Rajya Sabha set to have a new seating arrangement from next session

The Rajya Sabha is set to have a new seating arrangement from the next session of Parliament. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, both Rajya Sabha members and cabinet ministers, do not occupy front benches in the House. They would, from the next session. Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Suresh Prabhu, who is no longer a minister, is set to lose his front bench seat, as will Y S Chowdary, who recently quit the Telugu Desam Party to join the BJP.    

Identity crisis

The Rajya Sabha has two electronic displays that show the name of the MP speaking, her