The Hon’ble Leader of the Opposition of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
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Style | The Hon’ble |
Member of | Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
Reports to | Uttar Pradesh Government |
Residence | 1 Vikramaditya Marg, Lucknow |
Seat | Vidhan Bhawan |
Nominator | Members of the Official Opposition of the Legislative Assembly |
Appointer | Speaker of the Assembly |
Term length | 5 years Till the Assembly Continues |
Inaugural holder | Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan (Nawaab Chhatari) (1937 - 1939) |
Formation | 12 January 1937 |
Deputy | Deputy Leader of Opposition |
Website | Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
The Leader of the Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Official Opposition [1] is a term used in Uttar Pradesh 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.
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. [2]
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. [3]
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.
No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure [4] | Assembly | Party | |||
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1 | Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan | 12 January 1937 | 14 January 1939 | 2 years, 2 days | (1st) | Independent | |||
2 | Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman | 15 January 1939 | 8 September 1945 | 6 years, 236 days | Muslim League | ||||
3 | Jahirul Hasnain Lari | 12 April 1946 | 14 June 1950 | 4 years, 63 days | (2nd) | ||||
4 | Triloki Singh | 27 June 1950 | 6 May 1952 | 1 year, 314 days | Bharatiya Jan Congress | ||||
After independence | |||||||||
5 | Raj Narain | 16 May 1952 | 17 August 1955 | 3 years, 93 days | 1st | Socialist Party | |||
6 | Genda Singh | 17 August 1955 | 31 March 1957 | 1 year, 226 days | Praja Socialist Party | ||||
(4) | Triloki Singh | Lucknow East | 12 April 1957 | 6 March 1962 | 4 years, 328 days | 2nd | |||
7 | Yadavendra Dutt Dubey | Jaunpur | 28 March 1962 | 2 February 1964 | 1 year, 311 days | 3rd | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | ||
8 | Sharda Bhukt Singh | Sitapur | 2 February 1964 | 2 April 1965 | 1 year, 59 days | ||||
9 | Madhav Prasad Tripathi | Banganga West | 2 April 1965 | 9 March 1967 | 1 year, 341 days | ||||
10 | Ram Chandra Vikal | Dadri | 2 March 1967 | 2 April 1967 | 31 days | Indian National Congress | |||
11 | Chandra Bhanu Gupta | Ranikhet | 2 April 1967 | 15 April 1968 | 1 year, 13 days | 4th | |||
12 | Charan Singh | Chhaprauli | 2 March 1969 | 2 February 1970 | 337 days | 5th (1969 election) | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | ||
13 | Choudhri Girdhari Lal | Afzalgarh | 26 February 1970 | 3 October 1970 | 219 days | Indian National Congress (O) | |||
14 | Kamalapati Tripathi | Chandauli | 19 October 1970 | 4 April 1971 | 167 days | Indian National Congress | |||
(13) | Choudhri Girdhari Lal | Afzalgarh | 5 April 1971 | 3 January 1972 | 273 days | Indian National Congress (O) | |||
(12) | Charan Singh | Chhaprauli | 3 January 1972 | 2 February 1972 | 30 days | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |||
(13) | Choudhri Girdhari Lal | Afzalgarh | 22 February 1972 | 5 May 1972 | 73 days | Indian National Congress (O) | |||
15 | Jai Ram Varma | Kunda | 11 January 1973 | 13 June 1973 | 153 days | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |||
(12) | Charan Singh | Chhaprauli | 10 December 1973 | 4 March 1974 | 3 years, 95 days | ||||
17 March 1974 | 30 March 1977 | 6th (1974 election) | Bharatiya Lok Dal | ||||||
16 | Satya Prakash Malaviya | Allahabad South | 30 March 1977 | 30 April 1977 | 31 days | ||||
17 | N. D. Tiwari | Kashipur | 24 June 1977 | 17 March 1978 | 1 year, 251 days | 7th (1977 election) | Indian National Congress | ||
12 October 1978 | 28 August 1979 | ||||||||
18 | Raj Mangal Pande | Bhatpar Rani | 28 August 1979 | 17 February 1980 | 173 days | Janata Vidhayak Dal | |||
19 | Rajendra Singh | Iglas | 20 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 4 years, 263 days | 8th | Janata Party (Secular) | ||
20 | Mulayam Singh Yadav | Jaswantnagar | 17 March 1985 | 10 February 1987 | 1 year, 330 days | 9th | Lokdal | ||
21 | Satyapal Singh Yadav | Tilhar | 21 February 1987 | 21 November 1989 | 2 years, 273 days | ||||
(17) | N. D. Tiwari | Haldwani | 7 December 1989 | 4 April 1991 | 1 year, 118 days | 10th | Indian National Congress | ||
22 | Kailash Nath Singh Yadav | Dhanapur | 17 July 1991 | 6 December 1991 | 142 days | 11th | Janata Dal | ||
23 | Rewati Raman Singh | Karchana | 6 December 1991 | 6 December 1992 | 1 year, 0 days | ||||
24 | Kalyan Singh | Atrauli | 4 July 1993 | 12 June 1995 | 1 year, 343 days | 12th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
(20) | Mulayam Singh Yadav | Jaswantnagar | 4 July 1995 | 1 June 1996 | 333 days | Samajwadi Party | |||
25 | Dhaniram Verma | Bidhuna | 21 April 1997 | 15 September 2001 | 4 years, 147 days | 13th | |||
26 | Swami Prasad Maurya | Dalmau | 18 September 2001 | 17 October 2001 | 29 days | Bahujan Samaj Party | |||
27 | Azam Khan | Rampur | 13 May 2002 | 29 August 2003 | 1 year, 108 days | 14th | Samajwadi Party | ||
(26) | Swami Prasad Maurya | Dalmau | 30 August 2003 | 7 September 2003 | 8 days | Bahujan Samaj Party | |||
28 | Lalji Tandon | Lucknow West | 7 September 2003 | 13 May 2007 | 3 years, 248 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
(20) | Mulayam Singh Yadav | Bharthana | 14 May 2007 | 26 May 2009 | 2 years, 12 days | 15th | Samajwadi Party | ||
29 | Shivpal Singh Yadav | Jaswantnagar | 26 May 2009 | 9 March 2012 | 2 years, 288 days | ||||
(26) | Swami Prasad Maurya | Padrauna | 16 March 2012 | 26 June 2016 | 4 years, 102 days | 16th | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
30 | Gaya Charan Dinkar | Naraini | 27 June 2016 | 17 March 2017 | 263 days | ||||
31 | Ram Govind Chaudhary | Bansdih | 27 March 2017 | 10 March 2022 | 4 years, 348 days | 17th | Samajwadi Party | ||
32 | Akhilesh Yadav | Karhal | 26 March 2022 | 11 June 2024 | 2 years, 127 days | 18th | |||
33 | Mata Prasad Pandey | Itwa | 28 July 2024 | Incumbent | 3 days | 18th | Samajwadi Party |
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