Amit Shah makes debut in Parliament, to sit in front row with PM Narendra Modi

BJP president Amit Shah made his debut in Parliament today. He was elected as the member of the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in August this year.

Amit Shah has been allotted a front row seat of the treasury benches in the Rajya Sabha along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Amit Shah will be occupying the seat held by M Venkaiah Naidu till he was elected as the Vice-President.

The notification for the new seating arrangements has been issued by the Rajya Sabha secretariat for new members. Amit Shah's seat is on the other side of the aisle from Prime Minister Modi and BJP's leader of the house, Arun Jaitley.

Amit Shah's entry in the Rajya Sabha strengthens the BJP's voice in Parliament but the Opposition will miss the presence of powerful speakers like Sitaram Yechury of the CPI(M) and Sharad Yadav, who was disqualified after the JD(U) petitioned to the Rajya Sabha Chairman.

Yechury's front row seat has been allotted to his partyman TK Rangarajan.

Another powerful Opposition leader Mayawati will not be seen in the Rajya Sabha as she resigned during the last session of Parliament in July this year. She alleged that her voice was being muzzled in the House. Following her resignation, her front row seat was occupied by BSP leader Satish Mishra.