List of leaders of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

Leader of the Opposition of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
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Incumbent Yashpal Arya since 10 April 2022
Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Abbreviation	LOP
Appointer	Members of the Official Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Term length	During the life of the Assembly (five years maximum) Renewable
Inaugural holder	Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2002–2003)
Formation	14 February 2002 (2002-02-14)
Website	Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly

The Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly.

Eligibility

Official Opposition is a term used in Uttarakhand 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.

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 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 Uttarakhand

Key

• No.: Incumbent number
• ^† died in office

No.	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Term		Party		Assembly (Election)
Vacant								Interim Assembly
1	Bhagat Singh Koshyari		Kapkot	2002	17 December 2003	Bharatiya Janata Party		1st Assembly (2002)
2	Matbar Singh Kandari		Rudraprayag	17 December 2003	12 March 2007
3	Harak Singh Rawat		Lansdowne	13 March 2007	7 March 2012	Indian National Congress		2nd Assembly (2007)
4	Ajay Bhatt		Ranikhet	2012	11 March 2017	Bharatiya Janata Party		3rd Assembly (2012)
5	Indira Hridayesh		Haldwani	26 March 2017	13 June 2021†	Indian National Congress		4th Assembly (2017)
Vacant
6	Pritam Singh		Chakrata	26 July 2021	10 March 2022	Indian National Congress
7	Yashpal Arya		Bajpur	18 April 2022	Incumbent			5th Assembly (2022)

List of deputy leaders of the opposition of Uttarakhand

№	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Term		Party		Assembly (Election)
1	Tilak Raj Behar		Rudrapur–Kichha	2009	7 March 2012	Indian National Congress		2nd Assembly (2007)
2	Karan Mahara		Ranikhet	26 March 2017	10 March 2022			4th Assembly (2017)
3	Bhuwan Chandra Kapri	File:Bhuwan Chandra Kapri.png	Khatima	10 April 2022	Incumbent			5th Assembly (2022)

See also

• Government of Uttarakhand
• Governor of Uttarakhand
• Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
• Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Cabinet of Uttarakhand
• Chief Justice of Uttarakhand
• Official Opposition
• Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha
• Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha
• List of current Indian opposition leaders