List of leaders of the opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly

Leader of the Opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly తెలంగాణ రాష్ట్ర ప్రతిపక్ష నాయకుడు Telaṅgāṇa rāṣṭra pratipakṣa nāyakuḍu
Incumbent Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao since 16 December 2023
Telangana Legislative Assembly
Style	The Honourable
Status	Leader of Opposition
Member of	Telangana Legislative Assembly
Residence	No Official Residence
Nominator	Members of the Official Opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Term length	5 years; no renewable limit
Inaugural holder	Kunduru Jana Reddy
Formation	2 June 2014; (11 years, 147 days ago)
Deputy	Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Website	Leader of opposition telanganalagislature

This is a list of leaders of the opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly in the Telangana state of India.

Leaders of the opposition

The current incumbent is Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao of the Bharata Rashtra Samithi since 9 December 2023.

After the formation of the state in 2014, Kunduru Jana Reddy of Congress party became the first leader of opposition in Telangana Legislative Assembly.

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Chief Minister	Party
1		Kunduru Jana Reddy	Nagarjuna Sagar	3 June 2014	6 September 2018	4 years, 95 days	K. Chandrashekar Rao	Indian National Congress
2		Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka	Madhira	20 January 2019	6 June 2019	139 days
–	Vacant since no opposition party had 10% seats [1]			6 June 2019	8 December 2023	4 years, 185 days		N/A
3		K. Chandrashekar Rao	Gajwel	16 December 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 315 days	Revanth Reddy	Bharat Rashtra Samithi

List of leaders of the opposition

Since 1956

Source: ^[2]

Until the Sixth Legislative Assembly no political party was recognized as an Official Opposition Party. In the Sixth Legislative Assembly the Janata Party was recognized as Opposition Party Officially as it has got Sixty (60) Members. As per the Rules of the House, an Opposition Party should get minimum seats of ‘one-tenth' of the total strength of the Assembly for its Official recognition.

(*) These leaders have been recognized officially as Leaders of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly

#	Portrait		Leader of the opposition (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of the office			Election (Assembly)	Party	Chief Minister	Appointed by (Speaker)
				Term start	Term end	Duration
1			Puchalapalli Sundarayya (1913–1985) MLA for Gannavaram	1956	1957	1 year	1955 (1st)	Communist Party of India	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	Ayyadevara Kaleswara Rao
				1957	1962	5 years	1957 (2nd)		Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Damodaram Sanjivayya
2			Tarimela Nagi Reddy (1917–1976) MLA for Puttur	1962	1964	2 years	1962 (3rd)		Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	B. V. Subba Reddy
3			Pillalamarri Venkateswarlu MLA for Nandigama	1964	1967	3 years			Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
4			Gouthu Latchanna (1917–1976) MLA for Sompeta	1967	1969	2 years	1967 (4th)	Swatantra Party
5			Nukala Ramachandra Reddy (1919–1974) MLA for Dornakal	1969	1971	2 years		Telangana United Front
6			Vemulapalli Srikrishna (1917–2000) MLA for Mangalagiri	1972	1977	5 years	1972 (5th)	Communist Party of India	Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao Jalagam Vengala Rao	Pidatala Ranga Reddy
7			Erasu Ayyapu Reddy (1924–2009) MLA for Panyam	1977	1978	1 year			Jalagam Vengala Rao
(4)			* Gouthu Latchanna (1909–2006) MLA for Sompeta	31 March 1978	1980	2 years	1978 (6th)	Janata Party	Marri Chenna Reddy T. Anjaiah Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Divi Kondaiah Chowdary
8			* Ananthula Madan Mohan (1931–2004) MLA for Siddipet	19 January 1983	23 November 1984	1 year, 309 days	1983 (7th)	Indian National Congress	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Nadendla Bhaskara Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao	Tangi Satyanarayana
9			* Mogaligundla Baga Reddy (1930–2004) MLA for Zahirabad	14 March 1985	28 November 1989	4 years, 259 days	1985 (8th)		Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao	G. Narayana Rao
10			* Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (1923–1996) MLA for Hindupur	5 January 1990	10 December 1994	4 years, 339 days	1989 (9th)	Telugu Desam Party	Marri Chenna Reddy Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	P. Ramachandra Reddy
11			Paripati Janardhan Reddy (1948–2007) MLA for Khairatabad	24 March 1995	9 October 1999	4 years, 199 days	1994 (10th)	Indian National Congress	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao Nara Chandrababu Naidu	Yanamala Rama Krishnudu
12			* Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (1949–2009) MLA for Pulivendla	12 November 1999	14 November 2003	4 years, 2 days	1999 (11th)		Nara Chandrababu Naidu	K. Prathibha Bharathi
13			* Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950) MLA for Kuppam	2 June 2004	19 May 2009	4 years, 351 days	2004 (12th)	Telugu Desam Party	Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy	K. R. Suresh Reddy
				19 May 2009	28 April 2014	4 years, 344 days	2009 (13th)		Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy, Konijeti Rosaiah, Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy	Kiran Kumar Reddy, Nadendla Manohar
President's rule imposed during the period (1 March 2014 – 7 June 2014) [a]

Eligibility

Officially, opposition is a term used in Telangana Legislative Assembly to designate the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats in the assembly. ^[3] In order to get a formal recognition, the party must have at least 10% of total membership of the Legislative Assembly. ^[4] A single party has to meet the 10% seat criterion, and 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. ^[5]

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. ^[6]

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.

Notes

1. After 58 years, the state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. After state reorganisation, Andhra Pradesh Sasana sabha seats come down from 294 to 175 seats.

References

1. Acharyulu, S. N. C. N. (27 June 2019). "Congress loses main Opposition status in Telangana Assembly". Deccan Chronicle . Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
2. "Former Opposition Leaders". www.aplegislature.org. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2025.
3. "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.
4. Achary, P. D. T. (26 June 2024). "Opposition's larger demography, Leader of the Opposition's big responsibility". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 4 July 2024.
5. "Role of Opposition Party in Parliament". 26 April 2014.
6. "Role of Opposition in Parliament | India". 21 July 2016.