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
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
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
168 days
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
References
^ "Leader of the Opposition, Tripura Legislative Assembly" . www.tripuraassembly.nic.in . Retrieved 13 March 2023 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ 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 .
^ "Leader of Opposition: His role and responsibilities" . Retrieved 13 March 2023 .
^ 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 .
^ Kumar, Sanjay. "Why India Needs an Opposition Leader" . thediplomat.com . Retrieved 13 March 2023 .
^ "Role of Opposition in Parliament | India" . 21 July 2016.
^ "Introduction Tripura Legislative Assembly" . Tripura Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 13 March 2023 .