<p class="title">Union minister Piyush Goyal was on Wednesday appointed as the Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha, sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The two-time Rajya Sabha MP will be succeeding Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who has been elected to the Lok Sabha.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Goyal, the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry in the Narendra Modi government, will be deputy to senior BJP leader Thawarchand Gehlot, the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gehlot has been chosen as the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Goyal is currently a Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra. He was formerly the National Treasurer of the BJP. </p>
<p class="title">Union minister Piyush Goyal was on Wednesday appointed as the Deputy Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha, sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The two-time Rajya Sabha MP will be succeeding Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who has been elected to the Lok Sabha.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Goyal, the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry in the Narendra Modi government, will be deputy to senior BJP leader Thawarchand Gehlot, the Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gehlot has been chosen as the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Goyal is currently a Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra. He was formerly the National Treasurer of the BJP. </p>