List of current Indian opposition leaders

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The official opposition in India includes the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha and the current opposition leaders in the legislative assemblies and legislative councils of the Indian states and union territories.

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Parliament of India

This is the list of current opposition leaders in the Parliament of India:

HousePortraitNameParty
Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi.png Rahul Gandhi Indian National Congress
Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge briefing the media after presenting the Interim Railway Budget 2014-15 in New Delhi (cropped).jpg Mallikarjun Kharge

Legislatures of the States and Union territories

State Legislative Assemblies

Map shows the parties of the Leader of Opposition in States Legislative Assemblies of India Leader of Opposition in Indian States.png
Map shows the parties of the Leader of Opposition in States Legislative Assemblies of India

This is the list of current opposition leaders in the legislative assemblies of the Indian states and union territories: [1]

State/UTPortraitNameParty
Andhra Pradesh
Vacant
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam Debabrata Saikia Indian National Congress
Bihar Tejashwi Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
Chhattisgarh Charan Das Mahant.jpg Charan Das Mahant Indian National Congress
Delhi Vijender-Gupta-BJP.png Vijendra Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party
Goa Yuri Alemao during Chieftains Martyrs Day at Cuncolim.jpg Yuri Alemao Indian National Congress
Gujarat
Vacant
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda.png Bhupinder Singh Hooda Indian National Congress
Himachal Pradesh The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Jai Ram Thakur calling on the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar, in New Delhi on September 06, 2018.JPG (1).jpg Jai Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
Jammu and Kashmir Sunil Kumar Sharma
Jharkhand Amar Kumar Bauri meeting the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg Amar Kumar Bauri
Karnataka R. Ashoka.jpg R. Ashoka
Kerala VD SATHEESAN.jpg V. D. Satheesan Indian National Congress
Madhya Pradesh Umang Singhar
Maharashtra Vijay wadettiwar.jpg Vijay Wadettiwar
Manipur
Vacant
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
Meghalaya Mukul Sangma 2014.jpg Mukul Sangma All India Trinamool Congress
Mizoram Lalchhandama Ralte Mizo National Front
Nagaland
Vacant
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
Odisha NaveenPatnaik.jpg Naveen Patnaik Biju Janata Dal
Puducherry R. Siva Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Punjab Pratap Singh Bajwa.jpg Partap Singh Bajwa Indian National Congress
Rajasthan Tika Ram Jully.jpg Tika Ram Jully
Sikkim
Vacant
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
Tamil Nadu Palanisamy.jpg Edappadi K. Palaniswami Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Telangana Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao.png K. Chandrashekar Rao Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Tripura A delegation from Tripura led by Shri Jitendra Chaudhury, MP (Lok Sabha), calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on Thursday, November 24, 2016 (cropped).jpg Jitendra Chaudhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Uttar Pradesh Mata Prasad Pandey.jpg Mata Prasad Pandey Samajwadi Party
Uttarakhand Yashpal Arya LOP Uttarakhand Assembly.jpg Yashpal Arya Indian National Congress
West Bengal Shri Suvendu Adhikari BJP.jpg Suvendu Adhikari Bharatiya Janata Party

State Legislative Councils

Map shows the parties of the Leaders of Opposition in State Legislative Councils in India Leaders of Oppostion in Legislative Councils in India.png
Map shows the parties of the Leaders of Opposition in State Legislative Councils in India

This is the list of current opposition leaders in the legislative councils of the Indian states:

StatePortraitNameParty
Andhra Pradesh Botsa Satyanarayana.png Botsa Satyanarayana YSR Congress Party
Bihar Rabri Devi presenting a cheque for Rs. 10 crore on behalf of the State Government to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, in New Delhi on January 04, 2005 (cropped).jpg Rabri Devi Rashtriya Janata Dal
Karnataka Chalavadi Narayanaswamy Bharatiya Janata Party
Maharashtra Ambadas Danve Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)
Telangana Madhusudhanachary.jpg S. Madhusudhana Chary Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Uttar Pradesh Lal Bihari Yadav.jpg Lal Bihari Yadav Samajwadi Party

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