The leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.
Eligibility Official Opposition 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 other Indian state legislatures also follow 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.Role of Leader of Opposition in India
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.Role of Opposition in Parliament of India
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 NoPortraitNameConstituency TermAssemblyChief Minister Party – Vacant N/A9 November 200013 March 2002Interim Uttaranchal AssemblyNityanand SwamiBhagat Singh Koshyari N/A 1 Bhagat Singh Koshyari Kapkot 13 March 2002 17 December 20031stNarayan Datt Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party 2 Matbar Singh Kandari Rudraprayag 17 December 2003 2 March 2007 3 Harak Singh Rawat Lansdowne 13 March 2007 9 March 20122ndB. C. KhanduriRamesh Pokhriyal Indian National Congress 4 Ajay Bhatt Ranikhet 19 May 2012 14 March 20173rdVijay BahugunaHarish Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party 5 Indira Hridayesh Haldwani 27 March 2017 13 June 2021† 4thTrivendra Singh RawatTirath Singh Rawat Indian National Congress 6 Pritam Singh Chakrata 23 July 2021 11 March 2022Pushkar Singh Dhami 7Yashpal AryaBajpur10 April 2022Incumbent5th
See also Government of Uttarakhand Governor of Uttarakhand Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly Cabinet of Uttarakhand Chief Justice of Uttarakhand Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha List of current Indian opposition leaders References