Article 89

Part V — The Union · Constitution of India

Article 89

The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Council of States. (1) The Vice- President of India shall be ex officio Chairman of the Council of States. (2) The Council of States shall, as soon as may be, choose a member of the Council to be Deputy Chairman thereof and, so often as the office of Deputy Chairman becomes vacant, the Council shall choose another member to be Deputy Chairman thereof.

In plain wordsThe Vice-President automatically chairs the Rajya Sabha. The House itself elects one of its members as Deputy Chairman and fills that post again whenever it falls vacant.

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