Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha

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Template:Infobox Political post The Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha (IAST: Template:Lang) is an elected Member of Lok Sabha who leads the official opposition in the Lower House of the Parliament of India. The Leader of the Opposition is the parliamentary chairperson of the largest political party in the Lok Sabha that is not in government (provided that said political party has at least 10% of the seats in the Lok Sabha).

History

In Lok Sabha until 1969, there was de facto opposition leader with no formal recognition, status or privilege. Later, the leader of the opposition was given official recognition and their salary and allowances was extended by the Act, 1977. Since then, the leader in the Lok Sabha should satisfy three conditions, namely,

  1. he should be a member of the House
  2. of the party in opposition to the Government having the greatest numerical strength and
  3. be recognised by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha

In December 1969, the Congress Party (O) was recognised as the main opposition party in the parliament while its leader, Ram Subhag Singh plays the role of opposition leader.

Leaders of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha did not recognise an official Leader of the Opposition until 1969. The position was also vacant between 1980 and 1989 and at present, since 2014.[1]

No. Name Portrait Tenure Lok Sabha Party Prime Minister of India
Name Party
1 Ram Subhag Singh 17 December 1969 27 December 1970 Template:Ayd 4th Indian National Congress (O) bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress (Organisation)/meta/color" |
– Vacant Template:Dash 27 December 1970 30 June 1977 5th No official opposition
2 Yashwantrao Chavan 1 July 1977 11 April 1978 Template:Ayd 6th Indian National Congress rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" ; |
3 C. M. Stephen 12 April 1978 9 July 1979 Template:Ayd
(2) Yashwantrao Chavan 10 July 1979 28 July 1979 Template:Ayd
4 Jagjivan Ram 29 July 1979 22 August 1979 Template:Ayd Janata Party bgcolor="Template:Janata Party/meta/color" |
– Vacant Template:Dash 22 August 1979 31 December 1984 7th No official opposition[2]
Template:Dash 31 December 1984 18 December 1989 8th
5 Rajiv Gandhi 18 December 1989 23 December 1990 Template:Ayd 9th Indian National Congress bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" |
6 L. K. Advani 24 December 1990 13 March 1991 Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" ; |
21 June 1991 26 July 1993 10th
7 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 21 July 1993 10 May 1996 Template:Ayd
8 P. V. Narasimha Rao 16 May 1996 31 May 1996 Template:Ayd 11th Indian National Congress bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" |
(7) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1 June 1996 4 December 1997 Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" |
9 Sharad Pawar 19 March 1998 26 April 1999 Template:Ayd 12th Indian National Congress rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" ; | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party rowspan ="2" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" ; |
10 Sonia Gandhi 31 October 1999 6 February 2004 Template:Ayd 13th
(6) L. K. Advani 21 May 2004 18 May 2009 Template:Ayd 14th Bharatiya Janata Party rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" ; | Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress rowspan ="2" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" ; |
11 Sushma Swaraj 21 December 2009 19 May 2014 Template:Ayd 15th
– Vacant Template:Dash 20 May 2014 29 May 2019 16th No official opposition because no party obtained at least 10% of the seats. Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party rowspan ="2" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" ; |
Template:Dash 30 May 2019 present 17th

See also

References

  1. ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  2. ↑ No leader of oppn? There wasn't any in Nehru, Indira, Rajiv days. Rediff. Retrieved 2020-10-06.

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