List of leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council

For Legislative Assembly, see List of leaders of the opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Leader of the Opposition of Bihar Legislative Council
Seal of Bihar Government
Incumbent Rabri Devi since 16 February 2024
Member of	Bihar Legislative Council
Seat	Vidhan Parishad
Nominator	Members of Official Opposition
Appointer	Chair of Bihar Legislative Council
Term length	5 years No renewable limit

The leader of the opposition is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council. The incumbent leader of opposition in the upper house of state legislature is Rabri Devi. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Leaders of the opposition

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Chief Minister	Party
		Ganga Prasad Chaurasia	MLA's	20 November 2000	5 March 2005	4 years, 105 days	Rabri Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party
		Ghulam Ghaus	MLA's	18 March 2011	19 June 2013	2 years, 93 days	Nitish Kumar	Rashtriya Janata Dal
		Sushil Modi	MLA's	19 June 2013	27 July 2017	4 years, 38 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant since no opposition party had 10% seats [7]				27 July 2017	12 May 2018	289 days		N/A
		Rabri Devi	MLA's	12 May 2018	23 June 2020	2 years, 42 days		Rashtriya Janata Dal
Vacant since no opposition party had 10% seats [8]				23 June 2020	11 April 2022	2 years, 47 days		N/A
		Rabri Devi	MLA's	11 April 2022	9 August 2022	120 days		Rashtriya Janata Dal
		Samrat Chaudhary	MLA's	24 August 2022	20 August 2023	361 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
		Hari Sahni	MLA's	20 August 2023	16 February 2024	180 days
		Rabri Devi	MLA's	16 February 2024	incumbent	1 year, 285 days		Rashtriya Janata Dal

References

1. "Navigation". 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 25 September 2009.
2. "Bihar: Vijay Kumar Sinha named Leader of Opposition in Assembly". Free Press Journal.
3. "BJP to sit in Opposition in Bihar assembly". Hindustan Times.
4. "Rabri Devi becomes opposition leader in Bihar legislative council". The Economic Times.
5. "Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi gets recognition as Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council". Zee News.
6. "Ghulam Gaus is leader of Opp in council". The Times of India. 18 March 2011.
7. "RJD's Rabri Devi fails to get Opposition leader status in Bihar legislative council". Hindustan Times.
8. "Bihar: Rabri Devi all set to lose opposition leader position in Upper House". The Times of India.