Jump to content

List of leaders of the opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Leader of the Opposition in Tripura Legislative Assembly
since 6 March 2023
StyleThe Honourable
NominatorMembers of Official Opposition of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
AppointerSpeaker of Tripura assembly
Term length5 years
No renewable limit
Inaugural holderAghore Deb Barma
Formation1 July 1963; 61 years, 122 days ago

The Leader of the Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly[1] is an elected Member of Legislative Assembly who leads the official opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly. Official Opposition[2][3] is a term used in Tripura Legislative Assembly to designate the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats in Tripura assembly. In order to get formal recognition, the party must have at least 10% of total membership of the Legislative Assembly.[4][5] Since 1963, the Tripura Legislative Assembly has had 12 leaders of the opposition.

Role

[edit]

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.[6] They have to ensure that the Government does not take any steps, which might have negative effects on the people of the state.[7] There are actions of the ruling party which may be beneficial to the masses and opposition is expected to support such steps.[8]

List of leaders of the opposition

[edit]
No. Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[9] Assembly
(Election) 		Appointed by Political party
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1 Aghore Debbarma 1 July 1963 December 1963 158 days 1st Upendra Kumar Roy Communist Party of India
2 Nripendra Chakraborty 1964 1967 More than 3 years Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3 Bidya Debbarma Kalyanpur 1967 1971 More than 4 years 2nd
(1967 election) 		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 5 years, 2 days 3rd
(1972 election) 		Manindra Lal Bhowmik Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4 Munsur Ali Boxanagar April 1977 4 November 1977 217 days 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 4 years, 347 days 4th
(1977 election) 		Sudhanwa Debbarma Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti
6 Ashok Kumar Bhattacharyya Town Bordowali 9 February 1983 31 August 1986 3 years, 203 days 5th
(1983 election) 		Amarendra Sharma Indian National Congress
7 Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar Khayerpur 1 September 1986 4 February 1988 1 year, 156 days
(2) Nripendra Chakraborty Pramodenagar 7 February 1988 18 February 1992 4 years, 11 days 6th
(1988 election) 		Jyotirmoy Nath Communist Party of India (Marxist)
8 Dasarath Deb Ramchandraghat 19 February 1992 28 February 1993 1 year, 9 days
– Vacant
(President's rule) 		N/A 11 March 1993 10 April 1993 30 days – – N/A
9 Samir Ranjan Barman Bishalgarh 8 March 1994 10 March 1998 4 years, 2 days 7th
(1993 election) 		Bimal Sinha Indian National Congress
29 July 1998 6 February 2000 1 year, 192 days 8th
(1998 election) 		Jitendra Sarkar
10 Jawahar Saha Birganj 7 February 2000 28 February 2003 3 years, 21 days
11 Ratan Lal Nath Mohanpur 21 March 2003 3 March 2008 4 years, 348 days 9th
(2003 election) 		Ramendra Chandra Debnath
17 March 2008 28 February 2013 4 years, 348 days 10th
(2008 election)
26 April 2013 8 March 2018 4 years, 316 days 11th
(2013 election)
12 Manik Sarkar Dhanpur 11 March 2018 13 March 2023 5 years, 2 days 12th
(2018 election) 		Rebati Mohan Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
13 Animesh Debbarma Asharambari 24 March 2023 6 March 2024 348 days 13th
(2023 election) 		Biswa Bandhu Sen Tipra Motha Party
14 Jitendra Chaudhury Sabroom 6 March 2024 Incumbent 239 days Communist Party of India (Marxist)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Leader of the Opposition, Tripura Legislative Assembly". www.tripuraassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977". Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. ^ "The Salaries, Allowances, Pension and Other Benefits of the Ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Leader of Opposition, Government Chief Whip and the Members of the Legislative Assembly (Tripura)" (PDF). tripuraassembly.nic.in. Tripura Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  4. ^ Achary, P.D.T. "Leader of Opposition is a Statutory Position, the '10% Rule' is Not Founded in Law". The Wire. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Leader of Opposition: His role and responsibilities". Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  6. ^ Gehlot, N.S. (1985). "OPPOSITION IN INDIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM PROBLEM OF ROLE PERCEPTION". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 46 (3): 330–352. ISSN 0019-5510. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  7. ^ Kumar, Sanjay. "Why India Needs an Opposition Leader". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Role of Opposition in Parliament | India". 21 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Introduction Tripura Legislative Assembly". Tripura Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_leaders_of_the_opposition_in_the_Tripura_Legislative_Assembly&oldid=1212535877"