List of leaders of the opposition in the Delhi Legislative Assembly

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Leader of the Opposition of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Atishi Marlena.jpg
Incumbent
Atishi Marlena
since 23 February 2025
Style The Hon’ble
Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly
NominatorMembers of the Official Opposition of the Legislative Assembly
AppointerSpeaker of the Assembly
Term length 5 years
Till the Assembly Continues
Deputy Anil Jha Vats (Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Legislative Assembly)

The Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The current Delhi Leader of the Opposition is former Chief Minister Atishi Singh and first female in Delhi assembly to hold this office . [1]

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Eligibility

Official Opposition [2] is a term used in Delhi Legislative Assembly to designate the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats in the assembly. In order to get formal recognition, the party must have at least 10% of total membership of the Legislative Assembly. A single party has to meet the 10% seat criterion, not an alliance. Many of the Indian state legislatures also follows this 10% rule while the rest of them prefer single largest opposition party according to the rules of their respective houses.

Role

The opposition's main role is to question the government of the day and hold them accountable to the public. The opposition is equally responsible in upholding the best interests of the people of the country. They have to ensure that the Government does not take any steps, which might have negative effects on the people of the country. [3]

The role of the opposition in legislature is basically to check the excesses of the ruling or dominant party, and not to be totally antagonistic. There are actions of the ruling party which may be beneficial to the masses and opposition is expected to support such steps. [4]

In legislature, opposition party has a major role and must act to discourage the party in power from acting against the interests of the country and the common man. They are expected to alert the population and the Government on the content of any bill, which is not in the best interests of the country.

List of Leaders of the Opposition of Delhi

#PortraitName Constituency TermAssembly
(Election)		Party
Vacant
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
State Reorganization
1 Deep Chand Bandhu Wazirpur 199319985 years 1st
( 1993 election )		 Indian National Congress
2 Madan Lal Khurana.jpg Madan Lal Khurana Moti Nagar 199820035 years 2nd
( 1998 election )		 Bharatiya Janata Party
3 The Governor of Assam, Shri Jagdish Mukhi meeting the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 28, 2018 (cropped).JPG Jagdish Mukhi Janakpuri 200320085 years 3rd
( 2003 election )
4 Vijay Kumar Malhotra.jpeg Vijay Kumar Malhotra Greater Kailash 200820135 years 4th
( 2008 election )
5 Harsh Vardhan in 2017.jpg Harsh Vardhan Krishna Nagar 2 December 201316 May 2014165 days 5th
( 2013 election )
6 Vijender Gupta on Mulakat.png Vijender Gupta Rohini 16 April 201511 February 20204 years, 276 days 6th

( 2015 election )

7 Ramvir Singh Bidhuri.jpg Ramvir Singh Bidhuri Badarpur 24 February 20204 June 20244 years, 101 days 7th
( 2020 election )
8 Vijender-Gupta-BJP (cropped).png Vijender Gupta Rohini 5 August 20248 February 2025187 days
9 Atishi Marlena.jpg Atishi Marlena Singh Kalkaji 23 February 2025Incumbent6 day 8th

(2025 elections)

 Aam Aadmi Party

Deputy Leaders of Opposition

#PortraitName Constituency TermAssembly

(Election)

Party
Vacant

(no opposition with at least 10% seats)

State Reorganization
1???199319985 years 1st

( 1993 election )

 Indian National Congress
2???199820035 years 2nd

( 1998 election )

 Bharatiya Janata Party
3???200320085 years 3rd

( 2003 election )

 Bharatiya Janata Party
4???200820135 years 4th

( 2008 election )

 Bharatiya Janata Party
5???2 December 201316 May 2014165 days 5th

( 2013 election )

 Bharatiya Janata Party
6???16 April 201511 February 20204 years, 276 days 6th

( 2015 election )

 Bharatiya Janata Party
7? Om Prakash Sharma Vishwas Nagar 24 February 20208 February 20254 years, 350 days 7th

( 2020 election )

 Bharatiya Janata Party
9
Anil Jha Vats.png
Anil Jha Vats Kirari Assembly constituency 23 February 2025Incumbent4 days 8th

(2025 election

Aam Aadmi Party

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Indian Express (24 February 2020). "Ramvir Bidhuri to be Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly".
  2. ↑ "THE SALARY AND ALLOWANCES OF LEADERS OF OPPOSITION IN PARLIAMENT ACT, 1977 AND RULES MADE THEREUNDER". mpa.nic.in. Archived from the original on 25 September 2000.
  3. ↑ "Role of Opposition Party in Parliament". 26 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Role of Opposition in Parliament | India". 21 July 2016.
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