The leader of the opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. The current Jharkhand leader of the opposition is Babulal Marandi.
Eligibility Official Opposition is a term used in Jharkhand 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.
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.
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.
Leaders of the opposition Colour key for parties
No Portrait Name Constituency Term Assembly Party 1 Stephen Marandi Dumka24 November 2000 10 July 2004 3 years, 229 days 1st Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 2 Haji Hussain AnsariMadhupur 2 August 2004 1 March 2005 3 Sudhir MahatoIchagarh 16 March 2005 18 September 2006 2nd 4 Arjun MundaKharsawan 4 December 2006 29 May 2009 Bharatiya Janata Party 5 Rajendra Prasad SinghBermo 7 January 2010 18 January 2013 3rd Indian National Congress (4) Arjun Munda Kharsawan 19 July 2013 23 December 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party 6 Hemant SorenBarhait 7 January 2015 28 December 2019 4th Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 7 Babulal Marandi Dhanwar 24 February 2020 16 October 2023 5thBharatiya Janata Party 8Amar Kumar BauriChandankiyari16 October 202323 November 2024(7) Babulal MarandiDhanwar6 March 2025Incumbent 6th
Statistics List of leaders of the opposition by length of term No.NamePartyLength of termLongest continuous termTotal years of leaders of the opposition1Hemant SorenJMM4 years, 355 days4 years, 355 days2Arjun MundaBJP2 years, 176 days3 years, 333 days3Babulal MarandiBJP3 years, 307 days 3 years, 307 days4Stephen MarandiJMM3 years, 229 days3 years, 229 days5Rajendra Prasad SinghINC3 years, 11 days3 years, 11 days6Sudhir MahatoJMM 1 year, 186 days 1 year, 186 days 7Amar Kumar BauriBJP1 year, 38 days1 year, 38 days8Haji Hussain AnsariJMM 211 days 211 days (3) Babulal MarandiBJP
See also Government of Jharkhand Governor of Jharkhand Chief Minister of Jharkhand Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly Cabinet of Jharkhand Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of India List of current Indian opposition leaders
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