the elected head and principal presiding officer of the lower house of India’s Parliament, responsible for conducting its proceedings and maintaining order and discipline.
B. President of the Senate
The President of the Senate is the chief presiding officer of Zimbabwe’s upper house of Parliament, responsible for overseeing debates, maintaining order, and representing the Senate in its official functions.
C. President of India
The President of India is the ceremonial head of state and the supreme constitutional authority of the Republic of India, responsible for upholding the Constitution and representing the nation domestically and internationally.
D. President of the House of Councillors
The President of the House of Councillors is the presiding officer and highest-ranking member of Japan’s upper parliamentary chamber, responsible for overseeing its proceedings and administration.
E. President pro tempore of the United States Senate
The President pro tempore of the United States Senate is a senior member of the majority party who presides over the Senate in the vice president’s absence and is high in the line of presidential succession.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
Target entity description: The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is the presiding officer of India’s upper house of Parliament, a role held ex officio by the Vice President of India to conduct its proceedings and maintain order.

A. Speaker of the Lok Sabha
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the elected head and principal presiding officer of the lower house of India’s Parliament, responsible for conducting its proceedings and maintaining order and discipline.
B. President of the Senate
The President of the Senate is the chief presiding officer of Zimbabwe’s upper house of Parliament, responsible for overseeing debates, maintaining order, and representing the Senate in its official functions.
C. President of India
The President of India is the ceremonial head of state and the supreme constitutional authority of the Republic of India, responsible for upholding the Constitution and representing the nation domestically and internationally.
D. President of the House of Councillors
The President of the House of Councillors is the presiding officer and highest-ranking member of Japan’s upper parliamentary chamber, responsible for overseeing its proceedings and administration.
E. President pro tempore of the United States Senate
The President pro tempore of the United States Senate is a senior member of the majority party who presides over the Senate in the vice president’s absence and is high in the line of presidential succession.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional office of India ⓘ parliamentary office ⓘ presiding officer role ⓘ
alsoCalled	Chairman, Council of States ⓘ linked to: Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
appointedBy	indirect election as Vice President of India ⓘ
assistedBy	Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ Panel of Vice-Chairmen of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ linked to: Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
associatedWithBody	Secretariat of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
cannotBe	member of either House of Parliament ⓘ
chamberType	upper house ⓘ
constitutionalArticle	Article 64 of the Constitution of India ⓘ Article 89 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of India ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
currentHolder	Jagdeep Dhankhar ⓘ
currentHolderStartDate	11 August 2022 ⓘ
duty	allow or disallow motions and resolutions ⓘ conduct proceedings of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ decide points of order in the Rajya Sabha ⓘ interpret rules of procedure of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ maintain order in the Rajya Sabha ⓘ
firstHolder	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ⓘ
heldExOfficioBy	Vice President of India ⓘ linked to: Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
inauguralYear	1952 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Rajya Sabha proceedings ⓘ
locatedIn	Parliament House, New Delhi ⓘ linked to: Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House)
nativeLanguage	hi ⓘ
nativeName	राज्य सभा के सभापति ⓘ linked to: Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
officeIncompatibleWith	membership of Lok Sabha ⓘ membership of Rajya Sabha ⓘ
partOf	Parliament of India ⓘ
power	adjourn the Rajya Sabha sine die ⓘ adjourn the sitting of the Rajya Sabha ⓘ cast deciding vote in case of a tie ⓘ decide admissibility of calling attention notices ⓘ decide admissibility of questions ⓘ decide admissibility of short duration discussion notices ⓘ suspend members for disorderly conduct ⓘ
presidesOver	Council of States ⓘ linked to: Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha ⓘ
reportsTo	Rajya Sabha ⓘ
residence	New Delhi ⓘ linked to: New Delhi, India
style	Honourable ⓘ Shri ⓘ
symbol	Emblem of India ⓘ linked to: State Emblem of India
termLength	5 years ⓘ
termLinkedTo	term of the Vice President of India ⓘ
votingRight	does not vote in the first instance ⓘ has only a casting vote in case of equality of votes ⓘ

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