Union Minister Thawarchand Gehlot was appointed on Tuesday, 11 June the Leader of the Rajya Sabha, a position occupied in the previous Narendra Modi-led government by senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley who has had health issues and is currently recovering, official sources said.
Gehlot, the social justice and empowerment minister, is an experienced parliamentarian and a Dalit face of the saffron party.