List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons

A speaker is responsible for presiding assembly debates and maintains order and discipline of the house during legislative session. He decides "when a member should be called upon to speak and how long he be allowed to speak". Questions relating breach of privilege and contempt of the house is raised by the members with consent of the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker.^{[citation needed]}

With regard to matters within the assembly house or related to the members of the legislative assembly, it is the right of the Speaker to interpret the constitution and rules. The prime responsibility of the speaker is to maintain discipline and order in the house by practicing disciplinary privileges granted by the constitution of India.^[3]

In the Republic of India, the various central and state legislatures are presided by either a Chairperson or a Speaker. A speaker is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha and of the legislative assembly of each of the twenty-eight states and three union territories. Similarly a chairperson heads the Rajya Sabha and the legislative council of each of the six states, where the upper house in the state legislature exists. Seventeen incumbents belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party and three to the Indian National Congress, No other party has more than one in office.

This is the list of current Chairpersons and Speakers of both houses of the Parliament of India (respectively):

• Governor (India)
• Chief minister (India)
• Chief Whip (India)
• List of current Indian chief justices
• List of current Indian opposition leaders
• List of female legislative speakers and chairpersons in India
• List of speakers of the Lok Sabha
• List of deputy speakers of the Lok Sabha
• List of chairpersons of the Rajya Sabha
• List of deputy chairmans of the Rajya Sabha