List of current Indian opposition leaders

The official opposition in India includes the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and the current opposition leaders in the legislative councils and legislative assemblies of the Indian states and union territories. Bhupendra Hooda & Rabri Devi are longest serving. Four incumbents belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party and two to the All India Trinamool Congress and eight to the Indian National Congress. No other party has more than one opposition leader in office. At present seven states's assembly and one state's council is under Vacancy.

Parliament of India

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This is the list of current opposition leaders in the Parliament of India:

Portrait Name Elected constituency Term of office Political party
Assumed office Left office Time in office
RAJYA SABHA
Mallikarjun Kharge Karnataka 16 February 2021 Incumbent 5 years, 188 days Indian National Congress
LOK SABHA
Rahul Gandhi Rae Bareli 9 June 2024 Incumbent 2 years, 75 days Indian National Congress

Legislatures of the States and Union territories

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State Legislative Councils

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State Legislative Assemblies

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This is the list of current opposition leaders in the legislative assemblies of the Indian states and union territories:[1]

State/UT Portrait Name Party
Andhra Pradesh
Vacant
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam Wazed Ali Choudhury Indian National Congress
Bihar Tejashwi Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
Chhattisgarh Charan Das Mahant Indian National Congress
Delhi Atishi Marlena Aam Aadmi Party
Goa Yuri Alemao Indian National Congress
Gujarat
Vacant
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda Indian National Congress
Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
Jammu and Kashmir Sunil Kumar Sharma
Jharkhand Babulal Marandi
Karnataka R. Ashoka
Keralam Pinarayi Vijayan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Madhya Pradesh Umang Singhar Indian National Congress
Maharashtra
Vacant
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
Manipur
Meghalaya Mukul Sangma Trinamool Congress
Mizoram Lalchhandama Ralte Mizo National Front
Nagaland
Vacant
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
Odisha Naveen Patnaik Biju Janata Dal
Puducherry A. M. H. Nazeem Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Punjab Partap Singh Bajwa Indian National Congress
Rajasthan Tika Ram Jully
Sikkim
Vacant
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
Tamil Nadu Udhayanidhi Stalin Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Telangana K. Chandrashekar Rao Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Tripura Jitendra Chaudhury Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Uttarakhand Yashpal Arya Indian National Congress
Uttar Pradesh Mata Prasad Pandey Samajwadi Party
West Bengal Ritabrata Banerjee Trinamool Congress

See also

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References

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  1. "Digital Sansad". Digital Sansad.