List of leaders of the opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly

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Leader of the Opposition in Tripura Legislative Assembly
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
Incumbent
Jitendra Chaudhury
since 6 March 2023
Style The Honourable
Nominator Members of Official Opposition of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Appointer Speaker of Tripura assembly
Term length 5 years
No renewable limit
Inaugural holderAghore Deb Barma
Formation1 July 1963; 60 years, 250 days ago
Deputy Sudip Roy Barman

The Leader of the Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly [1] is an elected Member of Legislative Assembly who leads the official opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly. Official Opposition [2] [3] is a term used in Tripura Legislative Assembly to designate the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats in Tripura assembly. In order to get formal recognition, the party must have at least 10% of total membership of the Legislative Assembly. [4] [5] Since 1963, the Tripura Legislative Assembly has had 12 leaders of the opposition.

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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. [6] They have to ensure that the Government does not take any steps, which might have negative effects on the people of the state. [7] There are actions of the ruling party which may be beneficial to the masses and opposition is expected to support such steps. [8]

List of leaders of the opposition

No.PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [9] Assembly
(Election)		Appointed byPolitical party
Assumed officeLeft officeTime in office
1 No image available.svg Aghore Debbarma 1 July 1963December 1963158 days1stUpendra Kumar Roy Communist Party of India
2 Nripen Chakraborty.jpg Nripendra Chakraborty 19641967More than 3 years Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3 No image available.svg Bidya Debbarma Kalyanpur19671971More than 4 years2nd
(1967 election)		Manindra Lal Bhowmik
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant
(President's rule)		 N/A 1 November 197120 March 1972140 days––N/A
(2) Nripen Chakraborty.jpg Nripendra Chakraborty Asharambari29 March 197231 March 19775 years, 2 days3rd
(1972 election)		Manindra Lal Bhowmik Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4 No image available.svg Munsur AliBoxanagarApril 19774 November 1977217 days Indian National Congress
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant
(President's rule)		 N/A 5 November 19775 January 197861 days––N/A
5 No image available.svg Drao Kumar Reang Santirbazar24 January 19786 January 19834 years, 347 days4th
(1977 election)		 Sudhanwa Debbarma Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti
6 No image available.svg Ashok Kumar BhattacharyyaTown Bordowali9 February 198331 August 19863 years, 203 days5th
(1983 election)		Amarendra Sharma Indian National Congress
7 No image available.svg Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar Khayerpur1 September 19864 February 19881 year, 156 days
(2) Nripen Chakraborty.jpg Nripendra Chakraborty Pramodenagar7 February 198818 February 19924 years, 11 days6th
(1988 election)		Jyotirmoy Nath Communist Party of India (Marxist)
8 Dasarathdeb160*150.jpg Dasarath Deb Ramchandraghat19 February 199228 February 19931 year, 9 days
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant
(President's rule)		 N/A 11 March 199310 April 199330 days––N/A
9 No image available.svg Samir Ranjan Barman Bishalgarh8 March 199410 March 19984 years, 2 days7th
(1993 election)		Bimal Sinha Indian National Congress
29 July 19986 February 20001 year, 192 days8th
(1998 election)		Jitendra Sarkar
10 No image available.svg Jawahar SahaBirganj7 February 200028 February 20033 years, 21 days
11 No image available.svg Ratan Lal Nath Mohanpur21 March 20033 March 20084 years, 348 days9th
(2003 election)		 Ramendra Chandra Debnath
17 March 200828 February 20134 years, 348 days10th
(2008 election)
26 April 20138 March 20184 years, 316 days11th
(2013 election)
12 Manik Sarkar Official Portrait.jpg Manik Sarkar Dhanpur11 March 201813 March 20235 years, 2 days 12th
(2018 election)		 Rebati Mohan Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
13 Animesh Debbarma official portrait.jpg Animesh Debbarma Asharambari 24 March 20236 March 2024348 days 13th
(2023 election)		 Biswa Bandhu Sen Tipra Motha Party
14 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 Sabroom 6 March 2024Incumbent1 day 13th
(2023 election)		 Biswa Bandhu Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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References

  1. ↑ "Leader of the Opposition, Tripura Legislative Assembly". www.tripuraassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  2. ↑ "Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977". Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "The Salaries, Allowances, Pension and Other Benefits of the Ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of Opposition, Government Chief Whip and the Members of the Legislative Assembly (Tripura)" (PDF). tripuraassembly.nic.in. Tripura Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Achary, P.D.T. "Leader of Opposition is a Statutory Position, the '10% Rule' is Not Founded in Law". The Wire. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Leader of Opposition: His role and responsibilities" . Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. ↑ Gehlot, N.S. (1985). "OPPOSITION IN INDIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM OF ROLE PERCEPTION". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 46 (3): 330–352. ISSN   0019-5510 . Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  7. ↑ Kumar, Sanjay. "Why India Needs an Opposition Leader". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Role of Opposition in Parliament | India". 21 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Introduction Tripura Legislative Assembly". Tripura Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
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