Leader of the Opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly తెలంగాణ రాష్ట్ర ప్రతిపక్ష నాయకుడు Telaṅgāṇa rāṣṭra pratipakṣa nāyakuḍu | |
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Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
Style | The Honourable |
Status | Leader of Opposition |
Member of | Telangana Legislative Assembly |
Residence | No official residence Current opposition leader residence :- yerravalli |
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; 9 years, 286 days ago |
Website | Leader of opposition telanganalagislature |
This is a list of leaders of the opposition in the Telangana Legislative Assembly.
he current incumbent is Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao of the Bharata Rashtra Samithi since 9 December 2023.
After the state formation in 2014 Kunduru Jana Reddy of Congress party became the first leader of opposition in Telangana Legislative Assembly
No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Party | Chief Minister | |||
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1 | Kunduru Jana Reddy | Nagarjuna Sagar | 3 June 2014 | 11 December 2018 | 4 years, 191 days | Indian National Congress | K. Chandrashekar Rao | ||
2 | Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka | Madhira | 18 January 2019 | 6 June 2019 | 139 days | ||||
No official Opposition (6 June 2019 - 8 December 2023) | |||||||||
3 | Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao | Gajwel | 9 December 2023 | Incumbent | 96 days | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | Anumula Revanth Reddy | ||
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