The leader of the opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly is an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly who leads the official opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly in India. Official Opposition is a term used in the Tripura Legislative Assembly to designate the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats in the Tripura assembly. In order to get formal recognition, the party must have at least 10% of the total membership of the Legislative Assembly. Since 1963, the Tripura Legislative Assembly has had 12 leaders of the opposition.
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 for 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 state. There are actions of the ruling party which may be beneficial to the masses and opposition is expected to support such steps.
List of leaders of the opposition
No.PortraitName ConstituencyTerm of officeAssemblyAppointed byPolitical party Assumed office Left office Time in office 1 Aghore Debbarma 1 July 1963 December 1963 1stUpendra Kumar RoyCommunist Party of India 2 Nripendra Chakraborty 1964 1967 More than 3 yearsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) 3 Bidya Debbarma Kalyanpur 1967 1971 More than 4 years 2nd Manindra Lal Bhowmik Vacant (President's rule) N/A 1 November 1971 20 March 1972 140 days N/A (2) Nripendra Chakraborty Asharambari 29 March 1972 31 March 1977 3rd Manindra Lal Bhowmik Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4 Munsur Ali (Tripura politician) Boxanagar April 1977 4 November 1977 Indian National Congress Vacant (President's rule) N/A 5 November 1977 5 January 1978 61 days N/A 5 Drao Kumar Reang Santirbazar 24 January 1978 6 January 1983 4th Sudhanwa Debbarma Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 6 Ashok Kumar Bhattacharya Town Bordowali 9 February 1983 31 August 1986 5thAmarendra Sharma Indian National Congress 7 Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar Khayerpur 1 September 1986 4 February 1988 (2) Nripendra Chakraborty Pramodenagar 7 February 1988 18 February 1992 6th Jyotirmoy NathCommunist Party of India (Marxist) 8 Dasarath Deb Ramchandraghat 19 February 1992 28 February 1993 Vacant (President's rule) N/A 11 March 1993 10 April 1993 30 days N/A9Samir Ranjan BarmanBishalgarh 8 March 1994 10 March 1998 7th Bimal SinhaIndian National Congress 29 July 1998 6 February 2000 8th Jitendra Sarkar 10 Jawahar Saha Birganj 7 February 2000 28 February 2003 11Ratan Lal NathMohanpur 21 March 2003 3 March 2008 9thRamendra Chandra Debnath 17 March 2008 28 February 2013 10th 26 April 2013 8 March 2018 11th 12 Manik Sarkar Dhanpur 11 March 2018 13 March 2023 12th Rebati Mohan Das Communist Party of India (Marxist) 13 Animesh Debbarma Asharambari 24 March 2023 6 March 2024 13th Biswa Bandhu Sen Tipra Motha Party 14 Jitendra Chaudhury Sabroom 6 March 2024 Incumbent Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Statistics #Leader of OppositionPartyTerm of office Longest term Total duration 1 Ratan Lal Nath 4 years, 348 days 14 years, 282 days 2 Nripendra Chakraborty 5 years, 2 days 12 years, 13 days 3 Samir Ranjan Barman 4 years, 2 days 5 years, 194 days 4 Manik Sarkar 5 years, 12 days 5 years, 12 days 5 Drao Kumar Reang 4 years, 347 days 4 years, 347 days 6 Bidya Debbarma 4 years, 0 days 4 years, 0 days 7 Ashok Kumar Bhattacharyya 3 years, 203 days 3 years, 203 days 8 Jawahar Saha 3 years, 21 days 3 years, 21 days 9 Jitendra Chaudhury* * * * 10 Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar 1 year, 156 days 1 year, 156 days 11 Dasarath Deb 1 year, 9 days 1 year, 9 days 12 Animesh Debbarma 348 days 348 days 13 Munsur Ali 217 days 217 days 14 Aghore Debbarma 158 days 158 days
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