List of leaders of the opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
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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 Uttarakhand Leader of the Opposition is Babulal Marandi.
Eligibility[]
Official Opposition[1] 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 Indian state legislatures also follows 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.[2]
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.[3]
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 Jharkhand[]
| Colour key for parties |
|---|
| № | Name (Constituency) |
Portrait | Term[4] | Party | Assembly (Election) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Marandi (Dumka) |
24 November 2000 | 10 July 2004 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | First/Interim Assembly | ||
| 2 | Haji Hussain Ansari (Madhupur) |
2 August 2004 | 1 March 2005 | ||||
| 3 | Sudhir Mahato (Ichagarh) |
16 March 2005 | 18 September 2006 | Second Assembly (2005 election) | |||
| 4 | Arjun Munda (Kharsawan) |
|
4 December 2006 | 29 May 2009 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 5 | Rajendra Prasad Singh (Bermo) |
7 January 2010 | 18 January 2013 | Indian National Congress | Third Assembly (2009 election) | ||
| (4) | Arjun Munda (Kharsawan) |
|
19 July 2013 | 23 December 2014 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 6 | Hemant Soren (Barhait) |
|
7 January 2015 | 28 December 2019 | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Fourth Assembly (2014 election) | |
| 7 | Babulal Marandi (Dhanwar) |
|
24 February 2020 | Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party | Fifth Assembly (2019 election) | |
See also[]
- Government of Jharkhand
- Governor of Jharkhand
- Chief Minister of Jharkhand
- Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
- Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
- Official Opposition
- Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of India
- List of current Indian opposition leaders
References[]
- ^ http://mpa.nic.in/actopp.htm
- ^ "Role of Opposition Party in Parliament". 26 April 2014.
- ^ "Role of Opposition in Parliament | India". 21 July 2016.
- ^ [1]
- Leaders of the Opposition in Jharkhand
- Lists of Leaders of the Opposition of Indian states and territories
- Jharkhand Legislative Assembly