Official Opposition (India)

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Role

The Opposition’s main role is to question the government of the day and hold them accountable to the public. This also helps to fix the mistakes of the Ruling Party. 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, which is:

  1. Constructive criticism of government.
  2. Putting restriction on arbitrariness of ruling party.
  3. Safeguarding liberty and right of people.
  4. Preparation to form government.
  5. Expression of public opinion.

Current official opposition parties

Parliament

This is the list of current opposition parties in the Parliament of India:

House Party Seats Total seats
Lok Sabha N/A
(no opposition with at least 10% of seats)
543
Rajya Sabha INC 37 245

Legislative Assemblies

This is the list of current opposition parties in the Legislative Assemblies of the Indian states and union territories:.[2]

State/UT Party Seats Total seats
Andhra Pradesh Telugu Desam Party 22 175
Arunachal Pradesh N/A
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
60
Assam Indian National Congress 24 126
Bihar Rashtriya Janata Dal 81 243
Chhattishgarh Bharatiya Janata Party 14 90
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party 8 70
Goa Indian National Congress 5 40
Gujarat Indian National Congress 73 182
Haryana Indian National Congress 31 90
Himachal Pradesh Indian National Congress 22 68
Jammu and Kashmir N/A
(President's rule)
85
Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party 26 81
Karnataka Indian National Congress 68 224
Kerala Indian National Congress 22 140
Madhya Pradesh Indian National Congress 96 230
Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party 105 288
Manipur Indian National Congress 5 60
Meghalaya Indian National Congress 19 60
Mizoram Zoram People's Movement 7 40
Nagaland N/A
(President's rule)
60
Odisha Bharatiya Janata Party 23 147
Puducherry Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6 33
Punjab Indian National Congress 18 117
Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party 72 200
Sikkim N/A
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
32
Tamil Nadu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 66 234
Telangana N/A
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
119
Tripura Communist Party of India (Marxist) 16 60
Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party 111 403
Uttarakhand Indian National Congress 19 70
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party 71 294

Legislative Councils

This is the list of current opposition parties in the Legislative Councils of the Indian states:

State Party Seats Total seats
Andhra Pradesh TDP 27 58
Bihar N/A
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
75
Karnataka INC 29 75
Maharashtra BJP 23 78
Telangana N/A
(no opposition with at least 10% seats)
40
Uttar Pradesh SP 53 100

See also

References

  1. "16th Lok Sabha won't have leader of opposition - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
  2. "Legislative Bodies". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2019-01-17.

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