List of leaders of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

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Leader of the Opposition of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Yashpal Arya LOP Uttarakhand Assembly.jpg
Incumbent
Yashpal Arya
since 10 April 2022
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
AbbreviationLOP
AppointerMembers of the Official Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Term length During the life of the Assembly (five years maximum)
Renewable
Inaugural holder Bhagat Singh Koshyari
(2002–2003)
Formation9 December 2000;24 years ago (2000-12-09)
Website Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

The leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.

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Eligibility

Official Opposition [1] is a term used in Uttarakhand 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. [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.

List of leaders of the opposition of Uttarakhand

NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm [4] Assembly
(Election)
Chief Minister Party
VacantN/A9 November 200013 March 20021 year, 124 days Interim Nityanand Swami
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
N/A
1 Karate Coach Dr. Pradeep Kumar Yadav honored by Honorable Governor of Maharashtra Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari Ji (cropped).jpg Bhagat Singh Koshyari Kapkot 13 March 200217 December 20031 year, 279 days 1st
(2002)
Narayan Datt Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Matbar Singh Kandari Rudraprayag 17 December 20032 March 20073 years, 75 days
3 Harak Singh Rawat Ex Minister Uttarakhand.jpg Harak Singh Rawat Lansdowne 13 March 20079 March 20124 years, 362 days 2nd
(2007)
B. C. Khanduri
Ramesh Pokhriyal
Indian National Congress
4 Ajay Bhatt Minister (cropped).jpg Ajay Bhatt Ranikhet 19 May 201214 March 20174 years, 299 days 3rd
(2012)
Vijay Bahuguna
Harish Rawat
Bharatiya Janata Party
5 Indira Hridayesh LOP Uttarakhand Assembly.jpg Indira Hridayesh Haldwani 27 March 201713 June 20214 years, 78 days 4th
(2017)
Trivendra Singh Rawat
Tirath Singh Rawat
Indian National Congress
6 Pritam Singh Ex LOP Uttarakhand Assembly.jpg Pritam Singh Chakrata 23 July 202111 March 2022231 days Pushkar Singh Dhami
7 Yashpal Arya LOP Uttarakhand Assembly.jpg Yashpal Arya Bajpur 10 April 2022Incumbent2 years, 334 days 5th
(2022)

See also

References

  1. "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 1 October 2012.
  2. Role of Leader of Opposition in India
  3. Role of Opposition in Parliament of India
  4. "Hon'ble Leader of Opposition".