The leader of the opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Eligibility Official Opposition is a term used in Uttar Pradesh 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 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.http://www.elections.in/political-corner/role-opposition-party-parliament/ 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.http://www.politicalsciencenotes.com/parliament/opposition/role-of-opposition-in-parliament-india/976 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 Uttar Pradesh NoPortraitNameConstituencyTenureAssemblyParty1Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan12 January 1937 14 January 19391stIndependent2Chaudhry Khaliquzzaman15 January 1939 8 September 1945Muslim League3Jahirul Hasnain Lari12 April 1946 14 June 19502nd4Triloki Singh27 June 1950 6 May 1952Bharatiya Jan CongressAfter independence5Raj NarainBanaras South16 May 1952 17 August 19551st (1952)Socialist Party6Genda SinghPadrauna East17 August 195531 March 1957Praja Socialist Party(4)Triloki SinghLucknow East12 April 1957 6 March 19622nd (1957)7Yadavendra Dutt DubeyJaunpur28 March 1962 2 February 19643rd (1962)Bharatiya Jana Sangh8Sharda Bhukt SinghSitapur2 February 1964 2 April 19659Madhav Prasad TripathiBanganga West2 April 1965 9 March 196710Ram Chandra VikalDadri2 March 19672 April 1967 Indian National Congress11Chandra Bhanu GuptaRanikhet2 April 1967 15 April 19684th (1967)12Charan SinghChhaprauli2 March 19692 February 19705th (1969)Bharatiya Kranti Dal13Choudhri Girdhari LalAfzalgarh26 February 19703 October 1970Indian National Congress (O)14Kamalapati TripathiChandauli19 October 19704 April 1971Indian National Congress(13)Choudhri Girdhari LalAfzalgarh5 April 19713 January 1972Indian National Congress (O)(12)Charan SinghChhaprauli3 January 19722 February 1972Bharatiya Kranti Dal(13)Choudhri Girdhari LalAfzalgarh22 February 19725 May 1972Indian National Congress (O)15Jai Ram VarmaKunda11 January 197313 June 1973Bharatiya Kranti Dal(12)Charan SinghChhaprauli10 December 19734 March 197417 March 197430 March 19776th (1974)Bharatiya Lok Dal16Satya Prakash MalaviyaAllahabad South30 March 197730 April 197717N. D. TiwariKashipur24 June 197717 March 19781 year, 251 days7th (1977)Indian National Congress12 October 197828 August 197918Raj Mangal PandeBhatpar Rani28 August 197917 February 1980Janata Vidhayak Dal19Rajendra SinghIglas20 June 198010 March 19858th (1980)Janata Party (Secular)20Mulayam Singh YadavJaswantnagar17 March 198510 February 19879th (1985)Lokdal21Satyapal Singh YadavTilhar21 February 198721 November 1989(17)N. D. TiwariHaldwani7 December 19894 April 199110th (1989)Indian National Congress22Kailash Nath Singh YadavDhanapur17 July 19916 December 199111th (1991)Janata Dal23Rewati Raman SinghKarchana6 December 19916 December 199224Kalyan SinghAtrauli4 July 199312 June 199512th (1993)Bharatiya Janata Party(20)Mulayam Singh YadavJaswantnagar4 July 19951 June 1996Samajwadi Party25Dhaniram VermaBidhuna21 April 199715 September 200113th (1996)26 Swami Prasad MauryaDalmau18 September 200117 October 2001Bahujan Samaj Party27Azam KhanRampur13 May 200229 August 200314th (2002)Samajwadi Party(26) Swami Prasad MauryaDalmau30 August 20037 September 2003Bahujan Samaj Party28Lalji TandonLucknow West7 September 200313 May 2007Bharatiya Janata Party(20)Mulayam Singh YadavBharthana14 May 200726 May 200915th (2007)Samajwadi Party29Shivpal Singh YadavJaswantnagar26 May 20099 March 2012(26) Swami Prasad MauryaPadrauna16 March 201226 June 201616th (2012)Bahujan Samaj Party30Gaya Charan DinkarNaraini27 June 201617 March 201731Ram Govind ChaudharyBansdih27 March 201710 March 202217th (2017)Samajwadi Party 32 Akhilesh YadavKarhal26 March 202211 June 2024 18th (2022) 33 Mata Prasad PandeyItwa28 July 2024Incumbent
Statistics == Deputy leaders==
See also Government of Uttar Pradesh Governor of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Uttar Pradesh Council of Ministers Allahabad High Court#List of chief justices Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of India List of current Indian opposition leaders
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